Chapter 204: [Bonus - ] Twisted
Mineah couldn’t get herself to sleep as she waited for Nikolai to come back home. It was already past midnight, but he was still not back and, she just couldn’t help but feel so incomplete being alone.
"This won’t do at all..." she breathed out in frustration as she sat on the bed.
Having had enough, she was about to contact him through their bond when something finally happened. Before she could actually contact him, Nikolai suddenly appeared before her.
"Lai..." she called to him, his back against the moonlight in a way that she couldn’t see his face very well.
"Go back to sleep, Mine. You have a busy day ahead of you in Cordon tomorrow," Nikolai informed her as if nothing was even wrong. "I already talked to Ezme, so Wizard Lurio should be coming here through a teleportation spell to pick you up at dawn."
Fidgeting, she couldn’t help but whisper, "Aren’t you coming with me?"
"I have urgent matters to attend to before dawn, Mine. Zoran will be delivering Dahlia at the border and I’ll be there to pick her up. I have to make sure that she will safely arrive back at her home. It’s a crucial moment, and I promised Zoran that she’ll be safe under my protection," Nikolai casually explained.
He didn’t even blink as he then asked, "Will it be alright if I ask your shadow maidens to look after Dahlia to make sure that she has no remnants of dark magic within her? I will have her confined in a secret room here in the palace for a few days until she’s cleared by your shadow maidens."
"I understand, Lai. Do what you must," Mineah replied. "My shadow maidens are also your subjects, so you don’t have to ask for my permission if you need them for something important like this."