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Chapter 224
Darius
I stood before the door leading to the lounge and took a deep breath. Zora squeezed my hands to help me calm down, and we both walked in. Being lord and soon–to–be king, I dared not show fear or weak emotions, so I held on to a brave face while we walked to where David was.
The moment I saw him, I wanted to crumble. He was the spitting image of our father. He did not wear his hair long. His brown hair and brown eyes were exactly like our father’s. Although his features were softer. I knew it was because of his mother. I heard she was a beauty. A beautiful bitch.
His wife was blonde with blue eyes, and his children were beautiful. They all stood to pay their respect, and I could see the fear and concern in my brother’s eyes.
I was about to speak when Zora broke the ice by hugging his wife.
“I am so happy to finally meet my sister–in–law. You are welcome,” she said joyfully and hugged David’s wife.
Breaking the hug, she looked at her and her children.
“I am Zora,” she said, introducing herself, and the woman smiled warmly at Zora.
“I am Nicole,” she said and introduced her children.
“This is Tanya, Liz and Justin. They are triplets. Justin was the first to come,” she said, and Zora smiled and hugged the children warmly. David relaxed, and I extended my hand for a handshake which he willingly took.
“Welcome,” I told my brother. The look in his eyes showed that my
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behaviour wasn’t what we expected.
We sat back down, and Abelardo was yet to come.
“Abelardo will join us soon,” I told him, and he smiled at me.
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“Thank you for inviting us; I did not think I would ever be allowed to enter this place,” he confessed, and I frowned.
“Why is that?” I asked him, and he sighed.
“Well, I heard I was being hunted by you. A woman called Jenny said your mother had ordered my assassination because father said I should be lord,” He said and sighed.
“I told her I wasn’t interested in being Lord and that I would just come and explain myself to my stepmother, but she filled me with so much fear and told me it was best I go into hiding,” he said. I could not believe how far Jenny had gone.
“So you have been in hiding since?” Zora asked him, and he nodded.
“Sort of. She sent me some money and pleaded with me to disappear. I felt it was odd that someone I did not know would ask me to sign some documents and ask me to disappear,” he said, and I frowned at him.
“Sign some documents?” I asked, and he nodded.
“She said you sent it. I should relinquish my claim to anything that has to do with Hand. I will never be lord, and I will never head the council. I will never have a say in the governance, and neither will my children,” he said, and I wondered why Jenny would go that far.
“It wasn’t difficult. I signed it and quickly sent it to her. She sent me money, and I went into hiding. It was a no–brainer for me, really. I did not want anything to do with the things stipulated in the documents, so it was an easy sign,” he said, and I could see he was sincere.
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“Anyway, the woman was a traitor. She is dead now. I was never hunting you. I did not even know you existed until recently when my mother told my mate about you,” I said, and the man was shocked.
“I told you,” Nicole said, and I wondered what she meant.
“If I may speak your eminence,” she said politely.
“We are family, no need to address me officially,” I said, and she smiled and thanked me.
“I told him to still come and see you and explain himself, but he refused,” She said, and I could not blame him. Because my family was being branded as ‘evil people‘, no one would want to try to reason with me.
“Anyway, I would like you to stay here in the meantime; there are people out to wipe out our family for personal gain. That Jenny woman was one of them, but she is late now. I believe you and your family would be safe here in the estate while we deal with the threat,” I said, and he thanked
- me.
“I know of the threat. They tried to gun me down six months ago. That was why we moved to the south. I honestly thought you were the one, but now I know it might have been those people,” He said, and I frowned.
“How do you trust me so easily?” I asked him.
“Because if you wanted me dead as they said, you wouldn’t bother to bring me here. They would have just killed me instead of transporting my family and me to the Hand Estate,” he said, and I was glad he was the intelligent kind.
I got up immediately, not ready for an extended reunion.
“My wife would show you to your quarters. Please feel free and make yourselves comfortable.” I said, and they thanked me. Seeing David was difficult because it felt like I was looking at the younger version of my
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father. I suspected that was the sentiment that made my father go against my mother. Something he paid dearly for. I did not feel sorry for my father, but I was glad that the uprising wouldn’t get to David again. This was a victory.
I returned to the lounge while Zora helped settle David and his family in. I wonder why Abelardo did not show up to meet the guy. I knew my brother was petty like our mother. He knew Alissa, and she was mean to him and our mother. It was normal that he would avoid her son and not want to have anything to do with David, but he needed to overcome his hatred and show some love.
I entered the lounge, and Abelardo was there.
My guess was right about him not wanting to see David.
