Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 74

Chapter 74: Bending rules (3)

Camilla waited for Nathaniel to leave to have a word with Ragnar. "Why don’t we just wake father? If this is so important, it is worth disturbing his sleep. Why do we have to stand around and watch Nathaniel act like he is one of the elders? He is old but he doesn’t have that power."

"I would not like to deal with the consequences of waking father and Nathaniel most likely wants to avoid it because father adored Xavier. We should do nothing. Don’t get too involved so Nathaniel cannot blame us," said Ragnar.

"I thought you weren’t noticing he might say it is our fault when it is his son. I must admit that I don’t care who Xavier has married. I’ve used all my anger disliking Josephine so I don’t have it in me now. We couldn’t get him to marry before so isn’t it good that he has a wife?" Camilla asked, not understanding the need to fight.

Camilla continued, "I’m sure his children with his wife will be strong. He married a pureblood after all. Their obsession with creating children with the other four families must stop. It will not be good if Xavier were to turn on us since he has many followers outside the family."

"I am aware but you know how stubborn Nathaniel is. I agree with Xavier that if it was so important, Nathaniel should have been careful with who he married and how many children he had. Now they question who I will settle with," Ragnar said, annoyed by the attention on him.

Camilla walked around the room admiring the old portraits. "Well, I am lucky to not be in their plans. Who will want to marry a pureblood without fangs? I am starting to think about whose side I want to be on. Do I kill Xavier’s wife and have him end my life or take his side?"

Ragnar was surprised to hear Camilla say this. "You are not afraid I might tell Nathaniel about this?"

Camilla laughed. "As if you haven’t been careful to not upset Xavier. That plan of giving his wife a chance was to make you look good to Xavier while not upsetting Nathaniel. You are playing the two sides well. I trust my nephew more than I trust my brother."

Camilla never had an issue knowing what Xavier felt but Nathaniel was always so secretive.

"I know it was Nathaniel’s idea to send me away. You couldn’t have thought I would just come back to do as he wanted. We should think about the future as Nathaniel says. Whose side would it benefit me to be on? That is something I am deciding," Camilla informed Ragnar. "I have places to be," she excused herself.

"Do not kill anyone," Ragnar advised Camilla. It wasn’t surprising she would turn on Nathaniel after their history but he didn’t think it would come so soon.

Just as Camilla was deciding who to be loyal to, Ragnar started to think of who would benefit him most. If Xavier’s child were to possess his power then all talk about Selene would be forgotten and Nathaniel would not be able to get close to Xavier after all he did.

"I should have stayed home," Ragnar muttered.

Then he wouldn’t be caught up in this mess.

Back at the estate, Selene returned safely from her outing. There wasn’t anyone to approach her after Lucinda which might be due to the guards she walked with.

Selene entered the front doors as the maids came out to take her things from the carriage.

"Harold, has he returned yet?" Selene asked, looking around for Xavier. She was worried about his talk with his father.