Herald of Steel



Chapter 840

"Offer him the chance to send a bird to the capital by revealing you can covertly get access to the aviary."

"Or if he wants, advise him to choose a trusted slave or servant to ride to the capital. Or to do it himself."

After thinking for a while about how to test Lapitus, this was the plan that Alexander came up with. 

Originally, the plan involved letting Lapitus discover the obviously fake papers on his own.

But with Lady Felicia here, the plan got a lot smoother, as there was now no way Lapitus was going to miss it.

And at being handed this chance to expose Lapitus once and for all, Lady Felicia almost literally jumped at the opportunity, crying with a flushed face, 

"This is a fantastic plan, my lord! Rest assured. Lapitus will show his true colors the moment he gets the chance. And you will see that I did not lie."

The lady pumped her fists.

But this to Alexander seemed a bit too enthusiastic, like the woman could not wait to get her husband on the crooked hook.

A detail that prompted the man to then further instruct, "Remember Felicia, you are not to in any way push him to send the message."

"Let Lapitus do his thing on his own thing. Your job is to only hand him the papers. Nothing more."

"If he asks for your opinion, simply say that as his wife, you will support him whatever options he takes."

This order closing the loophole caused Lady Felicia to curse herself a bit since it was probably her too great an enthusiasm that had alerted Alexander to her plans.

But now that she had been exposed, she knew she had to play by the rules,

Hence Lady Felicia dutifully nodded, promising him such.

And with that, the interrogation ended.

Alexander then simply showed the lady out of his room, much to her surprise, bidding his goodbye with the words, "Enjoy the night with your daughter."

An action that left Lady Felicia first and foremost profoundly relieved, as she felt exhilarated at being alive!

There were some points along that long interrogation when Lady Felicia was not so sure she was going to be able to make it through.

So managing to come out of that room with her life still in her hands, as well as all her body parts brought great joy to the woman.

Sure her reputation with Alexander was in tatters, but by now, she could not care about that any less.

Instead, having revealed her true self to him and not being crucified for it brought an extreme sense of relief to Lady Felicia, and suddenly, even the strong lady felt weak on her knees, as the tension that had been coursing through every single part of her body receded, and she softly fell on her knees onto the carpeted corridor, clasping her hands together in joy as her body shivered in pure excitement.

And she remained in that position for some while, as she worked to calm her body and mind. 

And in her mind, she replayed the events that had taken place back in that room, slowly and carefully analyzing all that Alexander had said.

Until finally the black gowned beautiful woman pulled herself from that posture and straightened her back, power and ambition quickly returning to her eyes. 

She did not have the time to be lying on the floor, she had a job to do.

The papers confirming her as the governess of the city were still in Alexander's hands, and they would be hers only if Lapitus betrayed Zanzan.

With that thought the woman took large, purposed strides toward her daughter's room, wishing to tuck into bed as soon as possible for she had a big day ahead.

Though as she traveled through the corridor, Lady Felicia found herself being a bit disappointed that Alexander had not made her spend the night with him.

And it was for a myriad of reasons.

One was a political longing, as being wanted by the pasha meant she was held in greater favor.

But another was a far simpler, physical one, for having once tasted it, Lady Felicia recalled sleeping with Alexander was like nothing else.

And her body subconsciously craved to be dominated by the stronger man, to be shown greater levels of pain and pleasure.

And lastly, though it might sound surprising, it was an emotional need, since Alexander was the only person alive to know her true face.

Thus the woman felt closer to him.

And when Lady Felicia thought back on it, much to her surprise, she recalled that the man's face had not shown any disgust upon learning of the things she had done, only surprise and intrigue.

It had always been the fear that she would be hated and even killed if her secrets came out that was one of the primary reasons why Lady Felicia had worked so hard to conceal her activities.

But it seemed Alexander was not in the mood to bed her, whatever the reason that may be.

'Perhaps it's my just desserts for all the lies I told him.' Lady Felicia thought to herself as she lightly opened the room where her daughter was, already fast asleep.

"I hope you know what you are doing Gelene." While back at the study, Alexander turned to look at the black beauty with his comment, referring to her advice for Lady Felicia's mild treatment.

But Gelene was of course smart enough not to be the scapegoat, as she spread her arms, and pointed out with a joking smile, "Master, you are being unfair. I merely gave you a suggestion. It was you who decided to follow it. Do not blame the messenger!"

The reply got a small chuckle from Alexander as he then returned his focus to the small metallic bowl filled with now turned-normal water.

Originally, Alexander had really thought of cutting off Lady Felicia's finger, keeping it in the chilling water while Lady Felicia confessed her crime, and then reattach it 

That was why the nurses were there in the first place.

But when the final time came, at the last moment Alexander found his heart turning soft at the fairer sex.

Suddenly he even saw Fabiyana's cute innocent face flash before him, so the thought of hurting her mother produced an unpleasant feeling in his heart.

Thus ultimately Lady Felicia escaped unscathed.

An opportunity that thinking about it now Alexander felt he had missed. 

'Perhaps if her prediction about Lapitus is proved wrong,' Hence he muttered ominously.

Very early morning the next day, Lady Felicia found herself tapping urgently but softly on the front door of her house, having barely slept the prior night.

Since the clocks were ticking, she did not want to waste a single second trying to get rid of her husband.

So when the house's servants woke their master about their mistress's arrival at this odd time, Lapitus was understandably very alarmed, thinking something untoward had happened.

"Close the door! Quickly! Come here!" 

But all these worries were proved to be unfounded when dragging Lapitus to their bedroom, Lady Felicia revealed the true reason for her presence at this point.

"I found these papers in the Pasha's study when I went to check up on Fabiyana just a while ago," The lady here implied that Alexander had spent the night with Fabiyana, before quickly urging Lapitus by handing the documents to the man, "Quick! Look through them! I just grabbed them and did not get a good look because time was so short. But they looked very important."

"If we can deliver them to His Majesty, we will surely greatly reward us."

And at being handed these valuable intel, Lapitus's eyes only bulged bigger and bigger and his heart thumped louder and louder as he went past each line, until his entire body could be seen shaking.

"How… who… Felicia… you…"

Lapitus felt that the alarm he had felt knowing Lady Felicia had come back at such a time was replaced by another very different but equally potent source of panic.

And he so surprised that for a while, he could not even form proper sentences.

"Now is not the time to be asking questions." But adhering to Alexander's instruction, Lady Felicia refused to edge Lapitus in either direction, instead quickly snatching the papers and whispering in a hushed tone, 

"I have to go!"

"I came here by lying to the guards and saying that I left something important here."

"But the Pasha will be waking up soon and I want to return these papers as soon as possible."

Lady Felicia then appeared to be ready to rush out of the room, only turning around to add this last bit of advice, 

"Whatever you want to do with this intel, decide on your own. But do it quickly! His Majesty does not have much time."

"I will be waiting for you at the mansion after lunch."

"Because of my administrative work, I can get you access to the aviary. From there we can steal a messenger bird to send to Parthenigh."

"But you have to decide today,"

And with this said, Lady Felicia was out, leaving Lapitus alone with the intelligence already branded into his mind.

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