Forgotten Wife: Let the Traitors Kneel Down

67 The wrath of a king The next day when Abril woke up she felt tired, she was still in Alessandro's arms.

He gave her a kiss on the shoulder and said.

_Good morning my wife.

_Good morning.

April felt Alessandro's hands move furtively under the sheet, caressing her body, she complained.

_Stop, what do you think you're doing? _I almost never have time to be with you, I want to take advantage of this moment, don't you want? _I'm exhausted, I couldn't do it even if I wanted to, aren't you tired? Despite the little sleep Alessandro had, he was full of energy, but that didn't surprise him.

Every time he slept with Abril he had a good night's sleep and woke up with a lot of energy the next day, but when they were intimately connected it was exponentially better.

Her magic was overflowing and she had as much energy as a bull.

Apparently in those intimate moments her magic overflowed without her realizing it.

_Not at all.

April yawned and said.

_I feel very tired, more than usual actually.

Alessandro wondered if his tiredness was due to his magic leak, making a mental note to ask Sirius when he returned.

_It's still early, try to sleep a little more.

Alessandro told her as he stopped his furtive hands and just hugged her.

April felt completely exhausted so she listened to him, closing her eyes and falling asleep quickly.

She had been sleeping all morning, when she woke up the sun was already shining high, she was still in Alessandro's arms, when he felt her move he asked her.

_ Did you sleep well? _Yes, but it's late, I thought we were going to leave early.

_Yes, but you seemed tired and I didn't want to wake you up.

Besides, our next destination is close by, we can use the teleportation scroll and we'll arrive before nightfall.

If you're still tired, we can also stay one more day.

_No, I'm fine now, I don't want to keep delaying you.

_Then we better get up, you haven't eaten anything since yesterday, you must be hungry.

_The truth is yes, I'm dying of hunger.

After eating, Alessandro went to make preparations for his trip.

Abril stayed in a living room to rest while Alessandro returned.

Even though she had slept all afternoon, she was still tired and had no energy.

In the end, she ended up falling asleep on the sofa.

When Alessandro returned to look for Abril, he saw that she was sleeping peacefully on the couch and he didn't want to wake her up, but everything was ready; all that was missing was for them to get going.

Alessandro approached her, shook her shoulder gently and said.

_April, wake up, it's time to go.

April made a great effort to open her eyes, they felt heavy, she wished she could continue sleeping, but she couldn't keep delaying it.

_Are you OK? _Yes, I'm just a little sleepy, I'll sleep, I'll wake up in a moment, don't worry.

Alessandro thought it was because of the intense night they had had the day before so he shrugged it off, thinking that a few days of rest would make her feel like new.

When they got into the carriage, April laid her head on Alessandro's shoulder and quickly fell asleep.

Cassian told her.

_She looks tired.

_Yes, you didn't sleep much yesterday.

How are you dealing with the pain in your leg? _Better, actually for a few days now I've barely felt any pain, I think April's magic is getting stronger.

_I've noticed that too, but she uses her magic unconsciously, I don't know if that's good for her.

_I think you should tell him he has magic, if he doesn't know he'll never know how to control it.

Alessandro brushed a strand of hair from Abril's face and replied.

_You may be right, I'll tell him when we get back to the palace.

April slept through the entire trip.

When she reached her destination, Alessandro tried to wake her up, but it was impossible.

In the end, he put her down in his arms.

After leaving her in the room, he asked them to prepare several dishes that used to be the princess's favorites.

He had planned to be with April the rest of the afternoon, but since she was still asleep, he considered it useless and decided to get to work so he could have some free time.

the next day to be with her and show her the place.

Alessandro called for the mine manager.

They were in a mining town and for some time now rumours had begun to circulate that the mine foreman was selling the iron to the kingdom of Laios.

At first Alessandro thought that perhaps they were just malicious lies, however, the iron that was sent to the forges to create armour and swords had begun to run short.

The foreman was a thin, white-haired man with a gaunt appearance.

When he met Alessandro he looked especially nervous and scared, he wondered how that man had the courage to betray his kingdom, he was nothing more than a rat.

coward.

Alessandro clasped his hands together, stared at him for a moment, and then said.

_ Do you know why I called you? The man was sweating like a pig in an oven, he was constantly wiping the sweat from his face with his handkerchief and he answered.

_I don't know what your majesty is referring to.

_I have heard rumors that the iron from the mine is not reaching the forges.

_Those are lies, your majesty, the iron comes out of the mine and goes directly to the forges, where else could it go? _That's what I'd like to know, where is the iron from the mine going and why are we hearing that you're making deals with the kingdom of Laios? _ All that is a lie, your majesty, I manage the mine well and I would never make deals with the kingdom of Laios, they are our enemies.

Alessandro fixed his penetrating gaze on that man, a cold and icy gaze like ice itself that could make anyone tremble, that man felt the anger emanating from him and trembled with fear, at that precise moment he realized that his end had come, that there would be no second chance, that it didn't matter if he begged or implored forgiveness, his end had come.

That man fell to his knees on the ground making a loud noise with his knees.

_You've finally realized what this is about, you better answer what I'm going to ask you, otherwise I'll make you feel so much pain that you'll beg me to kill you.

_Your majesty, I don't...

_Don't open your mouth unless I tell you, Who is behind this? I don't think you are the mastermind behind this.

_Don't know.

Alessandro sucked the air out of him, leaving him breathless, the man struggling to breathe.

_ I'm not lying, I swear, I don't know who he is, a while ago a man came and offered me a good amount of money to send the iron to the kingdom of Laios.

Alessandro let him breathe for a moment and asked.

_ What was that man like? What was his name? _Tobias.

_Tobias what? _I don't know, he didn't tell me anything else.

_ And what does he look like? _He always kept his face hidden in a cloak, I don't know what he looked like.

Alessandro called the guards to take him away and told them.

_Interrogate him.

After they took the foreman away, Alessandro went to see Abril, when he entered the room he saw that she was still sleeping, he tried to wake her up but he couldn't, she was in a deep sleep and that worried him.

_April, wake up.

He repeated it over and over again, but she still didn't wake up.