Chapter 177 - Twisted Threat Of A Forfeit (Mass Release!)

Those four words had flowed to her ears without their meaning at first, and she nodded casually till her head paused mid-nod and she looked right back at him, feeling herself weaken at the impact of the news.

"That is--- when?"

He shrugged. "Yesterday."

"Was it---" she could feel the tears well up in her eyes. For some reasons, she was blaming herself.

"It wasn't the dragon. It was a peaceful sleep."

"H---how?" She shook her head. "No, I don't think that is true. We all thought the King was dead before and---" she gulped, feeling a knot in her throat. "Where is she?"

"Cremated."

"What?!" She half-yelled, half-whispered, shocked.

"She is my wife. I did what was necessary."

Belladonna gulped, looking around her yet not really seeing anything, she could feel the hurt in her heart though, how heavy and painful it was.