Chapter 90: Your Heart Yearns For

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CHAPTER 91

They were his last ray of hope.

Era saw a flicker of pain flash in his eyes but as quickly as it came, it vanished and what was replaced was a dark and indifferent cold look.

"He took them away for my kingdom and that was how I came to be a subject."

"I understand. So right now…"

"Right now," he continued for her. "All I want is to get them back and far away from his clutches. With you close by, I can rest assure that Etheria would not be a mess and a bloodied zone. With you, I can be sure that one day we would be set free, they and all my people."

'But I cannot promise what I cannot keep."

"It is no promise you cannot keep. Be calm, my queen. I can see it in your eyes, your heart ache at the suffering of your people. You would be what Etheria needs for salvation. All I ask is their safe return to me."