Alastair was thunderstruck as he stumbled back due to the impact of the force of Cyrus's hard punch. That punch seemed to do a good job of sobering him up. He looked at the royal wizard in daze. For a moment, he couldn't make out what exactly was going on. It seemed like his brain stopped functioning. He was enjoying his wine a while ago. And within the blink of an eye, he received a heavy punch on his face and that too from one of his most trusted men.
The throbbing pain at his lips pulled him out of his daze. He slowly touched the area which was throbbing in pain. A small frown appeared between his eyebrows when he felt a thick sticky liquid against the epidermis of his rough calloused fingers. His frown turned into a deep V shape when he realized that blood was oozing out from his lip
