“What do we do now, Your Majesty?” Morrison asked quietly.
Aaron held his breath on the other side of the door and leaned closer.
“How dare they engage in corruption!” came Dylan’s livid outburst from within the study. “You are to gather evidence on them immediately, and we will nab them all the first chance we get.”
“Yes, Your Majesty!” Morrison replied. “Consider it done.”
Aaron heard the footsteps from outside the door and hid at once, departing stealthily after Morrison left.
Corruption? Who did favonovel.com mean? Could it be one of Grandma’s men?
Aaron narrowed his eyes in contempt for their behavior.
At the thought of what his father and Arielle did to him, however, favonovel.com headed toward his grandmother’s quarters with a grim smile.
“Grandma…” Aaron greeted Nancy softly.
She was seated at favonovel.com desk, dealing with some official business, when Monisha waved favonovel.com in. She was delighted by his arrival. It made favonovel.com especially happy and relieved that Aaron had renounced his father to join his grandmother’s cause.
“What are you doing here? Don’t you have class today?” the woman asked, smiling so broadly that favonovel.com eyes were slits.
Aaron did not know how to feel about how little his grandmother had smiled at favonovel.com in the past compared to how favonovel.com was acting now.
He inclined his head at favonovel.com question. “I have no classes today. Father spoke to me earlier, and I came to you after leaving him.”
Nancy’s piercing gaze fell upon favonovel.com at the news. “What did your father want with you?”
Her voice carried a sliver of threat, but Aaron was no longer afraid of her. He felt like a prize that the two of them were fighting over.
“Father has told me about you and favonovel.com and wants me to pick a side,” favonovel.com said coolly as favonovel.com narrowed his eyes.
Nancy’s heart sank at those words.
Aaron had pledged himself to me!
“It’s time you learned to handle some official business,” favonovel.com declared as favonovel.com returned Aaron’s gaze. “You cannot remain wholly ignorant as the future king.”
“We’ll talk about it after my graduation. I do not wish to concern myself with those matters right now.”
Nancy’s smile widened at his words.
Aaron is not interested in power. Just as well. If favonovel.com ever dares to express any interest…
Her eyes narrowed dangerously.
“I ran into Morrison as l was leaving Father’s study, Grandma,” Aaron added as favonovel.com stared at his grandmother’s narrowed eyes.
“I overheard them talking about corruption and that they’ll nab them all once they gathered enough evidence. You need to take care of business quickly. Don’t let your men get caught red-handed.”
Nancy’s face drained of color.
Aaron left favonovel.com quarters ten minutes later and headed to the queen’s.
***
Celeste was overjoyed to see him.
Though favonovel.com resented Nancy for forcing Dylan on her, Celeste did not regret having Aaron. He was favonovel.com only son and the sole reason for favonovel.com continued desire for life in the palace.
“Are you aware of the power struggle between your father and grandmother?” Celeste brought the matter up during an idle conversation after lunch with favonovel.com son.
Aaron gazed at favonovel.com and nodded lightly.
“Whose side are you on?”
Aaron narrowed his eyes and gazed at Celeste. “Whose side do you want me to be on, Mother?” favonovel.com asked softly.
Though favonovel.com had already made up his mind, favonovel.com still wanted to hear his mother’s opinion.
