Chapter 259

“It does not have to be so. That is why you must give yourself chance to heal.”

“King Cone took me from me. His daughter took you from me.” Red teary eyes met his filled with anger, hate and bitterness. “I hate Danika. I will always hate her.”

He shook his head firmly. “It was not her fault, Vetta. It's time you give her a chance too. I hated her, you can remember. I didn't give her a chance, and yet I saw her for who she really is. Danika is not her father.”

“But she's nowhere to be seen. I heard she is in Mombana now,” she snorted. “She chose her crown, power and riches.”

He averted his eyes, his chest tightening. “No, she did not. I did something that was foolish and noble at the same time. I pushed her away. Even when she held on, I pushed her away.”

“Like you're doing to me now.” She rose when he rose and crutched his kingly garment. “Please, don't do this to me, Lucien. I don't want to go.” But even as she pleaded, she saw the unmoving resolve fro