The Nathanian King's eyes grew wide when he heard his daughter.
Disown me?
Since when did she become so defiant?!
"Are you out of your mind, Athena?!" he snapped with rage. "Have you no respect for me?"
"Do you expect me to be in my right mind, Father?" Athena asked her father in a surprisingly low voice. "Do you even think of what situation I'm in right now?"
"Athena -"
"I lost my husband!" the young Queen snapped. "You don't even come when I was in mourning and only show up when you heard that I will be stepping down! Why are you always so heartless to me, Father? I'm also your child."
"You should -"
"For you, I'm just a tool to help you gain more power. I'll step down and I won't be useful to you anymore. So... you'll turn your back at me as you did to Aunt Lorey?"
"You've really lost your mind, Athena," the King said with anger still written all over his face.
