Chapter 74

"'Happily ever after' encompassed such a long time, a vista of wonderful moments, a great scope of fantasy; but before that, how many treacherous stories would need to be endured to earn it?

After all, 'ever after' seems to pertain solely to breathless eternity."

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Lady Minerva's Chambers,

The Physician's Wing of the Imperial Castle,

Kingdom of Tristendyre,

The first Phrinight of the Second month,

XXI Year of Regency

"Does the name 'Ahaziah' strike a chord with you?", asked Jaycob Oreius.

Lady Minerva thought deeply before lifting her head to meet his dark eyes and responded:

"Is that not the name of Regent Jehoram's firstborn son? He had left the Kingdom about a pair of decades ago in pursuit of foreign education. Not much was known of him whilst he was in the land. He was a highly secluded child."

Jaycob stared at her in shock. He was aware that the man was the principle subject of the experiment carried out in the dark Organisation.