CHAPTER FIFTEEN (D)

Xander was at the palace walls. He had one more contact in the palace he was sure wouldn’t let him down. He had to send word to the rebels outside the palace. He had to postpone his plan to attack because right now everyone was waiting for them. They needed to catch them by surprise, especially now that Archer had arrived with an army of his own.

He was cursing Archer’s return, wishing that he had driven his blade a little further into his body, and then maybe he would have died. But he needed to get back to Adalia’s side, play the concerned fiancé and hopefully push their marriage through.

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“Adalia are you sure you are up to this,” Lionell could see the exhausted look on her face and so could everyone else.

“You need to get some sleep sister,” Randi held her up by her arm.

“I’m fine,” she mumbled.

“When was the last time you slept?” Archer spotted the dark rings under her