Chapter 353: Possessive

Later that evening, after the tension had eased and King Mesha had been properly reinstated on his throne, the Lionara party began preparing to leave. Their mission in Purlit was over. For now.

The skies were darker than usual, like even the heavens were exhausted from the day’s events.

Abuchi lingered beside Ruth, eyes troubled. He didn’t want to part with her, not yet, but he also had no choice. Their family had to return home, and fast. There was still much to do.

The official coronation of Somto as king.

The public announcement of their father’s death.

And, perhaps most importantly… the message they needed to send to the world.

Lionara wasn’t weakened.

The kingdom had feared revealing the former king’s death because it would have exposed their vulnerability. Predators always circled wounded prey.

But now?

Now that their elder brother was back, alive, dangerous, and cold as iron, no one would dare test their strength.

Somto was Lionara’s hidden weapon.

A ghost in the shadows. A blade drawn only when needed.

And those who dared challenge Lionara now would only be hurling themselves into the jaws of death.

The journey back to Lionara was smooth, eerily smooth. It took less than a week, especially with the private jet Somto had arranged.

To Abuchi, it was just a normal flight. Another day, another jet. But to the others, Nnenna, John, and Ekene, it was something else entirely.

None of them had ever flown like this before.

it was an experience. Spacious interiors, leather seats that reclined like beds, food served on golden rimmed porcelain, and servants in matching uniforms offering towels and imported tea like it was a royal

herself, but the awe in her eyes was unmistakable. John was quiet, wide eyed. Ekene, on the other hand, could barely

the jet

It was her.

Nnenna.

Nnenna, just one moment. He had kept his feelings locked away far too long,

every time he got close, Prince

her. Always

that aura, it was

Cold. Commanding. Possessive.

like the very air shifted, thickened. It made Ekene’s courage shrivel into nothing. Like his tongue

bathroom, one of Somto’s people would, conveniently, assign Ekene to

the time Ekene was done, Nnenna would be back in her seat… and

harder to believe

what would the First Prince of Lionara gain

Why him, specifically?

it just a

was there

didn’t have

thing was

find a different time to tell Nnenna how he felt… because something told him that as long as Somto was around, that moment

Finally, they reached Lionara.

in stunned silence. Lined on both sides of the long marble entrance were dozens, no, hundreds, of people: high ranking officials, royal guards, nobles,

struck Nnenna and Abuchi the most… was the look

Hope.

Fear.

Relief.

low, and then, as if a signal had been given, a unified chant broke out

the King! Long live the King!

even been crowned yet, but it didn’t

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