My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian (Sera and Fenris) novel Chapter 208

Aldric

I looked at the captain.

"Hey," I said.

He looked up. I smiled at him.

"Relax," I said. "Take a sip. It'll help, I promise you."

He looked down at the glass. He picked it up — I watched his hand, the subtle shake in it — and he brought it to his mouth and drank. A real sip, a proper one.

I nodded, watching him.

"There, there," I said. "That's good."

I gave him a moment. Watched the color come back into him, the faint loosening that alcohol produces in a body that has been locked tight for too long.

"How are you feeling now?"

He nodded. "Fine, my King. I’m better."

Lies. But I nodded anyways.

I leaned back in my chair, one hand resting on the arm of it, and looked at him for a moment. Then, pleasantly, as if it were a natural next question:

"Who was it?"

The captain's throat moved. He looked for just a moment genuinely scared. But he was able to compose himself fast enough.

"I don't know, my King. They had us locked away. I had no access to anything outside the cell." He paused. "The stone was too dense. Even my senses were useless in there. The only things I could pick up were the celebrations, and that was only because they were loud enough to come through stone. Everything else was blocked."

I nodded.

"I see."

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