Chapter 91

No, this couldn't be. I can't let this happen, I have to do something. 

I have to stay in this palace at all costs and I have to take control of my own fate. I've come too far to just be dismissed like this. I don't care what happens after this but I have to at least try.

Sir Carter instantly grabbed hold of my arm, wanting to drag me away but I shook his hand off of him. "Please, your Majesty, don't do this. I beg of you." I pleaded, immediately falling on my knees.

"How dare you speak in His Majesty's presence. You'll surely die today you ungrateful bitch!" Sir Carter yelled and attempted to hit me again but King Cassius stopped him, leaving me in shock.

"Don't. You don't have to hit her. Let her speak, I would like to hear what she has to say." He said and I wondered just what was going through his mind.

Nonetheless, I was grateful for being given a chance to speak and so I took it. I knelt down properly, placing both hands on the marble floor and prac