Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 133

Chapter 133 His Beloved Was Not a Woman?

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Bran stepped forward to report, “Two captured live. We’ll take them back and interrogate them as usual.”

Cassian gave a dismissive hum, showing little interest in the matter.

Bran looked at him, his eyes a mix of joy and concern. He ventured, “Your Grace, shall I assist you?”

Cassian ignored him. Instead, he looked back at Elowen.

She still stood where she was, looking somewhat dejected.

“Frightened?” Cassian asked, his voice low and steady.

“No…” Elowen shook her head.

“Then come here,” he said.

Though puzzled, Elowen obediently walked over

She stopped half a step away. “What is it?”

Cassian looked at her. “Too far.”

Elowen bit her lip and took another step closer.

Before she could ask again, Cassian dropped his sword and leaned against her. “Can’t stand.”

Bran, standing ready to assist only to be completely ignored, blinked.

Elowen steadied him. “Your legs are not better yet?”

“No,” Cassian murmured. “I forced myself up earlier.”

He gave a soft cough. “Rushed it. Feels like the wine’s effects are stirring again. I’m a little off.”

Bran stared at Cassian’s seemingly frail state, his eyes wide.

No. That can’t be right.

In the past, Cassian could fight for a day and a night without food or water.

He’d once taken a sword through the shoulder and didn’t even twitch.

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Now he was saying he got up too fast and felt sick?

“Should we call a physician?” Elowen asked anxiously.

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“Yes.”

Cassian glanced sideways at Bran. “Fetch Doctor Hugh Dray.”

Bran dragged himself out of his shock and answered at once.

Cassian turned back to Elowen. “Hugh is a friend. One of the few in Vanelle I trust. He was away from Vanelle recently, just returned.”

Elowen blinked.

She had heard of Hugh. He was quite famous.

In her past life, it was Hugh who had cured Cassian, rousing him from his coma.

But more famous than his medical skill was his appearance.

He was said to have lips like rose petals, teeth like pearls, with strikingly beautiful, almost feminine features.

His beauty was such that not only women admired him, but men as well-perhaps even

more so.

Many sought him under the pretext of medical consultation, only to try to take liberties.

Consequently, Hugh’s temper was notoriously poor, and he disliked staying in Vanelle.

The guards prepared a new carriage.

Cassian returned to his wheelchair, and they headed back to Duskmoor Manor.

The street’s disorder was left for the guards to handle.

Back at the manor, Bran and Hugh had not yet arrived.

Elowen helped Cassian into the main hall and onto a chaise lounge. She recalled certain rumors she’d heard.

Hugh was a few years younger than Cassian, and they had been close since childhood.

Some had therefore speculated that Cassian’s inclinations lay elsewhere, that his so-called “beloved” was not a woman, but Hugh.

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Many subscribed to this theory, listing numerous reasons.

For instance, Cassian was unmarried. Hugh was unmarried, either.

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Also, Hugh traveled constantly, practicing medicine. Only Cassian’s letters could summon him back.

…And so on, countless examples.

When one thought about it, the two men-one a famed physician, the other a Prince-were rather well-matched…

Lost in these rambling thoughts, Elowen made to stand and leave, but her wrist was caught gently.

She looked down at Cassian. “What is it?”

His voice was slow. “I’m unwell. Stay with me a while.”

Her heart softened, and she sat back down.

Cassian didn’t release her hand. He asked softly. Do you remember what I said to you in that room at Falconcrest Manor?”

The moment she recalled, her mind filled with those intimate, breathless moments. The strange sensation of his lips on hers washed over her again like an incoming tide.

Her heartbeat quickened slightly. “You mean about the aphrodisiac wine and needing a kiss to feel better?”

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