This evening promised to be anything but dull. Ren was determined to have a little fun, and more importantly, to lift Gloria from the shadows of her sadness.
Kai had dispatched Beta Coran to Thegara. Originally, he was meant to escort the spy girl back to Vine Castle. But Kai had other plans. He ordered Coran to stay longer, to observe the girl in silence, in shadows... and to get close to her, dangerously close.
As Ren and her husband exchanged pleasantries with Lord Alekin, the air fractured with tension when his wife, Reveka Rebedina, stepped between them, her expression laced with a toxic blend of contempt and fear.
"So, my son-in-law has come to aid us. I trust the King knows how loyal Zillgaira remains to His Majesty, letting our precious daughter marry a beast." She quipped, her voice painted in venomous silk.
Ren's feigned smile faltered, her gaze sharpening like the blade strapped to her husband's waist. What did she dare say?
