“I hope he finds who he’s looking for.”
When they arrived at the temple, Abril got off the carriage and helped the children down. Otis, seeing they were at the temple, asked.
“Will you leave us here?”
“Of course not, but I’m staying here. Come on.”
The children followed Abril, and as they walked through the halls, they encountered a priest. Abril asked him for a room for the children and a place where they could take a bath.
The priest showed them where the bathroom was and then to prepare a room for the we children.
After the children bathed and changed their clothes, they looked much better, but they still seemed haggard, pale, and tired.
Abril accompanied them to the room where they would be staying, tucked them into bed, and sang to them until they fell asleep.
She stayed with them, watching over their sleep.
When Alessandro returned, the first thing he did was look for Abril, but she wasn’t in the room. The two guards assigned to her were three doors down. He approached them and asked.
“Where is my wife?”
Rafael responded.
“She is in this room.”
Alessandro entered without letting Rafael finish speaking.
Abril put a finger to her lips and said to him.
All I Want is to Give Them a Home
“Silence, they’re sleeping.”
“Where did those children come from?”
Abril took Alessandro out of the room and said in a low voice.
“You’ll wake them up.”
Alessandro looked at the guards for an answer, and Noah replied.
“We found them in the village.”
Abril continued with what Noah was saying.
“They’re orphans. I brought them here.”
Abril didn’t want to have that conversation in front of the guards, so she went to her room.
Alessandro followed her and asked.
“Why did you bring them with you?”
“Because they were alone, scared, and hungry, with no one to care for them, just like I once was.”
“I understand that you feel identified with them, but…”
“You once said I could ask for anything. I want to help those children.”
Alessandro took Abril’s face and said to her,
“You are not like them.”
“You don’t know anything, don’t act like you know everything about me.”
“Then talk to me. I can’t understand you if you don’t.”
“I just want those children to have what I never had, a home of their own.”
“You have a home now.”
“And that’s why I want them to have one as well.”
Abril thought it was a good moment to use the charms Lady Elizabeth had given her a long time ago. She hugged Alessandro, caressing his muscular chest and moving up to his face. She stood on tiptoe, kissed him, and said,
“You promised to do what I asked of you.”
Abril kissed him again and said,
“Please, just this once, for me.”
“You’re not backing down on this, are you?”
Abril kissed him again, he hugged her and said.
“How can I refuse if you ask me this way?”
“Will you let them stay?”
“You can’t be their mother, Aby, but I promise to give them a good home, just like you want.”
Abril didn’t want to be their mother; she just wanted them to be safe, she wasn’t sure she could provide.
“That sounds good.”
Alessandro kissed her and said.
“I love you.”
“Thank you for keeping your promise, Lessan.”
When Cassian arrived in the city of Farell, the first thing he did was head to the tavern where the information guild hid. They were usually very secretive, and very few knew how to find them.
Cassian approached the bar and ordered a glass of milk, the secret code to speak with the guild leader. The bartender stared at him and said,
“If you want a glass of milk, go upstairs; I only serve alcohol here.”
Cassian did as the bartender instructed, climbing the stairs to find a s bustling with more people than the nearly empty one below.
Two men approached him and asked,
“What do you want?”
“A glass of milk, please.”
“Follow us.”
Those two men led him to a room with a desk, several bookshelves, a comfortable sofa, and a large map of all the known kingdoms hanging on the wall.
“Wait a moment, we will bring what you requested now.”
Cassian stood still, looking around, and after a while of waiting without anyone coming, he began to grow impatient and started pacing around the room.
While doing so, the map hanging on the wall caught his attention, and then he heard the sound of the door opening. He turned to see a tall, slender man with long black hair, dark skin, and striking red eyes approach him and say,
“Isn’t it beautiful?”
“Are you the leader of the information guild?”
“I suppose so. Name’s Barto.”
“I need all the information you can find about King Venobich’s first wife.”
“What you ask for won’t be easy to obtain.”
“I’m willing to pay handsomely for it. How long will it take to get me what I ask for?”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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