Chapter 244

Third Person's POV

As Cerys animatedly described what had happened, her voice rising and falling with dramatic flair, Valerius couldn't help the way his lips curved upward.

Now he finally understood why, when the steward had followed her back earlier, the old man's fear had still been written all over his face-hesitant, panicked, and at a total loss for words.

Valerius lifted a hand and lightly pi