Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 297

Chapter 297 Fury

Chapter 297 Fury

Alaric was panicking. “Your Majesty, I…

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“Where is she?” Theodric demanded, ignoring him. “Bring her here. I want to see what kind of beauty could make Cassian lose his senses. A wife like the Duchess of Duskmoor, and he still does this?”

Warren’s scalp tightened. He swallowed, then edged forward a fraction. “Your Majesty… I think… I’m the ‘mistress.””

Theodric stared. Then his anger twisted into something like disbelief. “I know you served Cassian and you’re loyal. But you have a wife and a grown daughter. What are you doing pretending to be some delicate little kept woman? Do you think I’m senile? Do you think I’m stupid? Cassian isn’t blind enough to take you as a mistress.”

Warren shrank back, at a loss, and looked toward Quin for help.

Quin bowed and took over. “Your Majesty, I went to the northern villa with the Crown Prince. We searched thoroughly. There was no woman. Only the Duke of Duskmoor and General Warren. The Duke placed the general there in secret for safety. The rumor of a mistress appears to have spread from misunderstanding and false repetition.”

Theotric froze.

His rage stuck halfway up his throat.

So he’d just unleashed all of that at Cassian for nothing?

Embarrassment hit him hard.

He rubbed his brow, then looked at Cassian with a guilt that showed through the anger. “Then why didn’t you say that? Why did you let me yell at you?”

“And that nonsense about giving up your title,” Theodric added, exasperated. “You made me think you were confessing.”

Cassian lowered his eyes. “I apologize. Even if I have no mistress, the court has been in turmoil over me. It’s.caused trouble for you and unrest in the government. That part is true. One way or another, the storm has circled around me. If stepping down quiets it, if it gives you peace, then I’ll do it.”

Theodric’s expression softened, something close to genuine feeling surfacing in his eyes.

After all, they were still family.

Cassian had been wronged, and his first instinct had still been to protect his brother and the court’s dignity.

Theodric looked at him with unmistakable affection. “Don’t be ridiculous. You’ve done nothing wrong. You are my brother E wouldn’t be sitting here without you. Your title stays. As long as I’m alive, no one takes you down. No one”

Then he raised his voice. “Bring rewards.”

Quin asked carefully, “For the Duke of Duskmoor, Your Majesty?”

Theodric waved a hand. “And for the Duchess too.”

Quin bowed and moved to prepare it.

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Chapter 297 Fury

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Cassian sighed. “Your Majesty. I never helped you because I wanted rewards. If you’re healthy, if Avenlor is stable, if the people live in peace, that’s enough.”

Theodric looked like he might actually tear up.

Alaric looked like he might snap his teeth.

Then Theodric turned his fury back on his son.

“And you,” Theodric said, voice dropping into ice. “You swore to me he kept a woman. You made this entire farce.”

Alaric dropped to his knees immediately, face pale. “Dad, I was misled. I listened to,”

“Don’t call me that,” Theodric cut in. “I’ve corrected you. In court you address properly.”

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