Chapter 166: I Refuse!
The hall was oddly silent. Many nobles held their breaths when they watched Damon escorting eastern envoys to the royal court.
The face of the king was darker than pot and though he tried to control it, it was hard after knowing what happened in the duke’s manor this morning. The taste of betrayal was rancid and the king felt nauseated by it.
"Damon Aykroyd! What is the meaning of this?" The voice was like thunder shaking the heart of the nobles who waited with bated breath.
They wanted to know what had happened. Their ears itching for the gossip. But no one dared to ask the question and no one knew the right answer.
"Your majesty!" Damon bowed his head with a leisurely smile and languid posture. "I apologize for my mistake. The night market took a long time and the princess had taken the only carriage that returned to the royal palace. I did not have the separate carriage or horses to escort the envoys back to the palace. I left my manor at earliest to bring them here." the nobles exchanged glances.
They did not see any fault of Damon in it. If someone was to be blamed, it was the princess. He was only being a good host by providing them lodgings.
"Ha! You dare to take my daughters names so lightly when you have..." the king shook with rage but he did not dare to speak further.
Many nobles were staring at him. If he claimed that Damon was chosen for his daughter but he had refused the princes for a fallen noble, the royal family would become a joke. Nobles would laugh at them.
And he would have difficulty in finding a new groom for his daughter. He would never give Diana to Damon.