Mars Strongmoor... Are You Even Human?

"Auntie... !" Ellena was so offended when she realized Lady Preston suddenly blamed everything on her and tossed her away after Mars openly accused her of the queen's attack. "I am innocent... why are you doing this to me?"

She got up and touched Lady Preston's arm, but the older lady immediately brushed off her hand like she was a plague. "Don't touch me with your filthy hands...!"

"Auntie...!"

"Stop calling me auntie. I don't have a niece like you...!"

Ellena was astonished. She turned to Duke Preston who suddenly looked twenty years older. She reached out to the man and spoke with a hoarse voice. "Father... why did you let her do this to me?"

Duke Preston looked away. He looked up and said to Mars apologetically, "I am sorry I have taken in and raised my wife's niece only for her to backstab your family. I really have no idea..."