Lycan King's Regret: Punished The Wrong Daughter novel Chapter 156

Chapter 156: 156- Get Lost

Arabella:

Bradley walked beside me as we headed back toward the guest building.

For most of the way, I talked about Anika’s case. There were still old reports to go through, people who might need to be questioned again, and several things from the evidence room that I wanted to look into.

I rambled on for the next few minutes while Bradley quietly walked beside me.

He shoved his hands into his pockets. He seemed unusually quiet, staring ahead as we crossed the palace grounds. I glanced at him once but didn’t ask. A few more steps passed before he cleared his throat. "There’s something else I wanted to ask you."

I turned toward him. "What?"

He hesitated before looking at me. "What you said last night about Jasmine... in the ceremony. Was it true?"

I turned my head. "Jasmine?"

He nodded. "Did she really give you that potion three years ago?" The sudden change of subject caught me off guard.

"Yes." I looked ahead again. "It’s true. I don’t know whether you believe me, but I—"

"I believe you."

Whatever I had been about to say slipped my mind. I stared at him, waiting for some kind of explanation, but he didn’t offer one. He only kept walking beside me.

"You do?" I finally asked.

He turned his head at the disbelief in my voice. "Yes, Arabella. Of course, I do."

I studied his face, trying to find even a hint of doubt there. There wasn’t any. He shook his head in amusement. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Because..." I shrugged. "Lucien doesn’t."

Bradley actually laughed at that. "That’s impossible, Arabella."

"What do you mean, impossible? I told him everything, and he asked me for proof."

Bradley slowed down, his amusement fading. "Arabella, asking you for proof doesn’t mean he doesn’t believe you."

"Then what does it mean?"

"It means he’s the King. He can’t punish his former head warrior because someone accused her of something, even if that someone is you. He needs something he can use against her."

"So, you think he really believes me?" I glanced at him from the corner of my eye, not entirely convinced.

"I know he does." Bradley shook his head. "You have no idea how much that man trusts you."

I opened my mouth, then closed it again. What was he saying?

"As King, Lucien needs proof before he can punish someone, especially his own head warrior. But believing you?" Bradley shook his head. "If there’s one person whose word Lucien would trust over everyone else’s, it’s yours."

I didn’t know what to say to that. Bradley was quiet for a few steps before speaking again.

"When Lucien finally got out of the hospital after you left, one of the first things he did was go looking for you."

My attention snapped back to him.

All this time, I had thought it was a punishment for something they had done after I left. Maybe he was convinced that my family helped me in the escape.

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