Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 148

Chapter 148: Plotting for the future (1)

"You should smile more, Vivienne. You are making our people worry about you. Is there something that troubles you?" Darius asked, placing his hand on top of Vivienne’s.

Vivienne moved her hand. "Do not touch me unless you want to lose a few fingers. I am not happy with you and I never will be after what you did."

"What did I do? You were the one who killed her," Darius replied. "You didn’t need to take my advice."

Vivienne couldn’t take any more of Darius placing the blame on her when he was the one who forced a woman to his bed. "I had to put her out of the misery you caused her."

"No, Vivienne," Darius refused to take the blame for this. "You killed her because of your jealousy. I wouldn’t have bothered you if you sent her out of the palace. Since when do you listen to my orders to have her stay in the palace? You jumped right into killing her because it was what you wanted."

"Do not speak to me," Vivienne said in a low threatening tone. If she could, Vivienne would kill him right there for all their people to see him.

"We shouldn’t speak of this now since they can hear us. Look at them pretending as though they aren’t listening to us. I should cut off their ears and see if that helps them to stop eavesdropping. Look at them turning away," Darius laughed, entertained by the fools before them.

The sound of Darius laughing after they had just spoken of a serious matter further annoyed Vivienne. She searched the room for her father who was the only one who could calm her.

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Vivienne turned her attention back to the people addressing them and took notice of Gabriel Valor, the praised hero of the kingdom and the man Darius was making use of at the moment.

’This is what she liked?’ Vivienne thought, trying to make sense of Selene’s past with this man.

Vivienne then took an interest in the woman by Gabriel’s side. The only human who was in the palace as a guest while the others were here to offer their blood.

Vivienne couldn’t tell if Gabriel was foolish or naive to bring his human wife to a place where many vampires lurked. Should someone try to take blood from Cassandra it would be solely up to Gabriel to protect her.

"The man of the hour has arrived with his lovely wife. Welcome to the palace, Cassandra Valor," Darius said, seeing Cassandra differently now that she was dressed up.

Cassandra still fell short in comparison to Selene in Darius’s eyes but she was quite a beauty.

Vivienne could hear Darius’s interest in Cassandra in his voice. She didn’t need to look to her left to know he was staring at Cassandra as though he wanted to undress her. It wasn’t new for him to go after a married woman.

Cassandra bowed her head slightly as she curtsied. When she stood tall again, her eyes went straight to the king. She smiled, knowing she had his full attention. Men were too easy. "It is a great honour to stand before the king and queen. I would have never imagined standing before you."

"It is your husband’s achievements that got you here so you must thank him. You two were recently wed so I am a little surprised you found time to come here," said Darius.