Change of minds

She had his attention that was for sure. He seemed impressed by what she had to say, more impressed than he’d been when he aimed to walk off before he’d seen her. He listened but was also able to answer her question in return. Venom didn’t have any reason to trust what he was saying, but she felt like she could at least believe he meant them no harm. She wondered what brought him here if he’d been in line for a kingdom. Was it like her own mother’s story. Her family wiped out by a plague brought about by her cursed father? Deathbelle hadn’t said as much about the girl’s grandfather, but Venom had guessed from what she’d been told.

”You’ve been taught, but once-prince, do you have work ethic?” Her brows raised again, this was her most important question for him. If he couldn’t dig deep and work for her Empire she didn’t want him here. ”Adrianus will you pledge yourself to the Ashen Empire’s cause?”