Chapter 172: The Helpful Witches
Annalise stared at the two magical trees and the portal located between them. Her mind was running like crazy with so much information and many questions that she could almost feel a headache following soon enough.
There was a limit for her to consume so much information in a single day let alone a couple of minutes. She not only found out about her husbands being on a serious mission given by none other than the Midnight Queen but also the fact that the Cursed Castle was anything but just a castle.
"Is it too much to take in? Should I stop for today?" Valerius asked in worry as his keen gaze noticed her uncomfortable and tired expressions. Besides, he could feel through their bond that she wasn’t being able to digest all the information as quickly as she was receiving it.
A deep sigh escaped Annalise’s lips as she shook her head in denial of his offer. "If we stopped here, it will only make me overthink about the rest of the story and I won’t be able to rest at all. That’s why it’s better to get over it once and for all."
Valerius nodded his head in understanding before he suddenly stood up and moved to sit behind her with each of his legs on either side of her while he pulled her to rest her back against his chest. "Then let me hold you." He whispered in her ear before placing his chin on the crown of her head.
Annalise felt the soulmate bond performing its wonderful magic as she started relaxing in her husband’s arms and relaxed against him while waiting for him to continue.
"We found this place four centuries ago and back then, we only took shelter here because someone recommended this place while we were on our way to search through the capital city for the second core and the woman we were searching for, you."
Annalise decided to focus her attention on the obvious part and ignore tge latter one as she asked, "Someone recommended this place to you?" It didn’t seem like just a mere coincidence to her for some weird reason and when Valerius spoke, she realized why.
"Yeah, we were near the outskirts of a town in the south of the capital city as we were heading here when we stumbled across a family of witches who were heading to the new witch tower located in the neutral zone of Midnight Realm. We stayed at the same inn but barely exchanged a single word. It was right before we were departing when their youngest daughter came to tell us that her mother was suggesting we drop by this castle if we wanted a safe place to stay a couple of nights."