Chapter 96

"Where the hell have you been?" the King growls the moment he barges in through the doors. I try to ease the tension, but the moment I open my stupid mouth, he lifts his hand, stopping dead in my tracks. I nod and lower my head. "You just vanished," he continues. "Are you out of your mind? What the hell is wrong with you?"

"I was at the Sovereign's Temple," he says quietly.

The change in the King'