bChapter /bb132 /b

    Valencia

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    “What did you do to Killian? Where is he?b” /bbI /bshouted but Martin waved his hand and Barty was on my side in

    an instant.

    I tried kicking and punching but Barty was taller and heavier, all muscle and no brain because who in their right minds would bootlick this asshat?

    “Ooh, spicy little kitten,” Martin drawled as he waited for a few more guards to hold me back before finally gathering the courage to approach me.

    “You have to be put on a leash, witch because you have disrespected me several times for me to continue letting you live. That stupid werewolf could not even get a scratch on you and my very noble brother stepped in, which I didn’t object to, because imagine wanting to get a little thorn out of your way and then realizing you could uproot the entire fucking tree that kept scratching you every now and then.”

    Martin drawled and I grit my teeth as I realized what was going on.

    “You….you set that werewolf on me….on Killian. Why?”

    He clicked his tongue reproachfully as if I was some school girl he was lecturing.

    “You see, bloody Killian has been taking away all the limelight from me since day one. I was the one supposed to find the witch’s descendant but he found you, I am the firstborn and thus have the first right to the throne but my little brother strutted away from the throne when father suggested he could rule saying that he bwas /bhappy being sidelined. The audacity of that bastard!”

    Martin roared, spit flying around and some of itnding on Barty’s bald head. I shivered in disgust as Barty hesitated to reach for a handkerchief and wipe it right away.

    “What did he even do to you? Killian didn’t want the throne, the riches or the position, he didn’t want your girl either. Why do you hate him so much?”

    bI /bshot back.

    Killian had refrained from telling me most of the stuff and even if it angered me, my gut told me he was not the one who was wrong here.

    Killian may have done mistakes in the past but he had spent whatever time I had been around working on being a better person. Martin, on the other hand, was nothing short of a psychopath who was unfortunately the first in line of Elorin throne.

    “I dont have to answer all your questions but I can tell you this. You are going to do as I say if you dont want your precious Killian to die a very painful death.”

    For the first time since I had been in front of him, I felt genuine fear. Not for myself but for Killian,

    “You wouldn’t dare to do that” I seethed in anger but heughed at me mockingly.

    b14:32 /bbFri/b, bSep /b12 B…

    “Oh darling you have no idea what I can dare to do. But we are not here bto /bbtalk /babout bmy /bdaring but rather yoursb. /bbSo/b, are you going to listen to me nicely or do you want to see Killian’s head delivered to byou /bbas /bba /bpresent?”

    My heart almost touched the bottom of my stomach.

    “He fucking loves you, you wrothless scumbag. Even with all your wrongdoings, your malicious heart and bill /bintentions, he tried to forgive you, he tried to be a good person to you ball /bwho did nothing but belittle him. every second you could.”

    I shouted hoarsely, the veins in my neck straining due to the rage bI /bfelt towards this despicable bman/b.

    “Love! Such a stupid emotion! Its not love, its just need, and convenience perhaps. Killian wanted King’s attention, he wanted what I had and kept working every second of his life trying to win over the King’s favor. pretending he didn’t want the crown yet doing just the opposite to ensure the King noticed him, gave him importance….for an adopted child for fuck’s sake. He is a twisted man and now bI /bwill have him permanently thrown out of my way if you dont agree to what I have to say.”

    Martin was talking like a madman. He wasn’t joking about wanting to kill Killian and the bitterness he had for his little brother was evident in his words and way of speaking.

    But wait, adopted child?

    Was Killian not the direct offspring of King Aecidus?

    I looked at Martin in confusion and tried to piece it all together.

    “Is it why you hate him and he loved you all despite your evident contempt and mockery of him? Because he was adopted?”

    Martin growled like a psychopath who was on the edge of a mental breakdown. He grabbed his hair and tried to yank it off his head.

    “That cursed father of mine found him abandoned on the streets maybe for all I care. Trained him to be a soldier. And Killian ate it up like a kicked puppy wanting all the affection. I worked hard to build political associations with the neighboring kingdoms, to bring everyone under Elorin’s rule but one sentence spoken by Killian out of the blue and father would provide all his attention to that street rat, abandoning me. I hated that gangly kid when I was little and I hate that wretched smiling bastard with every beat of my heart. I will enjoy twisting his neck and draining his blood to get you to do bas /bbI /bask… for additional motivation.”

    My brain did a stupid thing of imagining taht scenario vividly and memories of that night when he almost bled to death came back to me with full force.

    Pushing my hands up ito /ifold them as if I was praying, I shook my head.

    “No, please don’t hurt him. You wanted the crown, it’s yours already. Please blet /bhim go!”

    I didn’t care about this wretched kingdom and its people either way. And now bI /bcould understand bwhy /bbKillian /bwas hellbent on seeing the good in others even if it wasn’t thereb. /b

    He loved these sick bastards bas /ba family bbecause /bhis original family bhad /babandoned him. And bto think /bbI /bbhad /babandoned my own people toe live in a human city.

    14:32 Fri, Sep b12 /bB…

    ?

    No, I could not think of that for now. I had to focus on the

    present.

    Martin gave me a sepurchural smile that made the hair stand on my body.

    “Oh, you are right about that. I do have the crown but it feels all too easy. How about we spice things up a little?”

    I had a sinking feeling this was going to end up very badly.

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