|| ASHER's POV ||

" There had been reports, Your Majesty!"

Darius muttered nervously, his face clouding with tension and anxiety. I lifted my eyes from the files that I had been going through. I asked naturally, waiting for him to speak,

" What kind of report, Darius?"

He looked uneasy to share it with me. I waited until he breathed his words out,

" The spy is saying that Lady Athena has accepted her status as a Royal slave. I don't know if it's true or false but everyone was claiming that she was devoted to King Asher. I..I am afraid that she has possibly changed her side."

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