“What?” Deanne asked perplexed by his sudden question. As soon as he’d spoken she’d suddenly gotten this sense of foreboding, something in the back of her mind screaming at her to leave this conversation and run.
“I recently found out that the reason we’ve been trapped in this endless war with Vermon is because Derrick has taken something dear from the Vermon King and hidden it away on a certain piece of land.” Dax started, his expression dark. “He’s been asked to surrender the land in order for the Vermon king to call off his troops but Derrick continues to refuse. He’d rather keep us in this constant state of war than surrender whatever it is he’s stolen.”
That couldn’t be true. Their king was an honourable demon and selfless to a fault. A male full of integrity who was respected by e
