Chapter 284

• Once Lucas left the rulers, that edge of nerve still stuck inside him. He could feel their eyes on him even after he was gone from the room. His eyes looked over each guard he passed and tried to see if any of them would weaken under his stare. Could he trust any of them when there were snakes staying at his palace?
• He went into a private room and sat across one of his most trusted members of the royal court. He has known him since he was a child and the man always stayed in the background of things to observe the world.
• Mason had lines of age on his face. Lucas tried not to think of his father when he looked at him.