Chapter 116
"This one is already packed so you can take it down. Thank you."
Cyrus stepped to the side as northerners carried large boxes out of Amelia’s room. During the time that he had been gone her room had been picked apart and now it was starting to look like a regular room in the castle. "Princess," he called to get her attention.
"Cyrus! Where have you been?" Amelia smiled at him and then went back to what was being taken out of her room.
After she returned to the castle with Killian, she continued the tedious job of packing her things. The only belongings she had not packed up were clothes to wear for the rest of her time here and the books she found in her mother’s towers.
"I have been checking the people who were freed. I have not found her yet but I heard a new group was rescued today and you were there. There is a lot of gossip in the castle about it," said Cyrus.
"When is there no gossip in the castle? The castle is where you will find the most gossip. Besides, I’ve already heard some of it. The sweet innocent princess that we once knew is falling into her role as a wife for the war demon as she orders him to slay a well-known trader’s guards," Amelia repeated the words in a sarcastic tone. "Quite a few of the gossip does not mention the fact that people in captivity were freed."
"Gossip is never meant to put someone in a good light. It is not all bad. I was in town today and many are supporting the slave trade being over with. There was fear that one day they could all end up in it and others are rejoicing to have missing family members home. Those who dislike your union with Killian are the ones who lost sons in the battle or are worried for your safety."
Amelia looked back at Cyrus who once disliked the marriage. He most likely still did but was keeping quiet to respect her wishes. As the last of the boxes went out, Amelia decided to take Cyrus to see if the woman he was looking for was rescued today.
No one was allowed to talk to the people they rescued from Luke’s home yet as they were being fed, cleaned, and getting their information taken so they could return home. She was told that some of them were not ready to speak yet because of what they endured.