#CHAPTER 141: Esmeralda and Sofia

FELIX I allowed Charles to leave the dungeons. It may have been the stupidest idea I’d ever had, but I decided that I was going to believe my brother, at least for now. Charles was moved to a small guest chamber and placed under a heavy guard rotation. While I made sure that his feet were chained to the walls of his chamber so that he could not escape, I also ensured that he had enough slack in his chains to roam about his chamber freely with no trouble. There was one more stop I needed to make before I resumed my search for Mila. The halls around Esmeralda’s chambers were busy, likely with guards and staff making sure no more bodies were being snatched out of the witch’s rooms. As much as I still harbored a great deal of rage towards Esmeralda for attempting to kill Mila, I knew that her heart was in the right place. I did not bother to knock before striding into the witch’s chambers, a first for me. Esmeralda was studying a spell book when I enter