To Make It Fair

"What in the world are you planning to do to him?" Nadia asked with gritted teeth.

Lucas let out an amused laughter, "Hahaha, look at you. So concerned for your loverboy. But why bother when you can easily get ten more of him. Isn't that how you managed to become the queen? Using your body to lure men to do your bidding and gain power. Most men aren't immune to such a deadly weapon."

Nadia's face darkened with anger after hearing him humiliate her like this. No man had dared to say something like this ever since she became the queen, "Lucas, you are going too far. Stop this madness for you are not in the right to do this. You made me like this. Because of you, I suffered and suffered and protected you," Her voice quivered as she said with a hateful glare, "And you repaid me by abandoning me."

Lucas let out a tired sigh, "Shut the fuck up, bitch. You loved being fucked like a whore and I saw it with my own eyes how you were begging for the dicks of those sons of bitches."

Despite hearing such insulting words, Nadia's gaze lowered as she grimaced, those memories replayed in her mind, "That's not true…" She refuted, though her voice was weak.

Lucas scoffed as he pulled back her head and said. "Let's find out by having a passionate mother and son reunion before your lover boy."

"You dare?!" Nadia's eyes shook with cold anger as she understood what Lucas just hinted at and grabbed his wrist to stop him from dragging her away.

"No, it's not up to me," Lucas stopped pulling her as she said with an unsettling smile, "You get to choose. Become my slut or let your daughter volunteer for that position. I am sure your daughter wouldn't need much convincing, don't you think?"

"I will kill you!" Nadia became enraged to hear such crass and outrageous words from him and lunged at him, clutching his neck to crush it.

Ever since Olivia was born, she took great care to look after her every second and made preparations to let her live a perfect life.

Olivia was her soul and helped her forget her past and forge a new beginning.

But how could she have expected her past to suddenly return alive to bite her.

"So you are going to betray your daughter too? That's fine. She is new to it but she has the potential to satisfy me," Lucas said with a pleased smile.

Nadia felt her heart shudder as she clutched his shirt, "No! Don't! You…" She wanted to threaten him but knowing the kind of person he was now and how far he might go, she felt her anger getting replaced by a unfamiliar sense of fear, "Please, don't do anything to her. She is just an innocent girl and knows nothing. She never did anything wrong to you."

"I also never did anything wrong to you until you and Celia broke me. Nobody is innocent in this world, mother. I learned that lesson a bit too late. But now I will make you feel the pain I did to make it fair," Lucas said as his eyes pierced into her.

Nadia saw the look in his eyes and for the first time she felt as if she was looking into the eyes of a demon who won't blink in doing the worst.

She closed her eyes as she made her decision.

Within the broken pagoda, Qiang lay bound to a pillar, heavy chains clinking with each pained breath he took. 

Blood stained his lips, his body battered and broken, yet his spirit remained defiant. Every ounce of his being screamed in protest, but his body refused to obey, drained of its strength and vitality. 

His thoughts were consumed with worry for Nadia, his queen, his woman he had sworn to protect with his life.

The sound of approaching footsteps echoed through the chamber, and Qiang's swollen eyes strained to see. 

His heart sank as he witnessed the worst sight – Lucas was dragging Nadia into the room by her hair. Her face was a mask of pain and determination, but she remained stoically silent, her jaw set, her lips pressed tightly together.

"No... no... my queen..." Qiang's voice was a hoarse whisper, a desperate plea as he witnessed Nadia's plight. His helplessness weighed heavily on him, the chains around him a physical manifestation of his failure to protect her.

Summoning what little strength he had left, Qiang glared at Lucas, his voice weak but laced with a venomous promise. "Let her go... right now. Or I swear, your death won't be a painless one."

Lucas looked at Qiang, his smug smile never faltering. "Ah, the loyal knight," he taunted, "still playing the hero, even in chains. How quaint. But let me show you an even better play with your lovely queen."

Before Qiang could think, Lucas forcibly turned Nadia's face towards him and plundered her lips like a beast, sucking and tasting them with his mouth.

"MMmffN!~" Nadia had heart heart thud against her chest upon feeling his warm lips devouring hers like a mad man. Her hand clutched his shirt but she didn't push him away nor did she seem to want to reciprocate his kiss.

Qiang's eyes reddened as he saw Lucas ravaging his queen's lips and cried out, "NO! Stop touching my queen, you lowly coward!!"