“How..when….?” Ruslan was blank. He didn’t know what to ask from Marcus as he sat there. There were a million questions running wild in his mind, a thousand scenarios and uncountable reasons for him to not believe Marcus, yet, he wanted to. His heart wanted to beat a little faster from the fact that there was someone similar to him even if only half of them had the same blood running through their veins. Ruslan had every other reason to oppose his claim and even behead him for trying to fool the king. It was a joint law, followed by every person living in the realm. Anyone who disrespected the royal family by trying to mock them would immediately be beheaded. But Ruslan had no plans of doing so because deep down, inside a hopeful part of his heart, he had a feeling Marcus could be someone
