Chapter 44. Breakfast

A couple of people followed behind him when he walked in, and one of the persons was the woman from earlier on, the woman who had ordered the man to beat me up and take me back to the cell. She was clinging to his arm all through the walk to the dining table. I figured the both of them were some sort of romantic relationship. I was very nervous and my stomach hurt because of how nervous I was.

When everyone started settling down back to their seats, I sat down as well. That meant the King's entrance was complete and everyone could return back to their meal.

I hadn’t taken note of exactly where the king was seated until I lifted my head to look around briefly. I almost had a heart attack. Liora was the one who had picked my seat for me on the table, and I didn’t notice that it was very close to the head of the table. The king was seated right beside me, and I was by his right hand. The lady he h