Chapter 136

VALERIA’S POV Now that Lily was out of sight, I turned my focus back to what truly mattered. Magnar. I needed to know what was going through his head after everything that had happened. All of this must have taken a toll on him but i still i need to pull out as much information as I can. "Magnar, wait!" I called out, quickening my steps to catch up with him. He stopped but didn’t turn immediately. His shoulders were tense, his fists clenched at his sides. Before I could ask he answered first. "He was pressured by the royals to do it, he obviously didn’t want to," he said before I could even ask. I nodded. That much was obvious. Dimitri had spent years clinging to his power—there was no way he would just hand it over. Magnar has been fighting over this for quite some time now, I have witnessed it first hand. "Do you think he’ll actually step down?" I asked carefully. Magnar let out a sharp breath, shaking his head. "No. He’s planning something, I can sense it. He won’t let his position