"But of course, that would also depend on how welcoming you are of your stepson, Your Grace." Morden added an afterthought.
The statement was a veiled threat and Zariah knew Queen Sancia could tell too.
"You!" Queen Sancia hissed hatefully.
"My mother was an earth witch. Bearing the child of a wolf shifter was a death sentence and she knew it, yet she did...exchanging her life to give me life!" Morden snarled.
"You are also a mother, what do you value above your son's life? Your pride? Your status? The Ethereal throne?" Morden taunted, his tone condescending.
Queen Sancia was quiet for a long while following that.
"What exactly do you want?" Queen Sancia asked darkly.
