As Alaric promised, his knights retrieved the 400,000 royal gold coins and with top secrecy and professionalism, placed the funds back into the Imperial Account House.
The next morning, Daphne met with her brothers in the sitting room. Emma had just managed to force their mother to go to bed after she had spent the entire night crying.
Lianna, too, was sleeping, the stress of the situation taking a toll on her delicate pregnancy. The lack of noise was why the siblings; Daphne, Aidan, and Finn were alone in the sitting room.
"We have to do something," Finn insisted, pacing anxiously. "We can't just wait around."
Daphne's expression was calm, her composure a sharp contrast to their worry. "The money is back in the account house," she said simply.
Aidan's head snapped up. "How?" he demanded, his voice laced with disbelief. "That's impossible. We don't have that kind of money."
Daphne held his gaze. "We don't," she said. "But Alaric does. He put the money back."
