"What about your side of promise, your eminence?" her eyes narrowed, a hint of hostility in her voice, "i did not hear anything from his majesty. In fact, I felt that you do not have a good relationship with him." she pointed to get a chuckle from him.
"Indeed, i have not." he accepted with a wicked grin, "but i control the empire more than he could."
"I have never heard about that." she refuted only to get a look from him.
"Because you have been nurtured as a naive girl, Evangeline. Your father had closed his eyes and your step mother had kept you in the dark. She did not let you leave the house freely in the name of discipline and you did not realize when you become her pawn." Eve held her dress tightly. She had nothing to refute. But the words felt like cold water poured on her skin.
