Bab 333: The final sentence (3)

Alexander walks out of the room with the little ball awake and healthy, but my heart can't stop pounding until I have her in my arms.

«It was just another attempt,» he says, trying to call me down.

I cuddle my daughter and see no traces of an attack on her. She's safe; I can relax.

«Did you catch the culprit?» I inquire.

«Yes, the knights stopped him.»

The Empress bursts out laughing. She doesn't have anything to lose now. Why doesn't she just give up on my daughter's life?

She was planning to get rid of me first with her plots, and then of Lavinia afterwards to free her path to the throne. She was hoping to involve Alexander as well, this harpy.

«I was so close to getting the throne,» she says. «Yet, you ruined it all.»

The man captured by the knights isn't a new face.

«But you will be surprised to hear who is working against your child...» the Empress continues.