"Your Majesty, I'm telling the truth.
If I undo the spell I cast earlier, Rendell will begin hearing the sound from here and he would also pick up the scent of my blood.
He would know it's truly me.
You can read and hear our thoughts so you would know the truth," he said, and Arabella froze.
". . ."
She was silent for a few seconds.
If this was indeed Alwin, then he already knew everything she was trying to hide.
What should she do if he was in indeed Alwin?!
"Stop this nonsense," Arabella glared at him.
She almost believed him.
She was trying to buy time for the real Alwin or Riley to come.
'But why is everyone taking so long?'
What if she was already dead by the time someone came to save her?
"My apologies for my behavior earlier.
I had to go this far just to confirm my suspicions, Your Majesty.
I had been suspecting you since the day you ask for a divorce with His Majesty.
Your former self would have never done it.