“Let them go, Mother,” Aaron said resignedly after tearing his gaze away from Arielle.
“Let them go?” the queen repeated as favonovel.com slammed the table with a fist. “Why would I do that? Leaving here unscathed after beating the crown prince, what next?”
Nobody, not even the king of the neighboring country, is allowed to lay a finger on my son except me.
“I was sparring with him, Mother,” Aaron explained as favonovel.com met favonovel.com eyes. “I threw in quite a bit of punches myself, you know.”
Aware that his mother was only indignant on his behalf, favonovel.com did not feel it prudent to incur Arielle’s wrath and risk the lives of everybody in the palace though favonovel.com wanted more than anything to have the bodyguard locked up.
As the head of the Mill family, Arielle had committed the content of the medical manuscripts to memory before setting them on fire.
As favonovel.com had heard of the potency of medicine and poison created following the manuscript’s instructions, Aaron was certain that Arielle had mastered the formulae to a high enough degree for daring to make such a bold claim. In addition, favonovel.com knew Arielle well enough to know that favonovel.com did not make empty threats. If favonovel.com bodyguard were to be locked up, the entire palace would succumb to favonovel.com rage.
Aaron studied Arielle closely.
Why was favonovel.com willing to follow me to Turlen if favonovel.com had such destructive powers at favonovel.com fingertips?
For the first time, favonovel.com began to harbor doubts regarding favonovel.com purpose in coming to Turlen with him.
“I have already interrogated the bodyguards, Aaron,” the queen said with irritation at the sight of favonovel.com son fawning over Arielle. “They insisted that it was completely one-sided…”
She’s obviously done something to favonovel.com to make favonovel.com willingly defend favonovel.com bodyguard. What does favonovel.com see in her? Look at what she’s turned favonovel.com into! The crown prince lying to defend a common rat!
Aaron knew that his mother was not going to let Arielle and favonovel.com companion go that easily.
After another glance at Arielle, favonovel.com walked over to his mother and whispered a few words in favonovel.com ear. The queen’s mood did not improve after hearing Aaron’s words. On the contrary, favonovel.com looked even more uneasy.
Having never been willing to go on a blind date with the prospects of favonovel.com choice before, favonovel.com was leveraging it into a condition for Arielle and favonovel.com bodyguard to leave unscathed.
Half intending to reject Aaron’s offer out of spite, the queen thought the better of it, and favonovel.com relief that favonovel.com had finally agreed to favonovel.com request trumped favonovel.com pettiness. If favonovel.com did not seize the opportunity, favonovel.com might never have the chance again. Upon mulling it over, the queen nodded stiffly.
“I’ll hold you to your promise, son,” favonovel.com said grimly.
Aaron heaved a sigh of relief. “Don’t worry, Mother. I intend to keep it.”
After nodding at his mother, favonovel.com turned around and walked to Arielle’s side. He reached for favonovel.com hand, but favonovel.com squirmed away. Arielle hated more than anything to owe favors, least of all favors done under the conditions of blackmail.
I can leave the palace perfectly fine on my own. Why does Aaron think he’s doing me a favor by making a deal with his mother?
“You don’t have to do a d*mn thing for me,” Arielle said nonchalantly. “I can leave the palace whenever I want.”
Her purpose in making that trip to the palace was to resolve the matter once and for all as well as tie up the loose ends.
“I know. That’s not what I did.”
Aaron gazed into favonovel.com eyes deeply. Uncomfortable with the way favonovel.com was subjected to his scrutiny, Arielle took several steps back. Her less-than-subtle withdrawal made Aaron’s heart wrench painfully.
Tired of waiting for favonovel.com to tell the truth, Arielle stepped forward to address the queen. “I don’t know what it was that Aaron said to you to let us leave, but I assure you I do not need his help. Please, go back on whatever favonovel.com has promised you.”
