I Married the Emperor to Kill Him novel · Chapter 12 of 24
Chapter 12: The Price of a Boat
Severen stood in the middle of the throne room in Ostrel blue and silver fur, and he was alive.
Cassien stopped in the doorway.
The whole court turned to look at him.
Severen was taller than Cassien remembered.
He had short pale gold hair, their mother's blue eyes, and the cleft in his chin that every girl in Lisvaine had sighed over.
He had no burns, and not a mark on him.
"Cass," Severen said.
His voice broke on it.
He crossed the floor in five long steps and pulled Cassien into his arms in front of everybody.
He smelled of horses and pine smoke.
He held the back of Cassien's head the way he used to when Cassien was small and had fallen off something.
"Cass. Gods. Look at you."
Cassien could not say anything.
His arms went around his brother on their own.
Severen was warm, and breathing.
Cassien had lit a candle for him every night for five months.
Behind them, the court began to murmur, and the murmur grew.
Isandor stood on the step of the throne with his arm in a black sling.
He had not sat down.
He was looking at Severen.
Behind him stood a tall woman in white furs with a thin silver crown in her red hair.
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