Chapter 156. A Missing Clue

Xeik's POV

The morning twilight came in through the tall windows of my study, and even though the windows were wide open and the weather was bright and sunny, it was as if some unknown physical force, only the glow close to the edges of the darkness oppressing my mind. The light that was present seemed to falter against the darkness in my mind, the same way that wind tries to blow away fog. I walked back and forth, back and forth anxiously. Nothing made sense to me and it felt like my world was collapsing. I honestly wished I had never found anything out, I wished I was not chosen as temporary monarch.

The things I had found out last night tortured me—secret notes to am ally somewhere, receiving stolen money from Ghysem, having a base where shapeshifters were kept in order for them to be used and I could not forget the black veil that was on King Ares’ wrist. The visions remain