<b>Chapter </b><b>82 </b>
Kean couldn’t believe with what she heard. She widened her eyes, and opened her mouth<b>, </b>trying to <b>say </b>something to convince her otherwise, but she didn’t know what to say.
The way Rania looked at her was not usual. There was a determination in those eyes.
“Kean, please. Give me time. Your goal is to stop the war, right? You don’t need to go through a civil war with the king. You know it will shed more blood if that happened.” Rania took her hand and looked at her eyes deeply. “Please, I only need time, can you give me that?”
“What should I say to the people in the Movement?” Kean lowered her head, she didn’t want to look at Rania, because she felt betrayed.
“You can convince them to give me time, and I will try my best to convince the king to stop the war.” Rania squeezed her hands. “There is no need to spill more blood. There will always be people who died if there is a
war.”
“But it might be for a greater reason.”
Rania shook her head. “There is no great reason for someone to die.”
Kean then lifted her head because Rania’s words triggered her. “And yet, the man that you defend right now killed other people just because he could.”
Upon hearing that, Rania didn’t have the answer. She pressed her lips, and stared at Kean, she knew that she couldn’t convince her.
“I will take my leave, good night, mydy.” Kean then retracted her hands and then stood up.
Rania could only watch as Kean walked away from her, she felt the pang in her heart, and then fear, because she didn’t know what she would do, and what she would say to the Movement.
She cursed herself for being so na?ve to think that Kean would at the very least, listen to what she said, or considered her solution. It was not as simple as that.
In the end, Rania was left defeated. She stared at the distance, and wondered what they would do when they learned she backed off from their n.
The only member in the movement that Rania knew was Kean, and Killian. But then, if Killian was part of it, it meant Caden was also behind it.
And her father…
But, she didn’t know who was their spies within the pce. They could catch Maximus off guard and killed him. The thought of it alone made Rania sick to her stomach.
***
“What did you say?” Killian was furious.
“She backed out,” Kean repeated what she said.
“No way!” Killian cursed under his breath, he was very upset. He learned that Maximus had captured Caden and the former beta ric, both of them were on the way here in a tight security.
He didn’t know what to do, but shit wouldn’t go well at this point. Fuck. They were so close to kill the king, but now all of this happened.
“Why?! Why she backed out!?” Killian had to restrain himself fromshing out because they were not alone.
They were in the corner of the kitchen, people were talking, which drowned out their voices, but if Killian was too agitated and then raised his voice<b>, </b>of course, they would hear him.
Right now, a few people nced their way with curious look on their faces. From their perspective, <b>it </b>could be seen as a couple fighting.
They were not a couple, though, but Killian didn’t mind it. He didn’t care what they thought, because his mind was a jumble mess.
“Why?” Killian asked in a lower voice, which scared Kean a little bit.
Kean then told him what Rania had told her before. The solution that she offered, and then the fact that the civil war would bring more casualties. In a way, Kean knew that was a good solution, she would have agreed if it was not for her personal vengeance too.
She wanted the king dead, as because of him, she lost her parents, and that was something that she could never forgive. She was being selfish, and she knew that.
“Stay close with her, I will tell you what to doter.” Killian then left.
Lowering her head, Kean felt dejected. She didn’t want to be close with that woman again. She felt aplicated feeling. She was happy they were close before, because she liked her, but now when their opinion differed, she couldn’t bring herself to smile genuinely.
“What happened? Are you in rtionship with him? Were you fighting?” One of the omegas, who watched how Killian stormed out of the kitchen approached Kean with concern.
“No, it’s okay. I am fine.” Kean didn’t deny, or confirm what she said, but the omega didn’t press further, because she thought Kean was not in the mood.
***
Once Killian and ric arrived at the pce, the former went straight to the dungeon, but Maximus called ric to his study.
The former beta looked haggard, as if he had not yet fallen asleep for a week.
“May I know what crime I havemitted, my king?” He asked in a defeated tone, which meant, he knew without hearing the answer..
“You are really something else, former beta ric. You watch your daughter suffer, but you did nothing.”
take<i>. </i>
“She <b>was </b>punished for the crimes shemitted.” ric didn’t meet the king’s eyes, <b>as </b><b>he </b>stalked toward him.
“You don’t even believe what you say.” Maximus approached the former beta, and red down at him. “If its up to me, I am going to feed you to the wild animal. Unfortunately, I like your daughter enough to let her have the final say.”
And as if on cue, there was a knock on the door, and when the king gave permission to enter, Rania’s scent hit ric.
“I will give you time to talk alone before I decide a punishment for you.”
Maximus caressed Rania’s cheeks, asking whether she would be fine to be left alone with her father, and when she said she would be fine, Maximus left the room.
“What the meaning of this, Rania?” ric narrowed his eyes at his daughter. “What kind of lie that you told the king?”
“I didn’t tell him lies, father. I told him the truth.”
“That you were abused?” ric scoffed. “You caused trouble, Rania. You were punished.”
“When Caden forced himself into me, do you think that’s also a punishment?” Rania saw the emotions shifted on her father’s face. He knew it was wrong, but his next answer only made Rania’s blood boiled.
“He was your mate. He can’t help it. He even used another woman to cease the strong bond.”
“I rejected him, we were not a mate. Do you even believe that? I don’t even want him even if he is my mate, but here you are telling me that he is fine to do whatever with me.”
“He couldn’t help it.”
“Don’t tell me that he couldn’t help it!” Rania roared. “He took my innocent, and here you are, standing in front of me, and telling me that I should be grateful for that punishment!”
“I didn’t tell you to be grateful for the punishment! He was wrong in that case, I understand!” ric snarled back at his daughter. “What else can I do?! You were a difficult child! You don’t want me to be happy because I found someone else to be my mate! You don’t even want to get along with your siblings!”
“They are not my siblings! Killian tortured me!”
“Nonsense! He always wanted to be a big brother for you!”
“He groped me! He wanted me in sexual way! I told you that before, but you don’t want to listen, because you want a son! You regret to have me because I am a woman!”
“You only threw a false usation because you were bitter! Because you want them out of our life! You only want me for yourself!”
Rania couldn’t believe that was what her father was thinking, but then she was not surprise<b>, </b>she knew about it for long time now,
“<b>I </b>don’t want you for myself. I want a family too. I want you to be happy…” Rania’s voice faltered, and ric could see the sadness in her <b>eyes</b>, and somehow it hurt him. “But they hurt me, and you don’t even believe
me.”
Rania pressed her lips. She watched how ric open his mouth, but closed it again, because he didn’t know what to say. It felt pointless to say that they didn’t want to hurt her. It felt like screaming to the void.
“It’s okay now. <b>I </b>am out of your life. You can be happy now.”
The room fell silence, but when Rania turned around, and was about <i>to </i>leave, ric grabbed her arm. “There is important thing I need to talk with you.”
ric knew this change of topic would only worsen the situation between them, but it was a critical condition, and Caden was being held in the dungeon.
“You need to get Caden out of the dungeon. Say whatever you need to say <i>to </i>convince the king that mean what you told him before. It was a mistake. A huge mistake on his part, and he was remorseful. Whatever you say to get Caden out of the dungeon.”<fn3863> Chapters first released on find~novel</fn3863>
“Why should I do that?” Rania narrowed her eyes. “Let him rot in there.”
you don’t
AD
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