"That's bullshit. So… they let Alexandra go and now they wanted to take her with them?" Christoff uttered. "Why are we letting this happen?"
"This was my idea," Ava uttered. She was talking about the King's decision. She couldn't really say that she didn't expect it from someone like Josef.
"Look if you want to run towards— "
"If I run, he would kill you and the rest. If you run with me, then there is no way that you could come back to this place. Again." In fact, Duke Josef Asad was holding this fact hostage to make Ava do what he wanted. Or at least that's what everyone thinks is happening right now.
"How could you agree to this crazy plan?" Christoff asked Damon. "It's… too much. It would leave us with no choice but— "
"It was my fault," Ava said. As much as it pains her to accept the truth, she had no choice. This was the only way to calm them down. "It started when we met."
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