Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 186

Chapter 186: Meeting with friends (2)

"That is kind of you to say. Surely there must have been something good about the ball to make your time going there worth it. Did you dance with your husband?" Selene asked.

"I did for a song or two. It is a bit awkward since most of the time others would stay off to the side to gossip about what they saw. I know a few couples found themselves in trouble for having too much to drink and going into the arms of the wrong partners. I would say if you want to protect your marriage, stay out of the palace," said Francesca.

"It sounds like you would only need to stay away from drinks and stay close to the one you came with," Selene said, thinking it to be easy to not make such mistakes.

"It is not so simple. I’m not sure what it is but when you enter the palace for the balls, it feels like you come under a spell and start to lose yourself. I feel that way when I only had one drink so I wonder if it is something in the air. A witch might be able to do that to us, right?" Francesca asked, bringing up a theory others laughed at.

Francesca looked away from Selene since she knew she sounded crazy. "I know how I sound. I would think I was crazy with this theory if I didn’t know how the king could be. Why is it that the women feel strange when we go to the palace? Others pass it off as what they have drunk."

"I would not be surprised if the king has done something like that. He is a disgusting man who has the power to do such things," Selene replied, believing Francesca.

"It worries me because I have a friend from out of town who has been chained and confined to her home because she attacked humans, killing them after only having a little bit of their blood. It isn’t like her. I have known her for a long time so I suspect someone did something to her. Either a witch is involved or someone controls her. I need a drink," Francesca said, searching for a servant.

Selene thought it was possible. She doubted there was a chance a vampire was responsible for this since. Why would a vampire want to make another vampire attack humans?

’It would benefit a human to drive fears into others to start a war,’ Selene thought. It wouldn’t be the first time anyone would go so far as to hurt their kind to start a war.

"Did anyone say what could have happened to her?" Selene questioned, needing to know more.

"They claim she might have starved herself, not having enough blood for a long time then attacked the first few humans she came across. I doubt it since there’s no reason she couldn’t have afforded to get her hands on blood. She was happy so why starve herself? It is strange," Francesca said, once again concerned.

It was starting to feel like strange things were happening around the kingdom and no one who could do anything about it thought it was important.