Failed Duties

Without any drama, Ciara's body was sent flying through the air and slamming into the wall behind her, but before the woman could recover from the stinging slap she had just been given, a sudden force grabbed onto her and the next thing she knew, though her feet were on the ground, Denise was holding her up by her hair, making her dangle in front of her face.

"You Majesty, I'm sorry, I couldn't stop him."

"You were one of my shadows Ciara, one whom I looked down on with favour and decided to give the special task of serving and caring for my baby.

I thought so highly of you, but right now, your image disgusts me." Denise said her face cold and her eyes truly filled with disgust.

"I'm sorry your Majesty, Tion is just truly stubborn, he listens to no one."

"He's a 19-year-old boy with hormones rampaging through his body, a child who knows nothing, how can he be impossible to control." Denise calmly asked he tone ice cold.

"Tion isn't susceptible to sex your majesty it can't be used to control him." Ciara pleaded not daring to rest her body on her feet and free herself from the pain of being held up by her hair.

"He isn't susceptible to sex or he is bored of your body, which one Ciara?"

Ciara moved to open her mouth, but she found herself unable to let out a word and then could only bow her head in shame."

Seeing the woman's actions, a sort of anger sparked in Denise's eyes and out of nowhere a chill began radiating from her.

"Your majesty please" Ciara begged as she felt her body be wrapped in cold which then proceeded to seep into her skin.

"Please spare me, I will try better" Ciara begged, other than the feeling of cold entering her body, Ciara felt nothing else, but as a woman who had once been amongst Denise's personal escort, she knew what was to come.

Just as Ciara begged one last time, a sudden pain hit her and before she could even recover from it, the feeling of a thousand ants eating her flesh from within filled her and she could only, open her mouth and begin letting out a silent scream.

This continued for a few more seconds before a voice which belonged to neither Denise or Leah spoke.

"You should stop there, any more damage and she won't be able to hide what you did to her from Tion, the boy has become quite perceptive these days.

Leah who was standing just a step behind Denise and had somehow ended up beginning to stare at the ceiling aimlessly paid this new voice no mind, but Densie who was currently letting out a bit of her frustration at a certain someone's incompetency let go of the woman in her hand and turned to the direction of the new voice.

Ciara fell to the ground as Denise lost interest in her, and while the ice cols Empress turned to a new source of entertainment the woman sent her Mana flowing through her and began the painful journey of trying to expel Denise's mana.

"Mei"

"Denise"

Denise called the name of the woman opposite her with clear annoyance, and then as the woman called her name before she could close her mouth Denise was in front of her with her right hand clenching her jaws open and making the woman look up at her.

Whereas at this moment, anyone who was being held by Denise in this manner would be panicking and fearing for their life, the woman called Mei merely looked back at Denise with her bright green eyes, her short green hair keeping her face beautiful even as it was held in such a brutal manner.

"Why didn't you stop Tion" Denise asked with a smile, a smile too wide to be sincere.

"I wasn't present when he left." Mei calmly replied.

"Remind me, for what reason did I bring you into this Palace again? "Denise asked.

"Because Tion said we came as a package remember"

Still maintaining a calm expression Denise was about to reply to Mei's words, but then she paused for a second as a thought came into her head.

"Speaking of packages, tell me Mei is there a reason why Tion's package hasn't gone down your throat yet."

"Damn it Denise, I'm his aunt" Mei replied with disgust on her face but Densie merely snorted.

"Family relationships didn't stop you from rubbing your stinking cave whenever your brother and I fucked, I bet you spent some nights imagining you were the one getting pounded from behind didn't you."

Denise had an amused smile on her face as she saw Mei's eyes look away from her's the woman unable to let out a word.

With a sneer, Denise threw Mei to the ground and then pinned her figure to it with her gaze and a bit of pressure rising off her.

"I didn't bring you here so you could go running around and focus on your research, I brought you here so you could take care of Tion and make him feel more at home."

Speaking these words, Denise took back the man pressure she had been emitting on the poor woman but just as she was about to leave, she looked at an unhappy Mei one last time.

"You never got a chance to suck and ride your brother's cock, don't miss your chance with Tion now that he is still available, because I assure you once he gets a taste of me he would forget that you ever existed, he might even reject you, just the same way Lance refused to fuck you."

With those words, Denise turned and began walking away, Leah silently following behind, but just before she went out the door, she turned to Ciara.

"Meet me later to get out the cold"

......…..

As the duo left the room, Leah who was calmly following behind and shaking her head at Denise who had begun releasing a torrent of chill to the surrounding spoke.

"That Mei knows a lot, not to mention that she's as fearless as her brother.

She is one of the few who knows how much you truly care for Tion, don't you plan on disposing of her."

A bit of a frown had been on Denise's face after she came out of the room, but hearing Leah's words she turned and looked at the woman with amusement.

"Aren't you supposed to be the soft one, the one who makes me temper justice with mercy, when did you get so ruthless?" 

"You've gotten quite soft in matters that concern Tion, I have to keep the balance," Leah said unhappily her gaze fixed on Denise.

"Fine" Denise said turning around with a huff.

"If she steps out of line and you see it fit too, then kill her, but remember that preserving my relationship with Tion comes first."

"I understand."