Chapter 15. Hermes Has a Plot

Aldrich's POV

When I left Lillian, I went to Hermes at his office.

Arsenio had left the training with the soldiers. I told him to meet me at the palace in an hour, after I was done with the meeting with Hermes.

"I heard you wanted to see me. Does Beta matter?" He asked and looked at me for a brief moment.

"It's about the Heir Assessment, Sir Hermes."

"As you can see, I have an important meeting. Can it wait?" He sounded to be in a rush.

"Just five minutes, I won't ask more than that."

"You've got it then."

I went on to talk about Lillian's record as Princess, and if he could alter her records on that, he listened and didn't say a word.

I made sure to use the