Awakening Love Reborn to Be His Duchess (Elowen Hale) novel Chapter 641

Chapter 641 A Blade Turned Inward

“I’m not lying!”

Lady Delphine’s voice suddenly rose sharp.

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“Your Majesty, just think about it carefully for a moment. Alaric was being held inside the Royal House Council, and Daphne was locked away in the Secluded Wing. Two people under guard somehow managed to cross paths at exactly the right moment? How is that even possible? And Daphne is just a noblewoman. Where would she get a blade? How would she know the exact route they were escorting Alaric through the palace grounds?”

The more she spoke, the more frantic she became until even her hands had started shaking uncontrollably beneath the embroidered sleeves of her gown.

“Someone arranged this. Someone deliberately released Daphne, deliberately gave her a weapon, deliberately made sure she knew where Alaric would be. Whoever planned it wanted to use Daphne’s hand to kill him!”

Theodric did not answer immediately.

Instead, Lady Delphine suddenly whipped around and fixed her gaze directly onto Elowen.

“I heard,” she said through clenched teeth, “that before Daphne attacked Alaric, the Duchess of Duskmoor went to the Secluded Wing.”

At those words, Maerwyn abruptly lifted her head.

Tears still streaked her face as she stared toward Elowen in stunned disbelief, looking as though she could barely process what she had just heard.

Elowen slowly raised her eyes.

Her gaze brushed briefly across Maerwyn’s tearful face before settling calmly on Lady Delphine, her expression still and quiet as deep water.

Only then did she turn toward Theodric and lower herself into a graceful formal curtsey dub speaking evenly.

“Your Majesty. Lady Delphine. Some time ago, I did visit the Secluded Wing once. I went because I wanted to ask Daphne why she had spent so many years turning herself against me.”

Lady Delphine let out a cold laugh.

“You personally went all the way there just to ask questions?” she snapped. “You’re the Duchess of Duskmoor. If you wanted answers, you could’ve sent a servant.”

Elowen’s expression never changed.

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“Daphne and I grew up together,” she said quietly. “I couldn’t understand why her resentment toward me had grown so deep. It was something I wanted to ask her myself.

“Oh, enough with the pretty excuses.”

Lady Delphine’s voice turned shrill again.

“You went to the Secluded Wing. You met with Daphne. Then immediately afterward she appeared and murdered Alaric. You expect anyone to believe that kind of coincidence?

Elowen simply looked at her.

The woman standing there now looked nothing like the elegant empress who had once ruled the inner court with flawless dignity and perfect composure.

Whether in this life or the last, this was the first time Elowen had ever seen her unravel like this.

Back then, Lady Delphine had once criticized her for lacking the poise expected of a crown princess, insisting that a future queen should remain graceful no matter what happened and should never lose control over something as trivial as a husband’s indifference or another woman entering the household.

And now?

Now that the blade had finally turned toward her own child, she could no longer maintain that same elegance either.

People never truly understood pain until they were the ones bleeding.

“You’ve said enough.”

Before Elowen needed to defend herself further, Theodric finally spoke, his voice carrying unmistakable irritation.

“Daphne committed murder, and somehow you’re trying to pin responsibility on Elowen?” His expression darkened visibly. “This is becoming ridiculous.”

“But Your Majesty…”

Theodric cut her off before she could continue.

“They came here today specifically to comfort me and urge me to investigate the matter thoroughly. If they were truly involved, why would they willingly place themselves in front of me like this?”

Lady Delphine froze.

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Her lips moved slightly, but for several moments no words came out.

Finally, she shook her head frantically.

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“No… no, that’s exactly why they did it. Your Majesty, they’re trying to lower your suspicions.”

Theodric watched her in silence, his expression unreadable.

Beside her, Maerwyn hesitated before cautiously reaching for Lady Delphine’s hand.

“Mother,” she whispered shakily, “the Duchess of Duskmoor… she really isn’t that kind of person. Please calm down…”

Lady Delphine violently shook her off.

“The Duchess of Duskmoor again?” she snapped bitterly. “That’s all you ever talk about lately. Just because you’ve read a few of her romances, you think you understand her now? You think she actually cares about you?”

Maerwyn looked stunned.

She glanced helplessly toward her mother before instinctively turning back toward Elowen.

Elowen stood there without avoiding her gaze, her expression carrying neither anger nor triumph, only a quiet sadness that somehow hurt more.

Cassian remained beside her the entire time, silently reaching over to clasp her hand in his

own.

Lady Delphine’s voice cracked sharply with grief and hatred.

“Maerwyn, wake up already. She hates your brother, and she hates you too. Alaric is dead now, and sooner or later, you’ll be next.”

“Enough!”

Theodric’s voice thundered through the chamber.

“Leave.”

“Your Majesty…” Lady Delphine’s voice shook violently now, already raw from screaming.

“I said leave.”

This time, unmistakable anger cut through every word.

Lady Delphine finally fell silent.

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Tears streamed uncontrollably down her face, and despite himself, Theodric’s expression softened slightly at the sight.

“You should all return to your quarters for now,” he said more quietly. “I’ll personally handle Alaric’s matter.”

Lady Delphine slowly closed her eyes.

She clearly understood there was no use arguing further.

After wiping away her tears, she turned and walked toward the doors without another word.

Maerwyn hurried after her through tears, but Lady Delphine never once acknowledged her.

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