Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 365

Chapter 365 A Shattered House

Quin’s gaze shifted slowly onto him.

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Seline suddenly snapped back to her senses. Forgetting all decorum, she rushed forward two steps, tears streaming down her face.

“Lord Jett! My daughter… my Daphne is still so young. How can she bear being locked away in that cold place all alone? And during the Christmas of all times… Please, I beg you, let us see her, just once…”

Quin remained unmoved.

“His Majesty has given strict orders. Without permission from His Majesty, no one is allowed to visit the deposed Crown Princess, Daphne.”

“Just once! Even once is impossible?” Seline’s voice cracked with desperation, her body nearly collapsing to the floor.

Cedric could not bear to watch any longer. He stepped forward, positioning himself in front of his mother.

“Lord Jett, that’s a little too harsh, don’t you think? They’re mother and daughter. Blood ties like that don’t disappear. Why not do me a favor. Let my mother go in and see my sister once. At least it would give them a proper farewell.”

At those words, Quin paused.

Then he chuckled.

Cedric assumed his speech had worked and was about to press further when Quin spoke again, his tone slow and almost amused.

“Your favor?”

Quin looked him up and down.

“Forgive my poor eyesight, but exactly how much is your favor’ worth in front of His Majesty?”

Cedric’s face flushed red and green in turns.

He had strutted through Vanelle his whole life. Never once had anyone humiliated him so bluntly.

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His pride shattered, anger surged up.

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“Quin! You’re nothing but a palace attendant, yet you dare speak to me like that? I hold an official post at court!”

Quin’s voice stayed calm.

“An official post? You mean that idle position you once held at the Court of Provisions?”

He continued evenly, “That position existed only because Daphne pleaded with Her Majesty, and Her Majesty asked the lord to arrange it for you. Now that Daphne has been stripped of her title, naturally your post no longer exists.”

“What?! You say it’s gone and it’s gone?”

Cedric froze like he’d been struck by lightning. A moment later fury exploded across his face.

The blood rushed to his head. In his rage he even forgot that Quin served directly under Theodric. He raised his hand as if to strike.

Quin stood where he was, not moving.

A cold glint flashed briefly through his eyes.

“Unfilial fool! Stop this at once!”

Galen Garrett nearly lost his soul in fright. His face turned ashen as he shouted sharply.

“Hold him down!”

The nearby servants finally reacted. They rushed forward together and pinned Cedric to the ground with chaotic urgency.

Quin watched the farce with a cold expression. His voice was quiet. “Cedric, this order came directly from His Majesty.”

He paused briefly.

“And His Majesty also said that from this day forward, you are never to be appointed to any office in the kingdom again. Even if you wished to sell yourself into palace service as a servant, you would not be accepted.”

Cedric went completely still. Quin then turned toward Galen Garrett.

“Lord Garrett, you are a court official. Surely you understand that His Majesty’s command

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cannot be defied.”

Galen’s face looked pale. He bowed low against the ground.

“Yes… I humbly accept Your Majesty’s decree. Long live Your Majesty… Long live Your Majesty…”

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Quin said nothing further and walked away. The moment he left, the servants released Cedric.

Cedric jumped to his feet, still furious, shouting toward the doorway.

“Who does he think he is! Acting like he’s better than me!”

Smack!

Galen used every ounce of strength he had and slapped Cedric hard across the face.

The blow sent him staggering sideways. A vivid handprint immediately appeared across his cheek.

Galen pointed at him, his whole body shaking with rage. His voice came out hoarse.

“You idiot! And you dare look down on your sister?

“If it weren’t for your sister maneuvering through the Crown Prince’s Wing all those years, do you think you could have strutted through Vanelle like a lord? Someone would have broken your legs and thrown you out of the capital long ago!

“I prided myself on my judgment all my life. How did I end up with a son as useless as you!”

Seline cried out in distress. She rushed forward and wrapped her arms around Cedric protectively.

“My lord! Why would you hit him like that? Cedric is our only son! The Garrett family’s bloodline depends on him!”

“Son? What good is a son like this!”

Galen staggered backward two steps. In that instant he seemed to age ten years.

His voice dropped into a hollow murmur. “With the disaster he’s caused… the Garrett family’s future is finished…”

Seline clung to Cedric like a drowning person grabbing the last piece of driftwood.

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