Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 277

Chapter 277: Same enemies (3)

Michael turned to Selene to have her convince Xavier. "Surely you can talk some sense into him. This is a dangerous game your husband will be playing, so it’s better to have someone like me at his side."

"I don’t know you well enough to trust you with my husband. You can have motives you are hiding and betray my husband once you get what you were after," said Selene.

"I do have a motive," Michael revealed. "Darius’s plans clash with my plans because of the woman I am currently with. She is a mixed-blood, so you can see where I have a problem with Darius."

When the king didn’t want to acknowledge mixed-bloods as vampires, it placed Michael in a difficult position.

"I am going to keep the peace between purebloods, mixed-bloods, and humans. The others aren’t going to do the same. You haven’t been in the palace since I arrived to hear the bright ideas they have come up with. Take a visit there and see the other options," Michael suggested.

Selene was surprised to come across another pureblood who was with a mixed-blood. She had been questioned on why she settled for Gabriel, so it had to be harder for someone like Michael.

Selene was curious if the Valeforts accepted the woman Michael was with now, or was it that no one knew of her yet.

"This might come as a surprise, but I’ve already secured a lot of votes. It would help me seal the deal if I had your vote and the votes of the people who secretly want you to be king. I need this so I don’t need to worry about her safety. That’s something you can relate to," Michael said, glancing at Selene.

Selene left it for Xavier to decide instead of speaking up to convince him. Michael did have good reason to become the next king, but how were they to know that what Michael was saying was the truth?

Michael smiled, willing to wait until the day would come for votes to be made. "Let us hold off on that and focus on the attacks. I can help you. You’re a powerful man, but this isn’t a fight you should take alone. You need every pureblood who is willing to help."

Michael hoped Xavier wasn’t too stubborn to refuse help. This was a serious matter, and had Michael been awake sooner, he would have dealt with it far quicker than the palace was.

"Rather than search for who is behind the attacks, Darius plans to start gathering the humans. He’s been secretly building where he will place them, and now that they are done, it won’t be long before the palace guards start picking up humans from tonight," said Michael.

"How do you know this? Darius is that foolish to speak of his plans where anyone can hear?" Selene asked.

"Sometimes he tries to be private, but I have good hearing. Darius considers the palace to be his home, so he says and does as he likes there. You’d be surprised how foolish your king can be. Gathering the humans is the big show he wants to put on," Michael said.

"I knew that much. It is all he has to please the purebloods. Most of them like his plans to make it so that they can take blood as they want without having to pay for it. Pureblood attacks on humans have started," Xavier replied, more willing to work with Michael now.

Michael was impressed. "After the others ordered that all witches be captured, you still managed to have a witch who would want to meet with you." _{free𝑤ebnovel.com}

"There are a lot of purebloods who want to kill each other staying in the palace. It concerns me that the palace is where the weapons they need to kill each other are. I don’t trust Darius, Vivienne or the court," Michael said, concerned that the holy weapons might be used wrongly.

"Those weapons are kept to kill vampires who commit awful crimes, but I think it is time we get rid of them. We leave the door open for so many unnecessary deaths by keeping them around. They need to be destroyed," said Michael.

Michael could think of better ways to punish vampires who did the unthinkable. They could be imprisoned to spend the rest of their lives regretting their actions.

Darius knowing where holy weapons were placed was not good. Especially when Darius would like everyone out of the way so he could be the only king.

"I will work with you to stop the attacks, and then we can speak about how much of a good king you could be. There is much I have found out that I can share with you, and in return, I need you to share everything you hear in the palace. Deal?" Xavier asked, raising his hand for Michael to shake.

"Deal," Michael agreed. He smiled after Xavier gripped his hand a little too hard.

"If you stab me in the back, and Darius going after mixed-bloods will be the least of your concerns," Xavier warned Michael.