Semua Bab Revenge of The Shadow Heir: Bab 161 - Bab 170

TRISTAN: I cupped my head on my palms. When I first heard the king’s confessions, I couldn’t swallow his words too. I couldn’t believe that I once wanted to hurt my own brother so badly as well as the woman I loved so much in the world. “Tristan, are you alright?...” It was Samalah. I half-thought she had already followed Kaist to comfort him, but she was still here, her eyes full of unspoken pity. “Go ahead and come after him… Your mate needs you the most right now,” I said. Samalah did well by letting me tell Kaist the whole story behind our revenge from beginning to end. She must have really fallen for him considering that she never made any hateful remarks against his father and Talandor, like she used to. “You’re right… My mate needs me.” Just then, Samalah moved beside me on the long couch. “Why did you tell Kaist the truth? I can see you have been hurt as much as Kaist to reveal it, so why?...” “I… I don’t want to contin

KAIST: “Wait, your majesty, shouldn’t you first talk this out with us,” Tristan Abell said. “There’s no need to talk about this. I’ve made my decision,” I answered. I still hadn’t fully accepted the fact that this man might be my brother. My hate for him and what he did to Dahlia and I still loomed fresh in my heart. “Your majesty, Tristan is right… Please reconsider it,” Dahlia said, holding me gently by the arm. “What is there to talk about?” Does Dahlia not know what the Apricus king and Count Jeteris demand me to do? Does she not realize her life is at risk? “Prince Kaist, Livia is also my sister. I have the right to discuss what needs to be done in order to rescue her!” I finally snapped. “And what do you propose to do? Do you want to take Dahlia to them?” “That’s not what I am saying. If we could extract the spirit stone from Dahlia, we could just give the stone to them. There’s no need to give Dahlia in e

DAHLIA:It was a long shot plan, but I was desperate…“Alright, Dahlly. Let’s take a walk.”It was a breezy night, and the full moon perfectly illuminated the path near the town walls that we took.“I remember you used to like taking long evening walks,” Kaist remarked. We had stayed silent since I had asked him to walk with me. Perhaps he too was having a hard time parting with me today.“That’s right. Walking clears my head. It seemed like my troubles would disappear when I take a long leisurely walk like this. But Kaist, didn’t you also like walking?”“Umm, yes and no…”“Yes and no? What do you mean?”“I only liked taking walks because you loved it, and I always wanted to be the one who walks beside you when you’re sad…”I had almost forgotten Kaist’s confession about feeling the fated mate bond b

TRISTAN:I looked at Samalah’s eyes as it rounded in fear. This wasn’t like her… The Samalah I knew didn’t show fear in this manner…So, who was this? Who was this new person before me?Yesterday, as Sir Casion confessed everything he had been through and the reason why I was able to find him in the forest, it occurred to me that our enemies had always been one step ahead of us.Count Jeteris knew that Kaist would be led to Laudicia in pursuit of his family, and the Blasted Ones must have had a strong hunch that Dahli and I would be journeying to the plains of Laudicia to extract the spirit stone from her.So in essence, everything felt a little bit premeditated…I looked at Samalah at that point – the only person capable of creating a grand scheme like this. She wanted everything in Talandor to fall down into ruins even at the expense of bringing harm to Dahlia…She would be the per

TRISTAN:“What kind of question is that?”I had known Samalah since we were children. We grew up together. How can she ask me such a silly question?“I know you did… You had only come to like me based on what you see, right?... You haven’t given much thought about liking me for me…”Samalah… Wasn’t she the one who told me I shouldn’t like her? She said she’d never like me back, and that love is nothing but a silly, fleeting illusion… She told me that our bodies are only meant for pleasure and nothing more…Seeing her cry like this, I couldn’t tell her to recall all those things that she had said.Actually, she had been breaking the rules she had set upon herself as of lately, and this included raising a child.She had a very hard childhood, and the real reason she studied potions and spells was to make sure she never conceived a child.Sama