Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 339

Chapter 339 Uninvited Guest

“Whatever you say,” Cassian told her. “My money is yours. Spend it however you like.”

His hands kept working over her legs, easing wave after wave of tension out of her body.

Pregnancy made her drowsier than usual. Now she yawned. “I think I’ll nap for a while…”

Her words trailed off as sleep started to pull her under.

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Then footsteps sounded outside, crunching over the packed snow in the courtyard. In the quiet, the sound was especially clear.

Anson’s voice came from outside the study. “Your Grace, the fourth prince of Nordia is here to see you.”

Elowen forced her eyes open, still hazy with sleep.

Cassian’s hands paused at her ankle. “You sleep. I’ll deal with it.”

But then Anson added from the doorway, “Your Grace, the prince said… it doesn’t matter whether you’re there, but Her Grace must see him.”

Cassian went still.

Elowen burst out laughing, and the last of her sleepiness vanished.

“I guess I should go, then.” She pushed herself up.

Cassian lifted a brow. “Not tired anymore?”

Elowen grinned. “Didn’t you say their real purpose here is to make peace? I’m a general’s daughter. I know what war costs. If peace is possible, missing one nap is nothing. If it means people can sleep easier at night, that’s worth a little sacrifice.”

Cassian’s eyes softened. “All right.”

He helped her into slippers and a cloak, and together they went to the front parlor, where Zachary was waiting.

Water had already been prepared, steam curling from cups.

Zachary hadn’t sat down. He stood near the side of the room, quietly admiring a jagged stone ornament set on the table.

When he heard the sound of Cassian’s wheelchair and Elowen’s footsteps, he turned.

He bowed first, his Avenlor language flawless and exact. “Your Grace. Forgive the intrusion.”

Today, Zachary wore a deep-blue Nordian coat trimmed with fox fur at the collar and cuffs.

Elowen pushed Cassian into the room and nodded. “There’s no need for ceremony.”

She got straight to it. “May I ask what brings you here today?”

Zachary only smiled, his gaze flicking briefly to Cassian.

The meaning was obvious-there were things he would rather say in private.

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Cassian bristled.

Am I expected to leave?

He was the Duke of Duskmoor. No one had ever dared ask him to step out. If anyone left a room, it was because he told them to.

Elowen smiled gently. “My husband and I are one. Whatever you want to say, you can say in front of him.”

Cassian couldn’t stop the satisfied curve of his mouth.

Zachary paused for a moment. He had heard the Duke had caused Nordia a great deal of trouble in the past. But…

His gaze drifted to the wheelchair.

He had heard that story too-that Cassian had been crippled on the southwestern front and lain unconscious for months.

Now he had been stripped of command and pushed far from the center of power.

For a man like Cassian, who spent most of his days in quiet seclusion, he hardly seemed like much of a threat.

With that thought, Zachary allowed himself a faint smile. “Very well.”

Elowen gestured toward the chair across from her. “Your Highness, please sit. Have some water.”

Zachary took the seat and lifted the warm cup, taking a small sip. The heat spread through him, clearing the last of the chill from the winter air.

“Wheelchair or the armchair?”

At the head of the room, Elowen had leaned closer to Cassian, lowering her voice as she asked.

Zachary glanced up through the faint curl of steam rising from his cup.

Cassian’s expression was as indifferent as ever. “The chair’s fine.”

Elowen nodded. “Water?”

Cassian shook his head. “No. I’ll just sit and talk.”

“Alright.”

She reached down and adjusted the blanket resting across his legs, smoothing it carefully before stepping back.

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