Awakening Love Reborn to Be His Duchess (Elowen Hale) novel Chapter 643

9:56 am Pppp

Awakening Love Reborn to Be His Duchess

Chapter 643 The Commander’s Visit

“Is that him?”

Cassian followed her gaze, and the faint curve at the corner of his mouth carried unmistakable amusement. “That’s Draven.”

+5 Pearls

Draven had already spotted them approaching. He drew himself upright at once and crossed the hall with firm, steady strides before stopping a respectful distance away and bowing deeply.

“Your Grac,” he greeted solemnly.

Cassian only glanced at him coolly.

Elowen, however, greeted him with far more warmth in her expression. “What brings you here today?”

Draven clearly understood proper etiquette, and having once served under Cassian himself, he knew exactly how dangerous it would be to overstep in front of the Duke of Duskmoor. Even while speaking to Elowen, his eyes remained carefully lowered, never daring to look directly at her for more than a brief

moment.

“I heard Your Grace safely delivered a son,” he replied respectfully while lifting the gift chest in his hands slightly forward. “I prepared a small congratulatory gift for Your Grace and the Duke of Duskmoor.”

Cassian lifted one brow.

Their son had already been born ten days ago.

If Draven intended to visit, why choose today of all days?

Elowen, meanwhile, accepted the gesture with easy grace. “That was very thoughtful of you.”

At the subtle look she gave them, Mira and Cora immediately stepped forward to receive the gift chest.

It had looked almost effortless in Draven’s hands, but the moment the two maids accepted it, both women visibly adjusted their arms beneath the unexpected weight.

Clearly, considerable effort had gone into whatever was inside.

Draven used that brief pause to glance discreetly around the hall.

His eyes moved across the attendants standing nearby as though searching for someone specific. When he failed to find the person he wanted to see, disappointment flickered openly across his face before he quickly suppressed it again.

Elowen noticed everything.

The smile lingering in her eyes deepened almost imperceptibly.

“You rarely get a moment to himself.” she said warmly. “Since you’ve already come all this way, why not stay for a glass of mulled wine before heading back? The manor recently received several excellent casks

D

9:56 am Pppp.

Chapter 643 The Commander’s Visit

from the southern vineyards.

Draven’s eyes brightened immediately.

He already looked prepared to follow them farther inside before abruptly catching himself halfway through the motion.

Then, almost instinctively, he turned toward Cassian first.

The hesitation in his expression could not have been more obvious if he had spoken aloud.

Can I actually stay?

5 Pearls

Cassian stared at him for a second before letting out a quiet laugh through his nose. “My wife already invited you. Stop standing there like an idiot and sit down.”

Relief swept visibly across Draven’s face.

“Thank you, Your Grace,” he said quickly, bowing again with obvious sincerity.

Elowen hid her amusement before turning slightly toward Anson.

“Mira and Cora are occupied putting away the gifts, and the hall’s short on hands right now. Go to the study and ask Scarlet to come help serve wine.”

Anson bowed immediately and hurried off.

Soon afterward, the group moved together into the guest hall.

Elowen settled beside Cassian at the head of the room while Draven took the seat below them.

The chair itself was perfectly ordinary, yet somehow the moment he sat down, it looked almost too small beneath his size.

Fortunately, he had come wearing fitted dark training clothes instead of ceremonial armor, because had he arrived fully armed, the poor chair likely would not have survived him at all.

Once seated, Draven kept his back perfectly straight, both hands resting stiffly atop his knees as though he scarcely dared move.

Watching him, Elowen suddenly found herself remembering her older brother years ago.

The first time Julian accompanied the family to formally request his future wife’s hand in marriage. Elowen had gone with him.

Back then, the fearless young general who could command soldiers across a battlefield without blinking had sat in his future in-laws’ drawing room looking painfully restrained, shoulders rigid, eyes fixed straight ahead, barely even touching the wine placed before him.

Draven looked exactly the same now.

Like an anxious future son-in-law trying desperately not to embarrass himself.

9:56 am Pppp

Chapter 648 The Commander’s Visit

The comparison nearly made Elowen laugh.

Then Cassian spoke without warning,

“Alaric was attacked under your watch. Did that situation affect you much?”

The abruptness of the question startled Bowen enough that she instinctively turned toward him.

+5 Pearls

She knew perfectly well that her husband rarely feared saying exactly what he thought, but hearing him mention Alaric so directly still caught her slightly off guard.

Then again, Draven

one of Cassian’s own men before entering the King’s Guard.

He remained so

sted.

There was b

Draven

questi

stan

here.

rprised by the question and answered steadily. “His Majesty already

e incident, though I wasn’t punished. I imagine the matter affected my ot seriously.”

1. “Then you…”

red her throat softly.

id-sentence before turning t

directly at him, Elowen ins

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify