Chapter 76

[1750 B.C.]

"Calisto is coming back" I said as I put Zaniel’s letter on the breakfast table and even without looking at Elaine, I could feel her surprise.

"Ah..." she released "is... is it good?"

I put my face in one hand.

Was she really asking me that?

"Depends on the point of view" I mocked "at him? I don’t think so, he spent so much time in Lucifer’s territory that the paperwork piled up" I said and even though he was mocking, it was the truth.

"Hummm..." she just mumbled as she threw the poor piece of orange that was left on her plate from side to side.

What was with her? A few weeks ago she was asking about Callisto... so why did she look disappointed?

"Madam" one of the maids called me and when I looked at her, there was someone right behind "Duke Balthazar came to see her."

Baltazar.

Asra received the title of duchess for valid reasons if you took into account everything you did during the war, but it was Balthazar w