CHAPTER 163

NAREN

"So why did you stand up for her?"

I rolled my eyes, freeing myself of the burdensome robe.

"Well, you were about to claw out my lungs."

"You took too long." He hissed.

I scoffed. "You're lucky I wasn't Draven. He would have sat back and watched her get accused wrongly—beheaded even."

"So you admit she didn't steal it?"

"It doesn't matter what I think. All fingers are pointing at her. It doesn't help that she was alone in our chamber for a plentiful amount of ...