Chapter 84 The Price Of Words

Panic seized Phoebe. She cast a desperate, pleading look at Evander. "Your Highness! Please!"

Evander's brow furrowed with displeasure.

He was already in his uncle's bad graces. Her drawing attention to him now would only make things worse.

But then he remembered—she was Carmine. A flicker of pity stirred within him. He wet his lips. "Uncle, four hours—is that not too severe?"

Ellis, still on his