Chapter 184: Angry Brother
REAGAN POV
I stood in front of the grand hall, anxiously rubbing on my ring as I waited for the prince to arrive. If I had my way, I wouldn’t have showed up here, but I was desperate and I knew I couldn’t get Dahlia and save her sister all by myself, I needed help. And with the information that I just found out from Skornir, I figured that it would be best if we had someone on the inside. So in the meantime, I sent Killian and Nikolai to go and see what they can find out about the wrong batch of the ember dust that Evie has supposedly been taking.
I didn’t want to involve Bjorn, Dahlia would be mad at me if she ever finds out that I dragged her brother into this. But she would kill me if she found that her sister is being fed drugs, an information I failed to tell her for months.
There was only one thing I could do right now, it was getting Bjorn to help me solve this mess and also get Dahlia out from whatever hell she is in. I just want her back in my arms and I wanted to rid her off her evil family once and for all.
The doors suddenly opened and Bjorn came inside. He was dressed in a dark tunic with pair of trousers. His hair looked tousled as if he had ran his fingers through it repeatedly. He had dark circles around his eyes, he was also spotting a shiner around his chin. For a prince, he looked a mess, haggard even. I haven’t seen Bjorn ever since we lost Dahlia and he mostly kept to himself and now I was starting to see why.
Without saying anything Bjorn walked towards one of the cabinet in the far room and pulled out a bottle of drink. I eyed him warily as he poured the golden liquid into two glass cup. I had gotten to the palace late last night and even though I wanted to see him, he had sent guards to tell me he was indisposed.
I’m guessing it has something to do with the drinking problem that he has right now. I am not judging, I’ve been on the receiving end of grief so I know what that meant.
"So, you wanted to speak to me?" Bjorn asked as he handed me my glass.
I accepted the drink but made no move to take a sip from it. I was staying away from anything alcohol for a while. After I made that deal with Ivar, I decided it would be best if I was clear headed and more so now that I found out that Dahlia was alive.