Chapter 124

Chapter 124.

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He suddenly stopped viewing the portrait as goosebumps were sparse all over his body. Furrowing his brows, he stepped away from the wooden fire torch, with his mind wandering elsewhere.

Looking around in the direction Athena had taken, he was searching if he could still see her while he pondered if she was really sane or insane.

"Akad?" He tasted the name on his lips for the first time, still not sure of what he should do. He turned to look in the direction Athena had taken again, trying to picture the look on her face when she handed the paper to him.

She had looked so scared as if someone was watching them and had refused him to open the portrait in her presence. And Bryan still could not fathom what that attitude entails.

He was so preoccupied with his thoughts that he didn't notice the guards and servants that were passing at regular intervals, staring as he was just standing as if he was lost and was trying to rethink the route he should take.

The thought of tel