#Chapter 193: The Traitor

[Third-Person’s POV] The King was spiraling. The palace was in chaos. The very empire that his own bloodline had built for the last century felt like it was beginning to tumble to the ground. When he initially called for that meeting with Alexander, he wasn’t prepared for the unforeseen backlash that had been thrown in his direction. Since when has Alexander been able to gain any intel on him? As far as he knew, he’d been conducting himself with the utmost discretion. Clearly, not discreet enough it would seem. Granted he wasn’t entirely certain what kind of proof Alexander had on him, he wasn’t in the mood to find out. However, it also wasn’t about to simply step down as King either. To make matters all the more frustrating, one of the staff must have overheard their conversation. Word had to have spread around the palace like wildfire. People everywhere were moving their belongings and taking their leave without so much as a single word of goodbye. They were