Chapter 166
"You’re getting secret messages delivered to my home now?" Victor questioned, watching as Zayne read a note he received from a carrier bird. "I’m surprised they failed to shoot it down. Someone needs to be fired."
"The birds are just impressive. I might need to go back to the palace earlier than planned. Your king is a fool," Zayne said, balling up the paper he read as he didn’t need it anymore. "I gave him a chance to clean up his kingdom. It is not a chance I offer many."
"But you did it so Rose wouldn’t be in the middle of a war. I can’t keep disliking you when you do this much because of your love. Will there be a war?" Victor asked, ready to take his family far away.
"I would like to avoid war. The palace is my only target. Innocent people do not have to die as long as they stay out of the way. What do you know of the princes?" Zayne asked, tying a small note onto the pigeon’s leg as he spoke.
"I am told the crown prince is as prideful as his father which is not a good thing and the second prince blends in with the palace walls. Neither prince has done something for the kingdom to praise them and I am not certain if there is an illegitimate prince alive. If you want to place the kingdom in the hands of someone else, I suggest the son of the king’s cousin," Victor suggested.
"They are a bit humble and not close to James after he didn’t keep his promise to give his cousin a place in the palace court. He would gladly join you to kill James. I would join," Victor offered, eager to finish an old fight.
Zayne smiled, amused by the offer but he couldn’t take it. "It is kind of you to volunteer but I must reject it."
"I don’t know what kind of a lord you take me for but I know how to use a sword and many other weapons. I am not a fool who sits behind closed doors and waits on others to protect them. I can fight," said Victor.
"If it is that you do not want to take me from my family-"