"I am the King",
Zavian cut her off. "I will handle anything anyone has to say about how I choose to live my affairs in my Kingdom."
Neera said nothing to that. Instead, she steered the conversation into a direction she had been avoiding since her return.
"Are the…are the kidnappers still here?"
Zavian was on his feet. He approached her and saw the mix of worry and fear in her eyes. He had no intention of keeping them for that long, but they had no name for the person who hired them, and there was no distinctive feature about the person they could give him a lead on. He had brought forth almost all the females before them, including his sister, but they hadn't found her yet.
At that point, Zavian was sure they were intentionally withholding her description to buy themselves more time.
"I have it under control," Zavian told Neera as he stood in front of her. She nodded and said nothing more.
