Chapter 221: Maximus’s Disgust

Chapter 221: Chapter 221: Maximus’s Disgust

Elarliya had been pacing in her room for what felt like hours, her footsteps tracing the same narrow arc across the floor as if she could wear her anxieties into the wood itself.

Her hands clenched and unclenched at her sides while her breath kept coming in uneven intervals, and the moment she finally stopped, it was not because she calmed down but because a soft knock sounded outside her door, followed by a maid entering with lowered eyes and a carefully balanced tray in her hands.

...