Latvala Royals_Darkest Hour by Danielle Bourdon

Author:Danielle Bourdon [Bourdon, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B07HLBWJPG
Publisher: Wildbloom Press
Published: 2018-09-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Sander studied Elias as thoroughly as Elias studied him. He attempted to suss out the young man’s mood and underlying emotion, an effort in futility for the most part. The mention of the clothing along with being comfortable at the cabin gave him hope, however, that Elias’s memory might be trying to surface. Why else would those things arise?

Elias’s bold question didn’t take Sander off guard. He’d known it would come up again at some point.

“I’m not going to resort to imprisoning you to keep you safe, although I’ll repeatedly stress how much danger you’ll be putting yourself and all the rest of us in if you take that route. Any number of people would love to get their hands on you to use as a bargaining tool. It would create a hellacious situation for me, I don’t mind saying.” Sander laid it all out; he didn’t want Elias to have any doubts that his actions would have severe consequences.

“There has to be some kind of middle ground, though. Imagine having to live a life you know nothing about and are not connected to. Not emotionally, anyway. Knowing you’re all my family doesn’t bridge the large gap that you’re still strangers to me. I’ll admit that I feel more comfortable around you, but not anyone else just yet.”

“But there isn’t a middle ground, Elias. There can’t be, not with you having been heir to the throne all your life. I realize how daunting that must be when you don’t remember who you are. There’s no erasing the past, though. The people of Latvala will never forget that you’ve been groomed for the role, born for it, nor will our enemies allow you to have any kind of a normal life. If you think you’ll slip back into society unrecognized, you’re wildly mistaken.” Sander tracked Elias as the young man began to pace the living area. He still couldn’t tell what his son was thinking. It was a difficult conversation, and an even more difficult scenario to imagine playing out.

Elias couldn’t just walk away and start over.

Nothing about that transition would be easy or safe.

“And if I decided to leave the country? What about starting over somewhere that I’m less visible? This is all hypothetical, of course,” Elias said. “In the unlikely event that I never regain my memory.”

Hypothetical or not, the question hit like a sledgehammer to the gut. Sander cautioned himself to go slow. To breathe. To temper his reactions so that he didn’t distance Elias further.

“Well, you don’t feel the need to do that right this second, do you?” Sander asked.

“No. But I think it bears talking about.”

“Why don’t we wait a little longer to discuss that possibility? You’re still very fresh from a bad accident. Let’s see how you do here at the cabin for a week or so. And I think you should give yourself a month or two before you start considering what to do with the rest of your life.”

Sander couldn’t sit still any longer.

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