Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 81

Chapter 81 I Shall Go Attend to Him as Well

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Cedric looked at the sparse dishes and few jugs of wine on their table and shouted toward the door, “What’s taking so long with the food and drink? Is everyone in this tavern dead?”

A servant poked his head in, bowing apologetically. “My apologies, sir. We’re short-handed today.”

Cedric scowled. “Short-handed? We’re the only patrons here!”

The servant looked pained. “There is… another party on the ground floor, sir. Please understand…”

The ground floor-that meant Elowen?

Cedric snapped, “How can they compare to the exalted presence of His Highness the Crown Prince?”

The servant was visibly struggling. “But… that is the Duke…”

“We know who it is,” Cedric cut him off impatiently, assuming he meant “the Duchess.” “Get all your people up here, now!”

“…All of them, sir?” The server hesitated.

“Of course, all of them! Who in the realm is more exalted than the Crown Prince? Everyone should be serving His Highness! Whoever’s downstairs-what are they, anyway? They dare cut in front of the Crown Prince? Hah! Think they’re hot stuff, the fool…”

The servant stared, bewildered.

The Duke of Duskmoor… was, by common understanding in Vanelle, considered above the Crown Prince in influence and sheer presence.

Was there some shift in palace politics he didn’t know about?

Alaric listened to Cedric and felt a flicker of interest. He spoke up, “If they’ve got a problem with me, they can come up and say it to my face

With that, the server had a rough idea.

Either the King granted the Crown Prince sweeping new powers, or the Crown Prince simply asserted himself against his formidable uncle.

Either way, it was a conflict far above his station

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Chapter 81 I Shall Go Attend to Him as Well

He could only bow. “Yes, Your Highness. I’ll relay the message.”

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After the servant left, Cedric sneered, “Married a Duke and thinks she’s ascended to the heavens. It’s not like she became Crown Princess”

Alaric felt a peculiar flicker of anticipation. If Elawen comes up here and sees me with Daphne, she’ll surely be filled with regret.

The thought brought a faint, expectant curve to his lips.

Downstairs, the servant reported the exchange to the manager, who was currently bowing and scraping before Cassian and Elowen.

Seeing the servant’s distressed face, the manager pulled him outside.

The servant relayed the message faithfully, “They said no one is more exalted than the Crown Prince. We are to ignore the ground floor and attend only to His Highness.”

The manager was stunned. “Didn’t you tell them it’s the Duke of Duskmoor down here?”

“I did! I wouldn’t dare hide that!”

The manager was utterly confused now.

“No need to whisper outside.” Cassian’s voice, clear and carrying, came from within the room. His hearing was exceptionally sharp.

The manager, resigned, led the servant back in.

Cassian lifted his chin lazily. “Repeat what was said upstairs. I want to hear it.”

The servant glanced nervously at the manager, who gave a weary nod of permission.

Taking a deep breath, the servant recounted the conversation, emphasizing Alaric’s line: “If they’ve got a problem with me, they can come up and say it to my face.”

By the end, both the manager and the servant were holding their breath.

When gods fought, mortals suffered.

Cassian stroked his chin thoughtfully. “Well, well, He’s grown up. Found his spine.”

His voice was low, almost amused, and devastatingly pleasant to the ear.

To the others, however, it sounded like the whisper of a reaper’s scythe.

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Elowen found it strange.

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In both her lives, Alaric had been terrified of his uncle, shrinking like a mouse before a cat in Cassian’s presence. How had he grown so bold today as to issue such a challenge?

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