Chapter 128 - The Seed of Hatred (1/2)

Adrianna giggled and got down to prepare a hot bath for him. He followed her into the bathroom a while later and soaked himself in the hot water. It was so refreshing that he closed his eyes and rested against the back of the tub as Adrianna applied bath gel on her hands. Then, she moved to the side where he was resting his head and lifted it to place it on her lap. Gently, she made circular motions on his chest and his neck to lather up the soap. ”Adri…”

”Hmm?”

”I want to rest…”

”Rest Dmitri…”

She knew that he was too weak to go anywhere, let alone attend the council meeting. So she had to make sure that he was able to rest as much as possible. Dmitri looked up at her while she was massaging his scalp and said, ”Who was that man who attacked us? I want to know all the details about it.”

”Fleur told me that he was Cy, a military general of the wizard kingdom.”

”But why did he attack you?” he asked, bewildered as to why anyone would come from the wizard kingdom just to attack Adrianna.

Adrianna sighed. There were a lot of things that she had to discuss with him. ”Dmitri, for now, you should focus on the council meeting.”

He looked deep into her eyes. She started rinsing his hair and said, ”Once you are free, I will have a long talk with you to explain everything.”

Dmitri didn't pester her.

When he was ready, he went downstairs for the meeting. He saw that there were already several chiefs and other important men waiting for him. Cora was also present.

As soon as Dmitri sat at the head chair, one of the chiefs started speaking. ”Supreme alpha, ever since you married, we have been seeing bad omens. There was a huge fire in the center of the forest and many wild animals were affected. We think that it is a bad sign and we wish to call the shaman to resolve this.”

”Yes, the nature and our ancestors' spirits demand a sacrifice. Only then will these bad omens leave us,” chimed in another chief.