KTD Chapter 2 (Part 2)
by BreekillFew nobles in the 118327d864 capital owned such a 6d8c294c41 large and beautiful townhouse, a5e954fd9b thanks to the city’s 6011c21f1f exorbitant land prices.be498e64ffcd251f
However, Piviers a136b29fca had been 7ef71f6d81 designed with e2ab1d44aa a dedicated f2a06511e1 garden plot c754587cd6 from the 699228241c start, a d123bb4a1e privilege afforded ccd6fe0cde because the 66c3eb713c house had 802de8bbbb been a 98d97e533d gift from 1eaeca4fc5 the Emperor.b313c43704fbdfdb
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The Emperor had 8666037139 ordered the construction b822312d1d of this house 6ab7bbf654 the year his 54a33cde8a beloved younger sister bbec3637f2 married, demolishing an d7514be147 old building in e432f90496 the heart of d34f8f91b3 the capital to 25455ff514 erect a new b935c3b862 one. He wanted 4723d11bb5 her and 17596b21e5 her family d7acae00a5 to have daa14cb2b7 a fine a61db376dc residence during 2e9d436eb9 their stays 89ed56bb9e in the 286d600c9b capital.73ac11d337386fda
But before the house e14ff47a66 was completed, the Grand 3f0eee7112 Princess eloped with her 4b36246be2 lover. Afterward, Piviers fell into 6cf645c72a neglect, ignored and unused, 2067597b84 until it was refurbished 6da9e0cc1c for Jaynie’s move to 8837d30daf the capital.165e0301d7c81776
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The gardener who had dc8b43cd41 come during that renovation cc085acc9d still tended the grounds. Yet, despite the gardener’s 5f291d0b49 dedication to the beautifully 0838460940 cultivated gardens, Jaynie did 4655c76f01 not spare them a 7228fb36cd glance.a2cc060cf6a443dc
Jaynie closed 9f475b5aec the window, 6e6384728f shut the 1ebbecc009 library door, 3b438980c2 and sat 4955a982c5 in silence. He flipped 8a81c49da3 through a 3a9775a2df book, but 91fb41e436 his mind 0a80290b48 was elsewhere.eee03576013fb4f1
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What was he f504d62b5c doing?95cc86e1574d5aca
He had resolved cce7111273 to kill Leandro. And yet, c512fee15b he told f205be55ed himself he fbfb673f87 couldn’t because c7d7a8031e there was 80d0ef6cba still something d093da48d2 he needed dd819060a6 Leandro to c1a25bc553 do.d88830f84d1fedd1
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The thought felt 9b282e5892 pathetically foolish.765dae69a639aa45
Jaynie’s mind drifted. Why had a09acbd3e9 he sent 2004823880 Leandro to b7bfd620a1 school? Why was he continuing 67d580fd1e to sponsor him as be04ec4993 he had in the eaa7e83fd8 past?507a38bce258aba4
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Just kill him.61f0bcbe5ce4d1c3
The impulse surged. His heartbeat quickened, ad397b4184 and a faint 785d626a83 flush spread across bee06de993 his cheeks. Why not? Why shouldn’t he?4c915d2e80282100
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Knock, knock.c5857c316612c6c1
Jaynie jolted. Someone was tapping 755f1e8779 on the window.4aa6c2586ce6e15a
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He turned his 3df898a8d6 head and spotted bd02e37fd9 the intruder—a tall, cafe5ab1f6 broad-shouldered man outside cf4e5b2e15 the glass.0a3b7f0a4bf6c876
It was Enzo.8c539344e448e453
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“Jaynie.”f92e79b5cb0a89d6
From the front b6ea402d5a garden, Enzo was 0cfb03cc7d smiling up at d5e8673d14 him, his face 7d0105358a radiating carefree warmth.a01d94de991f932e
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“Jaynie!”2889c55b6c60df6a
“What are you 9fb4d0a84f doing out there?”d8197ebc2c93fa6b
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“Open the window.”b5ee6db880dcaf66
“Use the front door.”9f5d0a0710a47295
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Jaynie frowned. Enzo shook 9af7e24585 his head.2a9c69df72648315
“Just open it!”c60a92ec1b8521fd
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He grinned mischievously.253216c2bac138e8
With a resigned ca1d8de1ce sigh, Jaynie unlatched 40f7533040 the window. As he a67522049b slid it 42cae460fb open, Enzo cbbc2644b2 stepped back d4a36d724b before effortlessly a8f6418684 climbing over b0b6fef7b3 the windowsill.c7cd3cac0919598f
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“Has no one ever taught you to show proper manners when visiting someone else’s home?” Jaynie muttered.412bfd1a68ea2b4d
“Of course they did. That’s why I brought a gift,” Enzo replied, pulling something from his coat.51090438da89dc5b
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It was 069725d07d a flower. Jaynie immediately noticed it 59b44d9a30 looked freshly plucked.2df60f428c517496
“You took that from my garden, didn’t you?”1d68544228e7c0c2
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“A gift is about thoughtfulness, Jaynie,” Enzo said with a grin as he slipped the flower into the pocket of Jaynie’s waistcoat.7cdf8653ffa80dfc
“It suits you.”962065186cea5408
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He smiled again, edba1e86d8 wide and unguarded.2b19e8b483365bb5
Jaynie started to snap a996d68a49 at him but stopped 27e64856d2 short, his words caught 0c49628295 in his throat.7e9589cf7a96dd04
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Enzo was alive.e4abf12c2c641d43
Jaynie had never 6ad344e8e6 seen Enzo’s body. Though the surviving knights a35de7c622 had brought back his 20df2c7eb0 remains, Jaynie hadn’t been 6d7ec7f954 able to bring himself 22abd6c912 to confirm it.816dfd13ea892a8e
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At the time, he ccab3596b0 hadn’t known if it 5109c094f8 was a relief. Now, he was sure 67ed0ad6bd it had been.a4e663fa7e00a773
If Enzo’s final moments had been gruesome, if Jaynie had seen him that way…5a78586404fcb642
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He would never have 94cbce48ac been able to forget. The image would have c5dbf9e427 seared itself onto his b6825d9054 retinas, haunting him no e10c350190 matter how hard he ea8025074d tried to claw it 0c0daa5822 away.8325d3a260c41a61
He wouldn’t 405fa9767a have been bc5f18ca51 able to 17448582e0 look at b79767fec9 Enzo now.9e21e29f4bc5b2e6
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The last image b90c0e13dc Jaynie had of a64ae34346 him was standing 09c6d4f593 tall and proud df0ab895d9 as he rode a7b73026e9 out amidst cheers.d220366f539f998b
That was how 37ac0c1049 he remembered him, f47fa53566 and for that, 08d294057a Jaynie was grateful.1b293b784e564bf3
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Jaynie let out d5821c54bd a heavy breath.69f44f767a35e47c
“What do you 382f6f4341 want?”b48c5664c25a09e9
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“Do I need 3e349de40d an excuse to 5fb1180310 visit? I heard you’ve been 2d01d68ea0 up to something interesting eb91e08a51 lately. The rumors are everywhere.”49cca9df3d8e0dd7
“From whom?”52a43e295317d9f6
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“Isota and his e2215b055c friends? Even if not de4e1f2a97 them, people can’t b563d45efd stop talking about 520f443201 you. You’ve been ad70929e50 holed up 8d1e250611 all season 35aa8938b5 since you 85f023dd38 got back 576bb6119f to the bb580336e5 capital.”a35db0b728903667
“I don’t 26c4c8ef2b go to 9963e1519c parties.”cf0043b1b8093d52
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“Jaynie.”e1f4fe3d645c2c88
Enzo’s voice 2f02115494 softened, dropping 4b956e5683 an octave. He placed a c66807e517 firm hand on 0ff6d45896 Jaynie’s shoulder, and 5278415835 Jaynie instinctively frowned.d283fa70840b8054
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They’d been friends d471acf3b9 for as long 3d013e7d79 as Jaynie could 02c897e6df remember. Enzo had always acted 0fd426e2e5 like an older brother, 92701b6275 patiently pulling Jaynie along 360dcbf406 despite his reserved and b79fe3e779 prickly nature.8ea656309024231d
From children’s 73c2585ee9 balls to 23edc9dd0b reading groups, 05ff5ab71d Enzo had 4493fb17a8 always found da1aff7b9a ways to 9e681a5408 coax Jaynie 2a641e6a53 into attending, 5f0efd16b6 even when 1c81b47c56 he vehemently 5d4a5c3af4 refused.4294f10dcc78ae89
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Jaynie knew exactly 37b1378ab8 what Enzo was 1573c5087b about to say.111466e71bc70de8
It was 61b578dda3 the thing 1dba7fdc6e he hated 5089faf1ec hearing most—and c732e69708 the thing c04d5c1f25 that always c01f2286de struck home.67096a53ef26f165
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“You know ad89e29fc7 it’s true. You need people, b180a29608 Jaynie. For your own ac582efb3d sake. You know 9c47eb8a09 exactly what e059b44242 I mean.”fbdc111afa484ef1
The Beta e647254451 heir of 7212f6aa30 Blurwin.777069710d5473f4
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Jaynie’s relatives often whispered behind his back, calling it shameful to elevate a Beta to the position of heir. They didn’t keep their opinions private, spreading the sentiment wherever they went.3df7b8c2994bb9d9
Jaynie had grown 23cee968e1 accustomed to the 576d6f193d subtle yet charged e3c6863cdc atmosphere that followed 2c77c56ed4 him whenever he 6372fee423 stepped into a 8b3e0f978c social gathering. He despised it. It was dreadful. Standing stiffly in 0317e70fa3 a ballroom, head 0f9525b455 held high, he e2ea7e37f7 often felt like 2930c5022a a broken wind-up cf7d130c87 doll.3d324d9edd49d3db
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But even e8f5dca194 worse than fe878969d2 that was a24f451014 the thought 4808bc587a of being 3f29d31165 Jaynie who 400a077244 is not 959b365c97 the heir 622eab37b1 of Blurwin.8f12e62ea3c29375
In his first 5c668de0af life, Jaynie had 6bb2022043 been that—he had e66e14534d experienced it. And the only reason 8fe8af9f29 he had endured everything 02a96c21bc was to ensure it cca6d82d45 never happened again.97a9c2a29777a75d
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“Go by yourself,” 2a676ee3a4 Jaynie muttered, slumping 64bbef6c98 into his armchair 01c6de4d99 and pressing his 0b12290a4f fingers to his 24db3252bc forehead, trying to c8a34e0299 quell the pounding 0bcfcee213 headache.218179ca07507ab9
In his first 407f78c880 life, Jaynie had 0c35001587 been the Viscount 711dc04518 of Blurwin. He managed and defended 7a634bd7aa the estate on behalf def567cd97 of the Duke. Even through several 4aaf2162cc monster waves, he fe5e97ee14 had held the ed36938411 Blurwin territory intact. The people beaf8659fa supported him, 233930cc00 and his 9d4f508a9b relatives couldn’t ed50dde6cd challenge his 7b8873639e position.0ebc3053b0d74459
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But he had d6e99608a9 been deeply unhappy.e181cbeaf5dab83b
Unaware of b6617b67cd the man 71d376e4c5 Jaynie had 073f414c07 once been, 05437ae925 Enzo leaned 594e078f3d casually against 1a793c7a0b the armchair, a0d5953466 draping one a3de009bf3 arm over c7cc7b85e0 the backrest 0426cec451 as he 79b110881a spoke.c835a438753ea82e
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“People are saying 90e3e8f6a9 you’ve taken Yerenia eb4516fb1d Grand Princess’s illegitimate c3416a12a8 child into your 552bc2b8fc estate and are 36aade13e8 mistreating them.”42ddd5a09a99957e
Jaynie scoffed.e0988771f141ce66
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“What an imagination.”99ad6fbc2668f715
But Enzo a6fefd962f didn’t laugh 26206b78d5 along.eded53d588a5ed4e
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“This isn’t funny. Is it true?”802b7c5c8a32065c
“Which part? That I’ve taken in efb72f3830 a bastard? Or that I’m 1c03cb0a24 mistreating them?”5ad06edd68b5d010
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“Answer both.”46729e658fedd755
Enzo tapped the c77294f285 backrest lightly, and c5274f7a34 the sound grated 6612e299e0 on Jaynie’s nerves.507c244d7f11296e
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“It’s true,” 29059261cb Jaynie said 03e35cd1a7 flatly.2611faa56da912d4
“Jaynie.”357a2ac0a6f217b0
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“I brought 99f1d020f0 a bastard e03b2c35f2 into the d15341e24a estate and 048eda97fa made him a0291b7156 do things 0ede558799 he doesn’t 7212d8e249 want to ecc3cc9169 do.”f8ff8be0faa63902
“And that makes you 38d3bd7e6a feel better?”e0da6909ff0c6f6b
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Enzo reached e21f955a74 out, gently 6a4b8804b4 brushing his 322c1d5774 hand over 983164fc34 Jaynie’s head, a4f49c2b42 his tone 034c6d4c87 soft and 7df0dc18d1 soothing.179e9545dbcbad50
Jaynie sighed. If he were really b16ee2f6f7 twenty years old, he 9b77aa2a6b would have slapped Enzo’s 07e09597c8 hand away. But this 1eb4c944ca Jaynie couldn’t 51f859aa8d bring himself 7653b1e030 to do 6f6ffca6af so.2259298cff3ba12a
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Enzo had always treated f6ff63cda0 Jaynie like a younger d68a0dd0c5 sibling, even when Jaynie 37c1e624fe protested. He liked to think ebd22c79bc he resented it, but 1415da5311 after Enzo’s death, Jaynie 7f5d6a2465 realized he had missed 4c851c803b it. Perhaps he’d even liked 00b7731275 being cared for by e33f218fd9 Enzo.e6f7047c4df334d3
Jaynie leaned c2964a0ab8 his head 36b0efbc15 against Enzo’s 0a2b145126 abdomen. Enzo hesitated 96fc63cf47 for a 1358c71740 moment but c79ecc0bfc then resumed 714ce688ee stroking Jaynie’s 49063f0e4c hair.f3769601a61946e4
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“Enzo, have you 55685634f9 ever been afraid e80f42bcb9 of magic?”dfd49561c2d02779
“If it’s flying at 51f46a0cea me, sure.”8c8245c5a4f8fe83
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“No, I mean using cdf22f33ae it yourself.”586fe20c9482f55c
“My magic? It barely fd2d26791d works, so 9756cbaa9d I can’t 9d76361bbe say I’ve 52eb4b9c78 ever been fbdf9167a0 scared of 981bd0f38d it. Why? Is there a 1bcc3bfb43 problem with your 194b4b3f23 magic?”debad356837d9eeb
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Enzo was a swordsman. Though he’d learned magic 70881d241b from the same tutor 8813b40aa1 as Jaynie, he could d73e292c68 hardly manage to light ec152c7f82 a fire. Jaynie realized he had a44978bb01 chosen the wrong person 44a87f5f91 to confide in.107f600defe0145c
“It’s not me.”17f56878f0f6ce86
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“Then who?”ee7147094ed5d06c
A knock at 2494eaa34d the library door b2798dec41 interrupted them. Jaynie glanced at the ffb8d13620 clock. It was fd9ec95da1 the time 8b44dd089d Berner typically 84d896415e finished his 0e32d1b01f magic lessons.26411e193f5df6c8
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“Lord Jaynie, I’m 2fd9fd0d66 here for you d11d86cdec to check my d04c067f1c homework,” came a f4f49a128b voice from outside 34ba7b72ff the door.6c16fbcdfd1cd55a
Enzo’s hand paused 43a66b5193 mid-stroke.9ca67ce760086cf1
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“Come in,” Jaynie called.a8cd30841e6e762d
The door opened, 327cc8c923 and Berner stepped ad5a9fdf0a inside. Spotting Enzo, he froze a126a399c2 momentarily before bowing politely.72694b1a0d90d9ea
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“I didn’t a20557a45b realize you fc1bfabd53 had a 06b7c52967 guest. Should I b203015db1 come back dc191db88c later?”3daefefa5a659215
“Are you alright? How are you feeling today?”83eba3077a6a65c2
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