Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 93

Chapter 93 She Doesn’t Understand at All

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Elara was a portrait of shattered grief, her face a mess of tears, moving like a puppet as her mother led her away.

After the Wrens departed, a heavy silence settled over the room.

Cassian’s mood was palpably grim.

Elowen was the first to break the stillness. She approached him, her voice gentle. “It’s alright. She’s young, and she’s stubborn. She’ll understand better when she’s older.”

Cassian lifted his gaze to hers, deep and inscrutable. That is all you’re concerned about? Elara?”

Elowen blinked, processing his question. “Oh, and Mrs. Wren, of course. She’s very sensible. Before you arrived, she even slapped Elara.”

She sighed softly, “She must be feeling terribly guilty and heartbroken.”

Cassian pressed his lips together, frustration simmering.

He spoke slowly, deliberately, “A moment ago, I said the one in my heart was you.”

At this, Elowen actually smiled, a reassuring, understanding smile. “I know. I understand.”

His eyebrows shot up. “You… understand?”

She nodded. “Of course. Elara’s infatuation with you is too deep. Telling her you love me was the only way to make her let go, at least for now

Cassian could only stare.

So she doesn’t know. She doesn’t understand at all.

And she was being so terribly considerate about it.

“You can rest easy, my lord. I won’t breathe a word of this to anyone.”

Otherwise, the woman you truly love would surely be heartbroken.

A mix of exasperation and reluctant amusement tugged at him. “What makes you so certain I wasn’t speaking the truth?”

Elowen tilted her head slightly, thinking. “My lord, our ages…”

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She chose her words carefully. “There’s a bit of a gap. While I don’t recall us ever meeting before, I would have been very young then. You couldn’t possibly have been in love with me when I was seven or eight, or even eleven or twelve, could you?”

Cassian’s lips parted, ready to explain.

Just then, Bran entered from outside. “Your Grace, Lord Jett from the palace is here.”

He meant Quin Jett, the King’s personal attendant.

Cassian’s explanation died on his lips.

“Really, it’s fine,” Elowen said, giving him another comforting smile. “My lord, you should go see Lord Jett. I’ll get breakfast going. Anything you’re craving?”

Cassian looked almost troubled. He raised a hand to pinch the bridge of his nose. “You decide.”

“Okay.”

Elowen took Mira’s hand and headed for the small kitchen, while Cassian went to the main hall to receive Quin.

Quin had served Theodric since boyhood and was an old acquaintance of Cassian’s.

A man in his forties, slightly built and perpetually cheerful, his smile widened upon seeing Cassian.

“Your Grace.”

Cassian’s mind was elsewhere. “Does His Majesty have a message?” he asked, cool.

“Your Grace knows His Majesty best, as always,” Quin chuckled. “You left the palace in a hurry last night. His Majesty had an important item he forgot to give you and asked me to deliver it today.”

Cassian raised an eyebrow. “And what is it?”

Quin’s expression turned conspiratorial. He drew a small, leather-bound volume from his bag and presented it with both hands.

Cassian took it. The title, embossed in gold, read The Art of Intimacy.

This title…

He flipped it open at random. The page that met his eyes depicted an illustration of two intertwined figures on a garden swing.

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A violent jolt shot through his chest. He snapped the book shut

Quin beamed. “His Majesty said this should be instructive for you and Her Grace.”

The image he had glimpsed burned behind Cassian’s eyes.

If that were Elowen and I…

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His throat tightened. A sudden, sharp regret pierced him-why had he filled the courtyard with a study and a kitchen, but never thought to build a swing?

After a pause, Quin added, “Ah, there is one more thing.”

He leaned in slightly. “During the morning council today, His Majesty reprimanded Lord

Garrett.”

This was the Lord Chancellor, Daphne’s father.

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