NovelEnglishChapter Sixty Chapter Sixty About five minutes passed, and there was still no sign of her.
"Empress!" I called out. "Empress...' Just then, she broke through the surface. Her face looked different-youthful. She had entered the pool looking to be in her forties, but when she emerged, she appeared to be in her late twenties.
"Empress, you look..." "Beautiful, magnificent... I know." "How?" "The water, many believe the god of light once bathed in these waters; it's called the Lake of Youth-It was once bigger than this, but, well, this is all that remains of it." She put on her clothes.
"It was like thad reversed, and she was given her youth again." I said to Trian when we were back in my room.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"It seems tothat you would like to take a dip in the Lake of Youth one day." "Of course, not... the Empress would never let me." "You fear the Empress like she is a god." "She is a powerful woman." "I agree, not many men alive could build a community as big as this one. But have you ever thought about how exciting it would be to go against her, even once?" "I-I....." Of course, I've thought about it so many times. I wanted to run away, but it was impossible; Empress Julia was going to find me, and when she does... she is going to makepay.
"I really want to oppose her, I do. But I fear what she will do towhen she finds out.” "What if she doesn't find out?" "She will; you cannot hide things from her." "Well, I have succeeded in doing that more than once; perhaps I will try my luck once again." "You don't understand; she would kill you, and this wouldn't be the first tshe did something as cruel." "Killingis the last thing on Julia's mind right now." He said, and there was something about how confident he sounded that was indeed off-putting. "How many times have you been outside this building?' "A couple of times, when we go to have meetings." "How many times have you been outside this building just to explore on your own?" I was silent, because the answer was never. I could go nowhere without the Empress's permission; the one tI tried, I paid dearly.
"I want to go outside... I want to see the people.” 1/2 Chapter Sixty "Then I will take you outside. Get ready; we will leave in two hours. We have to be back before midnight." +25 BONUS Trian was back in exactly two hours.
"I'm ready." I said, but my voice sounded shaky even to my own ears, and my palm was all sweaty. I shouldn't be doing this, and yet I wanted to leave this place so bad, even if it was just for a few hours. I was in a long black gown as I needed to be fully covered.
Trian walked to me; he drew the hood of my gown over my hair.
"Your hair draws attention." He said, and I nodded, pulling the hood lower to cover my face.
"What of the guards?" I asked.
"I handled them." He said, taking my hands.
He ledout of the room and through the many winding passageways. He seemed to know better this place even better than me, and I spent most of my life here. We passed a couple of soldiers, but none of them questioned him, and finally we got to the back door; there were about five soldiers stationed there. My heartbeats were so loud I feared they would hear it.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Stop." One of the soldiers called to us.
"Can I help you?" Trian asked him.
"Who is the girl?" the man asked. Trian drewcloser to his side, his hands wrapped around my back and going tower. "The Empresses don't like whores in their castle." Had he calleda... whore?
The man laughed and stepped away, but he wouldn't stop trying to get a closer look at me. I couldn't meet his eyes, but saw the smirk on his lips. Trian ledout of the castle; the moment we were out of sight, I pulled away from his touch. "What was that?" I asked, and he smirked-he had the audacity to smirk at me.
"I was trying to get us out." "I don't appreciate being called that." I said since I couldn't say the exact word he had used.
"Are you a whore?" "No, I am not." "Then why are you angry?"
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