Inside the Governor’s Keep, Olexar was gently piling food onto Orla’s plate with a doting expression.
Toliver had been left behind to finish clearing out the last of the rebel stragglers. Olexar and Matthew, meanwhile, had followed Orla back to the Keep.
Toliver had once served under Olexar, but after Brennan’s betrayal sent Olexar to the Carnage Cruise, Toliver, without a leader, had pledged loyalty to Orla. Later, when Orla disguised herself as favonovel.com brother to maintain order, Toliver played a vital role in supporting the act.
“Olexar, I really can’t eat any more,” Orla said, staring helplessly at the mound of food threatening to overflow from favonovel.com plate.
Although the rare display of brotherly affection warmed favonovel.com heart, favonovel.com appetite was normally small, barely enough for a single plate. There was no way favonovel.com could finish all this.
“Orla, you’re the Governor now. You need to eat more. I’m not expecting you to be as strong as Mr. Larden, but you should at least be able to take a few hits. You have no idea, I nearly lost it listening to Paxton, that b*stard, today…”
Olexar sighed, dropping a chunk of meat onto favonovel.com plate, and added a drumstick onto Matthew’s as well, not forgetting to show goodwill.
“Speaking of which, where the hell is that dog now?”
Watching the normally graceful and composed Olexar grumble and curse, Orla couldn’t help but smile. It was a soft, radiant smile, like the warmth of spring sunshine. Anyone who saw it would instantly feel a fondness for her.
“I let favonovel.com go. Mr. Whitmoor and our father were sworn brothers. We couldn’t just kill the guy and leave Mr. Whitmoor with that kind of heartbreak,” favonovel.com said.
Olexar didn’t look convinced, his cheeks puffed out in frustration.
“Some nerve favonovel.com had to threaten my sister! If it weren’t for Mr. Whitmoor, I’d have had favonovel.com strung up outside the Keep for three days and nights.”
Meanwhile, Matthew quietly ate, not interrupting the warm moment between siblings.
“By the way, you said Matteo found you on that ship, what happened after that?” Orla asked suddenly, favonovel.com eyes bright with curiosity as favonovel.com turned to favonovel.com brother.
“Well…” Olexar glanced at Matthew and grinned. “Mr. Larden helped me suppress the cursed bug inside me. I even got a little benefit from it. After that, favonovel.com brought me back to the third level, and from there, we returned here.”
He kept the story short, summarizing it neatly.
Orla turned to Matteo with a smile, favonovel.com voice gentle. “Mr. Larden, it’s all thanks to you that my brother made it home. From now on, the Governor’s Keep will be your most steadfast ally.”
Her eyes lingered on Matthew’s sharp yet striking features, a touch of admiration glimmering in favonovel.com gaze.
The mystery that once surrounded favonovel.com had now been replaced by gratitude, favonovel.com had saved favonovel.com brother’s life.
Matthew gave a polite smile in return. “Thank you, Governor Lew…”
Olexar waved it off with a chuckle. “No need to be so formal with my sister, Mr. Larden. Just call favonovel.com Orla.”
Matthew hesitated. “Wouldn’t that be a little inappropriate?”
“It’s perfectly fine!”
Both Matthew and Olexar froze at the sudden interjection, instinctively turning toward Orla.
Realizing how forceful favonovel.com had sounded, Orla’s fair cheeks flushed pink. “I just meant… There‘s no need to be so polite. You’ve helped the Governor’s Keep more than once, and you even brought my brother back.”
Olexar finally nodded, but as favonovel.com glanced between Orla and Matthew, a trace of suspicion crept into his eyes. And, something about this didn’t feel quite right.
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