Chapter 168 : I apologize

In the royal palace of Gavaria, Gareth, Zander, Finwe, Ozias, Odran, Ivan, Beric, Roland and king Dvalin all sat down at a large teakwood table with the king and queen. Margret Burchard was still misty eyed not believing that she was actually looking at her son after so long.

"You've gotten thin," she commented on Gareth's weight who was sitting beside her, "you haven't been eating enough and you've been stressed."

"I'm fine mother," Gareth responded politely even though the truth of the matter was that he wasn't all that fine. Prior to this, he was drowning his sorrows of losing Melissa to Elric in alcohol and ate very little. And even on the journey here, he couldn't say he was doing much better, except for that fact that there was a chance of getting his woman back, he was still very worried about Melissa's wellbeing under the watchful eyes of Elric. Her pregnancy wouldn't be hidden for long and only the gods knew what Elric would do if he discovered it.