Chapter 193 Far too late
KALEB
I leaned over to hold Ca*sandra’s shoulder as she lost consciousness and nearly fell from her chair. As I steadied the beautiful healer and swept her long, copper curls away from her lovely face, the smile disappeared from my face.
I had regarded this tale with amusement and thought Ca*sandra would do the same. I hadn’t expected her to pa*s out. I wasn’t sure if it was the stress of the matter or what, but her skin was pale and she sat limply
in my arms.
She remained breathing, though, so I wasn’t too terribly worried about her.
A few seconds later, Anubis stepped into the room without knocking. His lips twitched at the sight of me and the healer, and then his dark eyes flashed with amusement.
“Who knew you were so gentlemanly?” he stated with a cruel smirk, and then he walked across the room and took a seat in the chair opposite us.
“What do you want?” I uttered as I held her steady. Her chest rose and fell lightly as she breathed, and for a moment, my mind was fixated on making sure she was alright, though I knew logically, that she was just fine.
“I came to tell you that everyone will be ready to depart in an hour, Your Highness,” Anubis answered.
I nodded in response but said nothing.
“You’ve changed,” he continued as I pulled Ca*sandra closer to me. She had begun slipping and I didn’t want her to hurt herself in the process. “Though you’ve denied it, it’s clear as day. Of course, that isn’t a bad thing. Being soft is a good quality in a powerful king.”
I glared at him sharply as irritation swelled through me. “What do you mean?”
“I don’t understand why you’ve done all of this,” he remarked, and he pinched the bridge of his nose between his fingers. “Telling her a story, trying to appear as a good man to her, all of these things. What’s the point? You could have reached your goals much earlier if you hadn’t tried to play “soft“. And now, you see, the result is the same. You still have to force her to come with you.”
A huff rose up from my chest as irritation flashed through me. “I don’t see the point of what you’re saying. Anubis. Who cares how I handled things? I don’t recall asking you for your input.”
“It’s an important issue, Kaleb,” he pressed. “When I decided to serve you all those years ago, you were a soft man. If that’s what you’ve decided to become…. I might have to reconsider my affiliations.”
I stared at him coldly and debated reaching across the table and smacking him. “Are you speaking of
treason?”
Chapter 193 Far too late
Anubis gulped. “I was only trying to make a point. But I’m wondering why you’re treating this healer so differently from the others. Why do you want her to understand you so badly? Are you trying to earn her empathy?”
I shook my head instantly. “No. I’m not working some angle. I couldn’t care less. This was just a whim, Anubis. I only wanted to intimidate her.”
He didn’t seem convinced by my words and leaned forward.
“A whim?” he asked, and one of his dark eyebrows arched. “The Kaleb I know is not someone who would do anything on a whim. You’re calculated, prepared, and always ready for the next step forward. And if you wanted to intimate her, why didn’t you tell her that it was you who killed your father?”
I froze at his words and glanced down at Ca*sandra. Thankfully, she was still fast asleep, but had she been stirring even just a little, I would have ripped Anubis‘ throat out.
Despite my anger, he simply smirked. “You could also mention that it wasn’t just your father, but also your two brothers and sister-”
“That’s enough,” I hissed, and I could feel my face darken and my nostrils flare in anger. “You’ve spoken. enough. Leave us. Make sure that everything Ca*sandra had taken from Wild Crawler is packed and ready to be transported up to Yurene.”
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I've been invested to an extent. Here on page 115 the mistakes have gotten so bad though. Chunks of the story is off or missed completely. I'm not sure if there was any editing when the story was posted from where it was obtained. It's cringe to read atp....