"I am facing a lot as it is, His Majesty should spare my trembling soul before I lose consciousness." Orson, who clung to Cassian's side like a helpless leech, tried to avoid Alaric's wrath by immediately lowering his head, willingly accepting his mistake, but knowing Alaric since their military days, it would take more than an apology to convince him to let him off the hook.
The young King takes pleasure in browbeating, and it has reduced greatly since he was made King and had to start controlling them, but as they say, old habits die hard.
"Darling, stop frightening the innocent soul. He's here today as you've requested of him, let him be." The young queen, by the name Theresa, nudged her husband's elbow as a way of persuading him to leave Orson alone, and of course, Alaric couldn't say no to his beautiful wife when she kept sugarcoating him.
