XADEN'S TRUE PLAN

A harsh slap landed on Zuri's face, making her stagger back, but her expression looked bored. After what she had gone through at her father's hands, a simple slap was akin to a pat on the head to her.

They were going to die. She wanted them to die.

A coup against the king would ensure their death sentences, but Zuri was not stupid not to realize she would get implicated too. She could die too if Khaos couldn't save her from a death sentence, or if he chose to back down from his words and abandon her.

In her twisted mind, even though she realized that she actively ruined her life and the people around her, she somehow didn't care…

The voices in her head kept telling her that she was doing the right thing. Zuri felt this sick sense of satisfaction whenever she imagined Xaden and her father's faces when they finally learned she was the one who ruined their plan.

The voices in her head were excited.