Chapter 242

He lowered his head and stared at the empty lane. Two guards patrolled by. “It is not my decision to make anymore. I am giving her a choice.”

“No, you aren't. To uncollar her is to give her a choice, but to make her a queen is to take the choice of her ever staying away from her. Please, don't do it. Please. You deserve to be happy! She deserves to be happy too!”

He would not budge. “She has a duty to her people. Once I uncollar her, being a free person isn't an option, Baski. She was a princess. Her father's throne is empty. She has a duty to fill it.”

Baski cut in. “And hold a royal banquet and take a husband who will rule with her. And produce heirs to the throne,” she paused. “She will be forced to take a husband by duty! She is very beautiful and she has power! Another man will have her! Are you truly okay with it?” But even as she asked, she knew that he was not okay with it at all. His fists were clenched tightly to his sides.

“A man who will be deserv