Along the way, Setis turned to Aris at one point. "Your mind seems elsewhere. Are you thinking about something?" he asked, watching his brother with his usual calm demeanor.
Aris gave him a faint smile. “I’m only thinking about the kingdom. We’ve been away for so long. I don’t know what we’ll find when we return,” he replied, sounding like he was a master of lying. Setis didn’t need to know that Silitsia was what he was really thinking about.
Setis nodded, as if believing his cousin's words. "Yes, we don't know how things are going in the kingdom. But whatever happens, we'll find solutions," he said.
Aris, however, thought sarcastically, "Yes, we can find solutions." His own solution lay in eliminating Silitsia. Besides his responsibility as king, it was his duty to protect his people f
