".... have you thought of killing the baby's father instead…we are already planning to kill Lord Assazd and Amenheraft… we can easily accommodate one more!"
Each of those words Alexander said made the insides of Mikaya's ears ring like the screeching tolls of a nearby temple, and perhaps for the first time in her life, the haughty girl's mind felt entirely blank.
Even someone described as quite ruthless as her found it difficult to take in the huge news so suddenly. Alexander not only wanted to kill her fiancé- the heir of Bahu, but it seemed plans were already in motion to off the main court opposition and most alarmingly the chief member of the divine lineage.
There was not a single person in Adhania who could have stayed unconcerned after learning this. And if somehow this were to leak, it would cause the entire palace to turn itself upside down.
