He Stole My Life, So the Moon Gave Me Back novel · Chapter 23 of 27
Chapter 23: The Hour the Bell Went Silent
The steward's four guards looked at the prince's shoulder set against the barred door.
None of them moved.
Malchior's fist came down on the antechamber door.
The bar jumped in its brackets.
Adrian set his shoulder against the wood and held it.
'Open it,' Malchior said through the door.
'You are not lord here,' he said. 'The lord's business does not wait on your mood.'
Adrian said nothing.
He braced his boot against the bottom of the door.
The next blow shook dust from the lintel.
Then the bar lifted from the brackets on the outside.
The door came open.
Malchior walked in with four guards behind him.
He did not look at Noah.
He looked at Adrian, and then he looked past him.
'Take the Keeper to the hall,' he said. 'The lord has waited long enough.'
Noah kept his hands loose at his sides.
He did not mention the offer.
He did not say the word Valerius had written on it.
'Steward,' Noah said.
Malchior's eyes came to him.
'Before these men take a step,' Noah said, 'say which command you are carrying out.'
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