Chapter 59

• It was almost the break of dawn when King Xarius finally let her go. She cursed him as he made true to his word. She could barely walk properly, indeed. She had to hold on to the walls to support herself while he watched with amusement on his face and eyes, his arms crossed.
• “All eyes away from me!” she ordered. Her men looked away, but Skamerius had already taken a glimpse of her.
• ‘Did the king torture and break the general’s legs?’ he wondered, hostility toward the king surfaced from within his chest. ‘He should’ve punished his own concubines instead for inviting the general over!’