Chapter 319: Slow Pace
Mineah let out a deep sigh as she watched Dahlia leave the throne room with a slump on her shoulders. She just watched her spend another day begging Nikolai to let her see Zoran. And once again, Nikolai rejected the request.
"I feel bad for her," Mineah murmured as she got up from her seat. "Can’t we try and give her just a glimpse, at least?"
"You know it’s not safe for her yet," Nikolai sighed back as he followed her and instantly grabbed her by the hand. This was their usual routine after court meetings, getting out of the throne room holding hands or with her hugging his arm. "There’s just nothing we can do for now."
"I suppose so," Mineah sighed. "By the way, Exordium Eva is still plotting against you. She’s willing to hold hands with anyone who can bring you down."
As per usual, her ability to read minds came in handy yet again, especially against someone who she believed could be a potential threat to her husband. To others, she might’ve looked timid inside the throne room staying silent and simply listening to others, but what no one knew was that while her husband engaged in the usual meetings, she too was busy reading their thoughts.
"Did you read all their thoughts again?" Nikolai scolded her. "You’ll exhaust yourself if you do this daily in court meetings, Mine."
"I only read some of their thoughts, so don’t worry," Mineah chuckled. "In fact, I’m only monitoring Eva at the moment. Still, something bothers me with Amed and his mother. Whenever I would look them in the eye, their thoughts... They were just too neutral, as if..."
"They probably have a gift to shield themselves from your power, Mine. Some could have such abilities among powerful vampires, protecting them from hypnosis and compulsion," Nikolai handily explained as he gently kissed her hands. "Again, I believe they have the ability to hide their true thoughts from you, so you might as well not bother reading their minds again, Mine. Besides, I have my men in the shadows trailing them already."
He then stopped walking as he held her by the shoulders to turn her to face him. Leaning down, he kissed her forehead as he said, "Again, I don’t want you overexerting yourself to help me against those who are trying to plot and oppose me, Mine. Your husband is more than capable of handling things. Instead, what I want you to do is to focus on your inner strength and find a way to contain and fully control the inner chaos inside of you while we’re still perfecting our plan to get those magical books to Devon."