Chapter 307

He continued. “I had none of those chances because you were covered in blood. I knew instinctively that the blood didn’t belong to you. When I ran into the bed chambers and saw Yeaha covered in blood, dying, I knew what you did.”

“Why didn’t you have the household guards catch me?” she asked the question that had bothered her every single day for the past fourteen years. “They could have caught me if they chased. I wasn’t far...”

His eyes found hers. “Because I knew you were sent by King Cone. It was his doing. He was the perpetrator.”

“He was, but I was the murderer. He ordered, I killed.” The pool of sadness in her heart was too heavy; eyes filled with pain and remorse held Gedony’s. “I killed your wife. I killed Mistress Yeaha, and I will forever be sorry about that. I am so sorry...so sorry. I know my apologies will never be enough, and I understand if you want to punish me…”

“You didn’t kill my wife, Anarieveta.”

The words, softly let out, were