Secrets

"Do you think the Raysin's family would believe this? Witch or not, it doesn't erase the fact that Aldric killed their daughter. The story is already spreading through Astaria as we speak!"

"Then they would be blind not to recognize their daughter's body." Andre hinted at the evidence they held.

"No, Theodore is right. Right now, the Raysin family would be so furious they will think whatever word we say to them is an orchestrated fallacy. Not to mention, Queen Maeve…." King Oberon hesitated as if wondering if saying whatever he had in mind about his queen in front of his stepsons was the right thing to do.

"She would not stand for this." Andre continued from where he stopped, as if reading his mind. "Evidence or not, she has been looking for a way to get rid of Aldric, now is the perfect time to do so."

Elena's death was not just a personal loss; it was a political catastrophe. The alliances, the fragile peace—they all hung in the balance.