Awakening Love Reborn to Be His Duchess (Elowen Hale) novel Chapter 635

Chapter 635 One Final Favor

Honestly, the truly pitiful one here had always been Elowen.

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She had helped Daphne out of genuine kindness, only to be repaid with suspicion, resentment, and schemes meant to ruin her life. Back in the days of the Crown Prince’s Wing, when Elowen had suffered such a miserable fate, Daphne could never fully wash her hands of it.

“Alaric…” Daphne’s voice came out rough and unsteady, as though the name itself scraped painfully against her throat.

The hatred in her eyes deepened little by little until it became something frighteningly clear.

“Destroying me wasn’t enough for you,” she said through clenched teeth. “You dragged my father and my brother down with you too. Alaric, you deserve to die. You really do.”

Elowen watched her quietly, her expression shifting ever so slightly as a thought suddenly crossed her mind.

Daphne’s hatred toward her had come from misunderstanding.

But the hatred she carried toward Alaric?

That part was real.

And if Daphne truly wanted Alaric dead…

Elowen finally spoke, her tone calm and almost gentle.

“There was a time when I truly thought of you as family,” she said while meeting Daphne’s reddened eyes steadily. “I wanted to protect you and make sure you lived peacefully and happily. Even later, after you kept turning against me and plotting against me over and over again, I still never genuinely hated you.”

Daphne slowly lifted her head to look at her.

“I came here today because I wanted to understand why,” Elowen continued softly. “And now I finally do.”

The instant those words settled between them, Daphne suddenly lunged forward and reached desperately toward Elowen’s wrist.

She never came close.

Cassian had remained beside Elowen from the beginning, and from the moment Daphne lowered herself before them earlier, he had never once relaxed his guard around her.

Before Daphne could touch Elowen at all, he stepped forward smoothly and blocked her

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completely, his tall frame shielding Elowen behind him with effortless instinct.

Daphne grabbed nothing but empty air.

For a moment, she froze there awkwardly with her arm still stretched out before finally seeming to realize what she had done.

Then, with a heavy thud, she dropped fully onto the cold stone floor before them.

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“I know I was wrong,” she choked out as tears mixed with dust across her face. “Everything I did to you was wrong. I know that now. But I’m begging you… please… just help me one last time.”

Elowen leaned slightly around Cassian’s shoulder so she could look at her properly.

“What exactly are you asking me for?”

Daphne’s fingers curled tightly enough to turn pale.

“I want Your Grace to help me one final time,” she whispered desperately. “Just once.”

Elowen did not answer immediately.

Instead, she stood there quietly looking down at Daphne as though weighing the request carefully in her mind.

The silence stretched painfully long.

So long that despair slowly began settling across Daphne’s face.

Then at last, Elowen spoke.

“Alright.”

Daphne jerked her head upward instantly.

Tears still clung to her face, but for the briefest moment, hope lit her eyes again.

By the time they left the Secluded Wing, darkness had already settled fully across the palace grounds.

Cassian helped Elowen into the carriage before climbing in after her, and once the thick curtains were drawn shut against the cold evening air, the carriage began rolling steadily toward the palace gates beneath rows of iron lanterns flickering in the night.

Elowen shifted closer until she could comfortably lean against Cassian’s shoulder, finally releasing a long breath as though something inside her had loosened at last.

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Cassian glanced down at her lazily.

“Well now,” he murmured with amusement in his voice, “what exactly are you plotting this time, Ella?”

His shoulder was broad and warm beneath her cheek, comfortable enough that she had no intention of moving away.

“I’m helping someone,” she replied without the slightest guilt. “That hardly makes me wicked. I’m obviously a very good person.”

Cassian let out a low laugh.

“Of course you are. The most kindhearted woman in all of Vanelle.”

That finally made Elowen laugh too.

By the time they returned to Duskmoor Manor, the entire estate had gone dark beneath the late evening sky.

Cassian changed clothes and headed toward the front wing of the manor shortly afterward.

Lately, far too many rewards and ceremonial gifts had arrived from every direction, and the estate vaults were already packed full. The old storerooms no longer had enough space, so he needed to inspect the inventory personally and arrange another secure chamber for storage.

Meanwhile, Elowen returned directly to Stillwater Court.

The moment she stepped inside, she instructed Mira quietly, “Bring Nina and Nikki here together.”

Mira bowed and left immediately.

Not long afterward, the two girls came hurrying into the room hand in hand, both slightly breathless from running all the way across the estate.

They looked nervous.

But excited too.

The instant they saw Elowen sitting there safely, both girls stopped at once and exchanged uncertain glances, neither daring to speak first.

Elowen smiled and beckoned them closer.

“Come here.”

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