บท 46: Trust no one.

Seeing the challenge in his eyes and how he was approaching her with purposeful strides, Alicia stood her ground as she waited to see what he wanted to do this time.

Once Harold got to where she stood, he stopped when he noticed the defiance in her stance. Instead of throwing her over his shoulder as he had planned to do, he decided to try a different approach.

He took in a deep breath. "Just to be clear on this, there is no place you can run to in this kingdom to hide from me. And if I want to harm you, I won't need to take you somewhere hidden to do so. Anywhere would be good enough for me. So running is useless," Harold said as he looked down at her.

Listening to him, Alicia swallowed nervously. She could tell from the look in his eyes that he wasn't merely bluffing. She had heard he killed his brother and the king was too scared of him to punish him. She had to be careful.