Chapter 116
"Are you aware of what happened to Elain when she attempted something like this with my wife Cassius asked.
"I received your message," Nerina said. "But that will not happen here."
"Are you sure?" Cassius asked. "Afterall she was never yours to begin with."
"You are very wrong," Nerina said. "Irina made a deal with me before Anastasia was born."
Anastasia frowned, taking a step forward. "I don't belong to anyone."
"Join me, and I will give you protection and everything you desire," Nerina said, her voice too sweet to resist.
"Protection?" Anastasia scoffed. "It is you I'm supposed to protect myself from. Because of you, I lost my child. Because of you, my mother turned into survival mode, ready to sacrifice me in exchange for her freedom. Because of you, people died in the Kingdom from the fucking plague."
"I didn't know about the pregnancy," Nerina said. "It was all because of—"