章 212: Guilty Conscience

A servant outside knocked and announced the arrival of the King of Megaris. Oriana immediately stood up from her chair to bow to the red-eyed king. Drayce accepted her greetings and went to his wife. He had overheard the last part of their conversation, especially the part of her mentioning her mother, and it worried him but Seren looked fine to him. It was a relief.

That pair of purple eyes squarely met his red ones. "You left in the morning and returned in the evening. You seem to forget about your wife, Your Majesty."

"Arlan and I decided to contribute to Prince Cian's investigation."

"Did you find anything?"

"We did," he informed her, "but I wish to inform you that you should persuade your brother to take care of his hand. He is way too careless."

"What? What happened now?" Seren exclaimed.