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Hazel smiled. She knew that they would be hostile to her. Others stared at her too.
The message was clear, by announcing her as the new ruler, Rafael wanted to fulfill his long awaited dream of ruling humans.
Or else how a woman that was sacrificed to save them, could stand up and come back to rule them. She was nothing but a pawn discarded by her parents and now was used by Rafael.
"You must have a wild imagination, duke. Do you think council is a fool to stand silently if that would have been the case?" she asked with a sneer, "they have done so much hard work to get the peace back. It could not be sacrificed even if the other person is the lord!" but her words were like a small pebble in the large river.
"And you think that the council would be able to stand against its lord? Isn't it the lord who has the maximum chairs in the council?