Chapter 39. The Blind King

JACOB

[Flashback]

I woke up that morning with tremendous anger. It was one of those days when I didn’t even recognize myself in that bad mood. I was a king that most people wouldn’t understand easily because I’ve closed myself off from others for good reasons. I didn’t need anyone to tell me how to act or what was good or bad because I’d discovered throughout my life that appearances deceived a lot.

My mother had been around every day with insistence, saying that my blindness incapacitated me from being able to rule, but I felt very capable. Even more, sometimes, I felt like I was the only one who could do it.

After what happened with Zack, I wouldn’t let anyone occupy that throne again. I still felt his blood in my hands, and I didn’t regret anything at all. If I lived that day again, I would kill him again without thinking twice. I wasn’t going to be lukewarm about things that didn’t let me sleep at night. I didn’t need to explain to people what my heart h