Chapter 49. Hillside

Third-Person POV

Now the question still stands. Who was that mystery woman our beloved king saw back there in that hotel? Was it Livie? Was it Leah? Could it be that after nearly seven years of turning eighteen, he had finally met his mate? Perhaps a long-lost sister, or… just a girl he so damn well admired by her courage, he longed to see again…

Whoever it was, all he could do was run away to safety. Those eyes looked ever so innocently back at him every time he closed his eyes. Her sweet smile gave out vibes of innocence, pure innocence in her heart for sure. But the scar on her neck… he knows it was inevitable.

He was just too young to protect her back then, but he remembered vividly just as if it had happened yesterday… the way he cried out for her to run that day. If he was only as powerful as he is today.

Perhaps.

Perhaps his Mom would still be alive. He wouldn’t have undergone the agony of seeing his poor innocent little sister be slashed