Awakening Love Reborn to Be His Duchess (Elowen Hale) novel Chapter 689

Chapter 689 Beneath the Calm

“And everything at the palace went well?” Scarlet asked.

Draven nodded, leaning one arm against the counter inside Silverloom Exchange while watching her with unconcealed warmth.

“Smoothly enough. The Nordian envoys look like the kind of people who’d argue with a stone wall for sport, but they’ve actually been cooperating with His Grace the whole time. His Majesty’s in a good mood because of it and sent another round of rewards over to Duskmoor Manor.”

Then he remembered something and stepped a little closer, lowering his voice.

“And apparently His Majesty’s pleased with my work lately too, so got rewarded as well.” His eyes brightened faintly. “There was a bolt of cloth among the gifts, really fine quality, this deep sea-green color. You’ve got fair skin, so it’d suit you beautifully. I’ll have it tailored into a gown and bring it to you when it’s

finished.”

Scarlet smiled softly.

“You really don’t need to trouble yourself like that.”

Draven found that smile so lovely it made his chest tighten unexpectedly.

“Forget gowns,” he blurted out before he could stop himself. “One day I’ll buy you a proper estate too, and a carriage, and anything else you want.”

Scarlet looked up at him.

“We can worry about all that later.” Her expression gradually turned serious again. “Something happened at the manor today, and Her Grace wasn’t able to come here herself. Then right afterward, that man suddenly showed up here causing trouble.” She paused slightly. “Maybe I’m overthinking things, but it all feels a little too deliberate.”

She glanced toward the busy showroom floor.

“I can’t leave right now, so could you go back to Duskmoor Manok for me and tell Her Grace what happened here today?”

At Duskmoor Manor, inside Stillwater Court, Cora returned to find Elowen still sitting beside Caius’s bed.

Elowen leaned forward slightly and pressed the back of her hand against the little boy’s forehead before checking her own,

The lever had gone down somewhat

Even the angry flush on Caius’s checks had faded compared to earlier

Only then did Elowen bually let out a quei breath.

Cora approached cabinly and h…. voice

Chapter Day beneath the Calm

Finished

Your Grace

Elowen turned toward het

“Did everything get handled?

Cora nodded.

“The money’s been delivered. Nelly refused to accept it at first and kept saying she’d failed you and had no right to take anything from the manor.” Her tone remained gentle and steady. “I told her it was your decision personally, and only then did she finally agree. She cried for quite a while afterward and said you’d saved her life.”

Elowen gave a small nod.

Then Cora continued carefully.

“I also followed your instructions and asked her to think back over everything she’d eaten and done these past few days. She said she’d been staying and dining with the other nurses as usual and hadn’t seen any strangers or eaten anything unusual.” Cora hesitated briefly. “Except for one thing.”

Elowen immediately looked up.

“Yesterday Rosaline came back from town carrying a box of honey cakes.” Cora pressed her lips together slightly. “She said a new bakery had opened in the eastern district and insisted they were excellent, so she shared one with Nelly.”

Elowen froze.

“Rosaline?”

Cora’s expression turned grave.

“That’s exactly what Nelly said.” She lowered her voice further. “I didn’t want to take chances, so I questioned the gate servants afterward. One of the footmen confirmed Rosaline did leave the manga yesterday, and when she came back, she was carrying something with her.”

Cora paused.

“The servant joked and asked what she’d bought. Rosaline told him it was cosmetics for Scarlet Her eyes darkened slightly. “But he remembered smelling something sweet at the time. He said it smelled more like fresh pastries than perfume.”

Elowen’s gaze slowly cooled.

Rosaline had been seat into the manor by Elira.

Back when klowen and Elira had worked together against the Crown Prince’s Wing and Ila, Rosaline had carried messages between them and handled countless sensitive matters behind the scenes.

Elowen bad trusted her.

Not blindly, perhaps, but enough to place important tasks in her bands..

En-bed

And now Rosaline had brought pastries back to the manor.

Shared them with Nelly

Then Phoenix suddenly developed a dangerous fever.

There were no coincidences that precise.

Elowen slowly tightened her fingers together.

“Cora, you cannot repeat this to anyone else.”

Cora nodded immediately.

“I already warned Nelly the same way and told her to bury the matter completely. She promised she understood and said she’d never cause trouble for Your Grace.”

Elowen nodded once.

“You can go now. I’d like to sit quietly for a while.”

Cora bowed her head respectfully before withdrawing from the room and carefully shutting the door behind her.

Silence settled over the chamber again.

Elowen sat beside Caius’s bed, staring at the child’s sleeping face while tension slowly tightened inside her chest.

Rosaline belonged to Elira.

Which meant if Rosaline had acted, then Elira had acted too.

But why?

Because of Barrett?

No.

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