Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 106

Chapter 106 The Longest Wait

Elowen moved closer, her voice softening. “My lord, what’s wrong?”

Cassian didn’t even lift his eyes from his book. “Nothing.”

“Are you hungry?” she tried again.

No.

“Do you want to play chess tonight?” Her eyes shone with hope.

He paused, then shook his head. “Not tonight.”

Elowen blinked, feeling a strange distance in his manner.

Your Grace, the carriage is ready,” a servant announced from the doorway,

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Cassian glanced at the still-confused Elowen. “I have business. I’m going to the palace.”

Elowen was taken aback, about to speak, but Cassian had already turned to the servant. “Let’s go.”

After he left, the study fell into deep silence.

Elowen stood alone for a long time, feeling puzzled and adrift.

Had she done something wrong? Had she upset him?

Unbidden, memories of Alaric surfaced-how cold he had been after their marriage.

Was Cassian becoming like that now?

He would likely ask for an annulment soon.

She needed to prepare herself.

Elsewhere in Vanelle-

After Lieutenant Wren’s capture by Nordia, Cassian had purchased a small house for Rowena and Elara to stay during their visits to Vanelle.

Rowena and Kaelan had not yet returned home

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Elara, having been confined to the house after her scene at Duskmoor Manor, had raged to no avail. Her mother remained unmoved. Now, ulking, she was curled under her bedcovers. crying with frustration.

“Miss Miss.”

Someone was calling her. Elara, irritated, replied tearfully, “Go away!

The person didn’t leave. Instead, a voice, hushed and persuasive, continued. “I am here to help you, Miss. I know your heart belongs to the Duke, and that the Duchess stands in your way, preventing even a position as concubine.

The words struck a deep chord. Elara finally peeked out from under the covers with swollen. red-rimmed eyes.

She studied the unfamiliar maid by her bed. I’ve never seen you before. Who are you?”

The maid smiled, “Who I am doesn’t matter, Miss. What matters is-

She leaned closer, her voice becoming a seductive whisper. “I have a way for you to get what you want. To marry into Duskmoor Manor. Ever… to replace the Duchess.”

Elowen ate lunch alone. She ate dinner alone.

As dusk deepened, Mira entered the room.

Elowen looked up from her desk. “Has the Duke returned?”

“Not yet.”

Mira trimmed the candlewick beside the desk, brightening the light. “It’s getting late, Your Grace. Shall I help you prepare for bed? Perhaps His Grace will not return tonight, or will be very late.”

Elowen shook her head. “I’ll wait a little longer.

Even if an annulment seemed likely, their marriage was still new, a union decreed by the King. They couldn’t disregard royal face completely.

So, it wouldn’t happen immediately.

And Elowen still wanted to maintain some peace between them.

Cassian had asked her several times to wait for him to come home. She had remembered. She was willing to do so.

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After Mira left, Elowen tried to focus on the household accounts, but her mind kept drifting back to Cassian’s unexplained displeasure.

Eventually, drowsiness crept in.

The ledger lay open on the desk, but her eyelids grew heavy. Her right arm propped on the table, supporting her forehead, her head began to nod, dipping forward like a chick pecking at grain.

A dream took hold.

She was five or six, held aloft in her father’s strong arms, being playfully tossed into the air.

She was laughing, ecstatic-then her father vanished. She was falling, headfirst, helpless.

At the same moment, her supporting arm gave way, and her head lurched violently toward the hard surface of the desk.

At the last possible instant, a broad, steady hand shot out and caught her, cushioning the fall.

Elowen jolted awake.

Her eyes opened slowly, meeting Cassian’s dark gaze.

The candle had burned low, casting a dim, soft light that blurred his features.

Her mind was still foggy. “My lord…”

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