Chapter 72

Diala was on tenterhooks ever since she heard that Robert was alive, and the accompanying information that he possibly had a lover. What she felt was a mixture of fright, consuming jealousy, and a need to cling on to power. She had cut off ties with her father since she knew that there was no way Gladion could possibly take Linerdo, and that the war was simply a waste of time. She however went to consort with Damon, the leader of the special security force. She wanted him to carry out the mission as soon as possible. So she went to him and told him to go ahead with it. He was skeptical about it because she told him in secret, but she reassured him that she was doing so by the order of the king. And so he agreed.

That morning, Damon took four of his men. They wore their characteristic red and black robes with ominous masks on their faces. They took swords and rode on the fastest horses, and in no time, they were in the outskirts of Linerdo, where Robert and Merga were. They arr