"I'll be right back" I said to Lebora as I rushed out of the room to talk to Adolph in hopes of him reconsidering this. Even if I was going to mark someone else it can not be Tala because I hated her and she was also Lenora's sister but with her present condition. Tala might show no mercy on Lenora.
"Father " I called his name as I barged into his room but almost regretted not knocking.
"I'll pardon you" He responded and my chest suddenly became too heavy to say words. His aura was just too much that it deeply affected me.
"Lenora was poisoned, can the contest be shifted to another day?" I begged and found it amusing as I have never begged for anything in my eternal life but here I am begging for the sake of love.
"Are you becoming a weak son? Since you left London, you're no longer the Alaric I knew of but rather you're becoming more of your late brothers" he said and my eyes twitched at the way he spoke of my brothers which he brutally killed.
"The contest will still take hold today