It's Never Enough

Outside the main gates of Castle Cordon, Gilas stood quietly at a particular corner of the battlements where he had a proper view of the people protesting outside.

"Your Majesty! Please, hear our plea! Break the Mate Bond! It will put your life in danger! Please, Your Majesty!!!"

The cries of the Cordonian people were audible from where he stood. Them outside, begging on their knees out of love of their king was a sight to behold. It was an unexpected phenomenon, and it was the first time in the history of Cordon that the life of the female on trial was connected to the king.

"Is this why you wanted her dead inside that forest?" Gilas wondered with a frown. "This is your plan all along…"

"That forest is not a simple forest. The Realm of Eferia is a vast realm well protected by its guardians," Nasser stated.