Forgotten Wife Let the traitors kneel Down (by Patricia Maradiaga) novel Chapter 85

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“It’s red like an apple.”

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Abril had always found her hair color unpleasant, as it was red like the color of blood. The fact that the children said it was red like an apple made her realize she had always thought

about it the wrong way.

Alessandro, seeing the children touching his wife so casually, said.

“Stop touching my wife.”

The children, hearing the severe tone of Alessandro’s voice, felt scared and hid behind Abril, and she said,

“Lessan, stop, you’re scaring the children.”

Alessandro kissed Abril and said,

“I don’t like other men touching you.”

“They’re not men, they’re still children.”

The children felt hurt by Abril’s response, Cassian laughed and said.

“Aby, I think you’ve hurt their pride.”

Abril patted the children’s heads and said,

“That wasn’t my intention, kids.”

Cassian approached them and said,

“Hello kids, I’m Cassian. What are your names?”

“Otis and Joe.”

Otis responded a bit shyly. Cassian smiled at them and said,

“Nice to meet you guys, my brother is a little grumpy but he’s a good person, so don’t hate him.”

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Seeing those children, Cassian understood why Abril had taken them in; they were so thin they seemed almost skin and bone. They must have endured hunger and hardship while living on the streets.

Abril was a person with a big heart; she was kind, sweet, and cared for others, even when those people wanted to hurt her. He knew this all too well because he had wanted to harm her when he first met her, yet she still took care of him. To Cassian, she reminded him a bit of his mother, a good woman who always put others before herself.

That morning, they all had breakfast together. At first, the children appeared hesitant, but Abril made them feel comfortable. When they finished eating, Otis said to her, “Thank you very much for everything you’re doing for us. It seems not all nobles are so bad; not all of them want to harm us.”

Alessandro was intrigued by this and asked him, “What do you mean by that, Otis?”

“On the streets, they say that the nobles were taking the children and doing nothing good with them. That’s why we hid, but we had to go out every day to find food. But every time we saw a noble, we hid. To us, nobles are terrifying, although she was different; she didn’t seem like a noble, she’s good,” Otis said while looking at Abril. Joe, who had been eating in silence, spoke, “Miss Abril is an angel; that’s why we came with her.”

Abril stroked Joe’s head; he was undoubtedly a charming child. She wondered how anyone could harm a child; they were all full of goodness and innocence. To harm them, one must be

a monster.

Alessandro had also heard strange rumors, which was one of the reasons he had stayed at the temple. He didn’t want to alert the nobles of his presence; he didn’t want to give them time to hide whatever they were doing in that place.

“Otis, do you know where they were taking the children they kidnapped?”

Otis nodded.

“To Baron Terren’s mansion. I met a boy who managed to escape from there; he said what they did to the children in that place was horrible.”

“And what did they do to them?”

“I don’t know; he never wanted to tell me. He became very distressed every time he remembered it.”

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“Where is your friend now, Otis?”

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Otis remained silent; he didn’t want to betray his friend. Alessandro said to him, “Otis, we have come to catch the bad guys and give them their punishment, but we can’t do it if we don’t know what wrongs they’ve done. Could you take me to your friend?”

“But Onil made me promise not to tell anyone where he’s hiding.”

“I understand you want to keep your promise, but I need to know what’s happening; otherwise, I can’t do anything.”

Otis wasn’t very convinced about betraying his friend. Abril put a hand on his shoulder, conveying reassurance, and said, “Otis, do you want your friends to stop hiding?”

Otis nodded energetically. She stroked his cheek and said, “Then help us stop the bad guys so that the other children don’t have to suffer or hide in fear of being caught.”

Otis had lived in hiding, fearing that some noble would find them and take his brother, doing horrible things to him. Abril was a good person; the kindness she showed was undoubtedly real, not fake. He told her, “Alright, I’ll take you to where Onil is hiding if you promise nothing

bad will happen to him.”

“I promise, nothing bad will happen to your friend,” Alessandro replied.

“Then I’ll take you to Onil.”

There was still a lot of food on the table. Otis asked, “Could I take some food to Onil?”

With a smile, Abril said to him, “Of course, you can take him as much as you want.”

Alessandro asked for a basket of food to be prepared for Otis’s friend. Then he called his guards to accompany them to the village. Otis thought it could be dangerous, so he asked Joe to stay. He was hesitant to leave his brother, but Abril convinced him to stay.

Cassian couldn’t go with them as he wanted to return to the information guild. He said goodbye to them.

Before Alessandro left with Otis and the guards to the village, Abril gave Alessandro a kiss and said to him, “Be safe.”

“I’ll be fine, don’t worry, I’ll see you later.”

When they got to the village, Otis led Alessandro and the guards to where Onil was hiding; he was tucked away in a cave near the village. When Onil spotted the guards, he tried to make a run for it, but Alessandro stopped him.

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“Where do you think you’re going?”

“Let me go.”

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The little boy struggled, trying to break free from his captor. Otis stepped out from behind the guards and told Alessandro.

“Let him go.”

“Otis! Did you betray me?”

“It’s not like that; they just want to help us.”

Otis lifted the basket he was holding and said,

“We brought you a gift.”

Onil stopped struggling and said to Alessandro, who was holding him by the shirt.

“Let me go.”

“You won’t try to escape?”

“No.”

Alessandro let him go, Onil approached Otis and glanced at the basket, and when he saw it

was packed with food, his mouth watered. He took the basket and whispered to Otis.

“What are you doing with these men? They’re nobles, you know what they do to us.”

“They’re different; they want to help us. I’ve already told you, they want to take down the bad

nobles.”

“And you trust them?”

“Yes, they’re good people.”

‘They haven’t bought you over with food, have they?”

Otis scratched his head and said.

“They gave me delicious food, but that’s not why I say they’re good. I don’t know how to explain it, but I assure you they won’t harm us.”

Onil took an apple from the basket, took a bite, and said.

“I hope you don’t regret trusting them.”

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“I doubt it.”

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