Kapitel 48: The Truth

"I walked with the princess…" Jeffery said in a still, calm voice. His hands didn't move – no part of his body flinched. His eyes remained on the prince and his mind wasn't his own any longer. Jeffery could not help but respond to the prince's questions as that was the only thing he could think of and he had no option but to speak the truth as it happened.

"And then?" Stephan asked with that same compelling voice.

"I went into my chambers and that was where I found Merle…"

"Just Merle?"

"My roommate wasn't in the room…"

"What happened next?"