77 Chapter Seventy Seven: The News in the Papers

Lord Halliday was a tall man with an aristocratic air that made him out to be rather proud but he was a reserved man and those who knew him well, knew he was a no nonsense person. He was also very deeply rooted in tradition and was highly religious; it was for this reason Vallus had decided to visit him. It would be impossible for Adelaide to break their union because as they had been mated to be by the moon goddess, Lord Halliday would never allow Adelaide to end such a union.

It might as well be rejecting Celeena as moon goddess of Aysun to Lord Halliday.

"I apologize that I haven't been here all this time," Vallus said as he bowed deeply to him. He resented the man but Adelaide and her family were a means to an end so he was ready to put up with any inconvenience.

"You seem like a busy man," Lord Halliday remarked in a deep voice that seemed to emanate from his stomach.

"The state has been rather..."