#CHAPTER 162: Exile

FELIX It was Mila’s idea to put Charles and Isabella together again. “That sounds dangerous,” I said, knitting my brow. Mila shrugged. “They both have the shackles on and we can bug the room.” I stared at my wife for a moment, impressed. I had no idea that she had such a devious side to her. “You’re brilliant,” I told her, in awe. After putting Charles and Isabella in the same room, however, we were stunned to discover that the feelings between the two might actually be real. I had never heard my brother like that–swearing his love and allegiance to another person. Truthfully, for a long time, I thought Charles was incapable of loving anyone other than himself. But his conversations with Isabella were proving otherwise. “What do you think?” I asked Mila over dinner. We had finally moved back into the castle, and it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders to have my whole family under one roof again. She chewed sl