Chapter 279. The Last Energy

Moses returned to the palace and Lenda was with his family and the guardians, Octavian's parents. He looked at them and went straight to the throne to sit next to Afhany, who had a vacant look on her face. As soon as he sat down on the throne, he noticed that the women were no longer crying. They were just silent. The men were still whispering amongst themselves. Then his gaze locked onto Lenda's.

"Why did you leave them unprotected? Afhany said she felt a presence, if you had been here, you would have felt it too and perhaps prevented this calamity from befalling the palace." Moses said in her mind.

"I didn't understand what was happening. Afhany was desperate and at the time doing what she asked me to do seemed like a good solution."

"It was a trap!"

"I know that now. At the time, I knew something was very wrong, but I couldn't get my head around it. So I decided I had to do something. And Afhany gave m