บท 26: Chapter 26 : Half His Kingdom

~SINCLAIR~

Ordering his Keepers to stay back while he went to retrieve Vannie might have been one of the hardest things he'd had to do as King.

But seeing Vannie's face at his proposal? He knew it was the right call.

"Vannie?"

"Nothing," she said with a jerk. "Yes. Lead the way."

His battered heart broke for her. For them. "Vannie, you're their Luna. They'd die for you without blinking an eye. The last thing they want to do is hurt you."

She gave him a sharp laugh. "Easy for you to say, isn't it?"

Yes. She may be able to get past his own involvement because despite everything, he hadn't been the one to torture her. He hadn't been the one to whip her over and over again — everyday — with silver. He hadn't been the one to taunt and humiliate her.

But he was going to keep believing that if she could forgive him, then with time, she would forgive them. The opposite would cause a divide in the Inlands.