Larog's POV

“What did you tell him?” she asked.

“What else? Other than that I am grateful to take the opportunity, that; it is an honour?” I was angry and very much so. I had put in too much work in carefully planning my ascension to the throne and yet I had not foreseen Cyrus taking a decision such as this one.

“We need to act fast then.”

“It will ruin our plans. If we move too quickly we will…” she placed her hand on my chest and smiled at me with her clear gray eyes. ...