Special Chapter: You don’t seem evil

"And you're the only one who dares to say that to my face," Uzana shot back.

"Oh, you still have Adeline, she hates you the most."

"Oh, you're right, hehe. I'll fill her with many children once this war is over," Uzana muttered under his breath, a dark promise to himself. "Just wait and see."

Sophia shook her head, aware that despite Uzana's antics, deep down, he would eventually come to love Adeline profoundly.

There would come a point where he wouldn't care about having children, even though his greatest dream was to have a large family.

Uzana would love Adeline so deeply that each time she suffered a miscarriage, he would feel as broken as she did. But at this moment, Uzana had not yet realized or experienced any of this.

"Yes, I believe so." Sophia smiled back.

*

The next morning, as Sophia worked meticulously to extract the poison threads from Ragnar's wound, she found herself contemplating a faster solution.