Chapter 189: In Each Other’s Arms
"Arioch won’t have a good end. I am sure of it. But you won’t see it happen." Alexandra said, wiping the corner of her eyes. "You’ll hear about it though. I won’t deny you that happiness. But you won’t meet Arioch again."
Maximus pressed his lips. He could see that his wife is forbidding him from doing what he wanted to see all his life. It was hard for him to accept that.
"Promise me," Alexandra held out her hand. "Promise me that you won’t meet Arioch again."
Alexandra wanted him to promise her and keep his promise. Because it is not something that she wants. It was the creator’s order.
"Is it something that important to you?" Maximus asked. He couldn’t understand why she is so adamant about this. The thought that she might still have a soft corner for Arioch in her heart did cross his mind.
«No! That cannot be it!»
He told himself. Right now, she is here with him leaving Arioch with others. She did so much planning and she executed one of the toughest things by doing what he wanted her to do. She made everyone believe that she killed him. He cannot think about Arioch as she says.
Alexandra could see he is not very pleased with her asking for this promise. But this is very important. And so, when he walked to the front without answering her, she was not pleased.
"Will you answer me?" she asked but he was not looking at her.
"That is Rufus!" he shouted looking at the white horse in the shed. "How is he still... alive?"