Chapter 218: He Knew
Elys anticipated Aleksander’s narrative of what he had read inside Cordelia’s mind. Her attempt to corner Henry and use Aleksander’s weakness against him turned out to be a failure, but she was glad at how things have turned out anyway.
She was still furious at Aleksander for the way he treated her maidservant, but she as well has begun to understand his reasoning.
The two of them were two stubborn mules that at the heat of the moment clashed against each other.
Instead of calming down and listening to each other’s reason, they should have put their energy into finding compromise from two different perspectives. They should have tried to push forward to find a solution that would work for the two of them.
"Cordelia had been in contact with Sir Noa since we had been separated during the chaos at the trip to the Eastern Kingdom," Aleksander began. "The Eastern adviser was impressed at her helping hand and wise mind in battle strategies that they have exchanged quite a bit of information in the short span of those hours we had been separated."
Elys’ brows scrunched together as she listened in on Aleksander’s story. Although she wanted to speak, no words seem to come to mind.
"He gave her a choice to stay, but Cordelia was adamant to be with you and follow your lead," the vampire king continued, "that part was commendable if I were to say so myself, but what came afterwards made me doubt her loyalty all together."
His face turned dark at the moment he recalled the reason why he lost all his trust in Cordelia’s loyalty. She might have followed Elys’ words to the letter, but her mind had been lingering to the choices she was given by the Eastern adviser.
"What did she do then, Aleksander?" Elys asked, her voice tiny and a bit scared at the answer that her husband was soon to give her.
"We had thought that she merely had been in contact with Sir Noa for about once or twice," Aleksander said, his eyes enraged at the thought of what he was about to reveal to Elys.
"Oh, for fuck’s sake just get to the point, Aleksander!" Elys snapped at him, "there is no need to keep it in any longer. Might as well just drop the bomb of everything in one go."