Ensnaring his Dark Moon-Chapter 233: Move to the castle

Luciana’s gaze roamed around their surroundings and once she was certain that no one was nearby, she spoke to Esme, ’’What did he say?"

Esme shifted her gaze from the Crystal Castle. She squatted and placed Leo on the ground.

The beast ran towards the castle, leaving Luciana and Esme alone.

Esme turned towards the woman, ’’Lucian told me about Jeremiah.’’

’’What about him?"

"The King has sent him to Norwell Manor to cultivate and he is not allowed to step outside. It is a punishment.’’

’’Punishment? Why?" Jeremiah might be only a few years older than her and her brother but Luciana knew that the man was responsible enough to be able to qualify as the King’s heir apparent.

There was no way her uncle would be punished for making a mistake.

’’There are many rules that the heir apparent must adhere to. One of those rules is that Jer is not allowed to step out of the Crystal Castle until he becomes the King. But in His Majesty’s absence, he had sneaked out of the Castle many times in the past,’’ Esme sighed.

’’There is no way he would be so irresponsible. Do you think someone is framing him?" Luciana could not help but frown.

’’Why would you say that?"

’’You know how my Uncle is. He is not the kind of person to break the rules, not at the stake of losing everything he has acquired by himself, and certainly not at the stake of our family reputation. If the King had to discard Jeremiah, then the Norwell Family would lose everything. He would never do such a thing.’’

’’Just because you put the bird in a grand cage, it doesn’t mean that the bird won’t try to fly,’’ Esme glanced at the sky, ’’No matter how prim and proper Jeremiah is, he was young when he took over this position. Being closed in the Castle, he must have felt suffocated too. Just like I do at times... When you are not happy with what you are doing, you don’t stop to care about the rules.’’

You don’t stop to think about what is right or wrong. Nor do you care about the consequences. You just let yourself go in the moment and you let yourself make that one mistake that makes you feel alive and that does something to your withering heart.

Like I did. Like I let him touch me. Like I let myself be pulled inside his darkness in that moment of weakness.

’’Es...’’

Esme snapped out of her daze. She blinked, shaking away the thoughts of the man whom she would never see again, ’’And no one framed Jer. He himself confessed to me about this. Maybe, the King discovered it somehow.’’

As they walked inside the Castle, Luciana could not help but ask, ’’But what did Lucian tell you? Don’t tell me he—’’

"Yes, he wants me to convince the King to let Jeremiah out.’’

’’What did you say?"

’’I said I will do it,’’ Esme said just as the maids came and took their trunks from them.

Esme glanced at the trident in her hand.

’’Esme,’’ Luciana’s annoyed voice took her attention.

’’You don’t think I am really going to do it, do you?" Esme smiled helplessly, ’’I am worried about Jer but there is no way I would go and argue with the King over this. Jeremiah broke the rules and I am nobody here.’’

Luciana sighed in relief, ’’But you are not a nobody. You know that the King will release Uncle in a breath if you say so. He dotes on you.’’

’’He won’t. He is a King. No matter how he treats me, he won’t compromise with such matters. And even if he will, I won’t take advantage of him,’’ Esme clutched the trident in her hand, ’’Just because someone is favoring me today, it does not mean that they will do that tomorrow. I want to tread every step carefully, Lucy, so that I don’t step on a crack and fall into some abyss I can’t escape from.’’

Luciana hugged Esme’s arm, ’’You are being too hard on yourself.’’

Esme smiled before shaking her head, ’’Lucy, why don’t you move to the castle?"

’’You know I am not allowed to—’’

’’That much... I can request from the King,’’ Esme winked.

Luciana dawdled around Esme a little longer, probing about what happened with Aleister but since the woman kept her lips closed about the man, she left for the Norwell Manor.

Luciana was well aware that her father must be waiting for her with questions about how things were in the heavenly realm and she knew she had to answer every question in a reformed way that went along with Esme’s word and that worked in her own favor as well. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

In the King’s bed-chamber.

Rezeph sat in front of a painting, tracing his fingers above the delicate strokes of the woman’s face.

’’Your Majesty, Lady Esmeray is here to meet you,’’ one of the maids bowed, standing near the door.

’’Send her inside,’’ Rezeph tugged at a rope and a dark velvety curtain draped over the painting.

As Esme stepped in, the man strode towards her with a sly smirk on his face, ’’A new place, fresh breath of air, and now, you must have decided to accept me as your father, am I right?’’

Esme: "_"

’’Your Majesty, I am here to return this to you,’’ she extended the trident towards him.

Rezeph sighed, ’’Still the wrong way to address me,’’ he mumbled under his breath.

Esme heard it but she did not bother to put her attention there. The more she tied relations with strangers, the more it will burden her with responsibilities, expectations, and complications that she did not want. She preferred to draw a line no matter how kind people were.

Truth be told, Esme was expecting a hoard of people to wait for them at the door to collect this trident as soon as they came back. However, the king did not seem to care about the thing that contained the last bit of their God’s power.

Only she knew how nervous she was on her way back to the castle. She had tucked the trident in her arms like it was her child. She did not know what would have happened if she lost the trident or something like that.

But looking at the King’s carefree posture, she did not know what to think about it.

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A/N:Happy Diwali to all my Indian readers and the others who celebrate it. Sorry for the late wish and the late update. Hope your day went well *hugs and kisses* I really really wish that all your lives are filled with light and happiness inside out and if any of you is going through a hard time, I am sending double hugs with the faith that you will get over it in no time and you will emerge stronger. I love you <3