章 124: Cecilia's Truth

There was a reason why Cecilia didn't go straight to Liam and claim her position as his Mate.

It was because if she had done it, she would have to marry Liam and become his wife. She wouldn't be able to become Ezekiel's lover or become the Empress and achieve her wish of having all the quality men in this world. She would be confined to Almandine Castle as the wife of a dying man.

So the original plan was first, to make Ezekiel her own and become the Empress. How would she do it?

Of course, first, she had to get rid of the Empress candidate at the time, Harriet.

Harriet was just a side character in the novel, who was never mentioned for more than a sentence, so Cecilia was confident she could get rid of her easily. She then spread rumors about Harriet's past.

Correct! The novel she was reading included a sentence about Harriet, and it went something like this;

[...unlike Harriet Goldlane, who was exiled from the capital after being accused of murdering her mother...]