Chapter 476: Bounty
Who travels alone and decides to spend the night at a rundown inn? During his journey to the duchy capital, Kaiden told himself repeatedly that he wouldn’t bother about Ariel she had chosen her fate.
Still, he knew word must have already reached the king one way or another. The king didn’t trust his two remaining sons and suspected one of them might plan a coup to usurp power. That was why he had spies watching them.
Kaiden knew the people who worked for the king but didn’t pay them much attention.
He had offered Ariel an olive branch his protection under his shield but she chose to run away.
Upon arriving at the duchy capital, Kaiden, unable to stop thinking about Ariel, began investigating her whereabouts. It wasn’t hard to find someone with her striking features, and he was glad he decided to look for her.
It was good he found her before it was too late.
Kaiden discovered that she had arrived at dawn and was staying at an inn close to the ports. The crazy part was, Ariel already had a bounty on her head. If he had been any later, she would’ve been dead. She had chosen an inn swarming with bounty hunters.
The bounty hadn’t been placed by the king, which was unusual it would have taken at least a week for such a command to reach Vitalis unless magical means were involved.
Kaiden’s thoughts drifted to Claire’s death. The bounty had to be related. Ariel was in more danger than she realized.
"What chaos? You can’t barge into my room however you please, Your Highness. If you want to help me, as you say, then pretend that I’m already dead." She was rambling. It felt like he was a shadow haunting her, and she was completely caught up in her complaints. She didn’t expect him to seal her lips with his.