al and resolute voice. "Since you don't answer, I've already picked for you. Kill him,

dered, his words droppin

"Dad, please don't do this, leave him alive! I promise to do everyt

o his guards, his

ng wound in my soul. Selena howled in agony inside my head, a scream of raw pain echoing through every fiber. The hu

your daughter? Why can't you just give me what I want, this once? Am I just a

ghter. To me, you're nothing but a puppet, a tool to push us closer to our goal, to pav

What did I just hear? Was she speaking in rage, or

my father asked, a lo

nom in her eyes. "I hated her

my voice a bewildered whisper, confus

light. "You aren't my child. You're his mistr

e! Grandpa would've told me if I wasn't born to y

've told them and what the world knows. I got 'pregnant' at the same time as the woman who actually bore you. But I gave birth to a son wh

nives, leaving jagged wounds. I felt

urning like acid in my veins. "Tel

e royal family who was lost to them since she was a teenager. Actually she was kidnapped by your paternal grandfather,

verything I'd thought I knew. Royal blood. Kidnapped pr

How could you do this for power? So disgusting. You hid your son, made me a pawn to draw you closer

s turned my stomach; I felt tainted, f

ash across her face. "Because after this, we'll wipe out all your memories.

struck me. Darkness swooped in like a blac

hose things," Bryson said to Elena

eady waiting in the house. They'll erase all her memory, and she won't rem

owed, shadows danc

princess who was announced dead. I wouldn't even know there w

t any of this again. I'll announce Alpha Kieran's death, and accuse him of treachery. Make his death

spoken threats, the weight

nk god I noticed something was off at the mating ball. I made someone follo

sharp, decisive.

, leave no trace. Efficient, silent, the shadows moved to obey. And with cold finality,