Chapter 276

"The mistress has so much hatred in her heart for me." Danika lowered her head. "In the end, I only know glimpses of why she is the way she is."

His eyes went back to that first spot. "Vetta changed completely. But in the end, that girl is still inside her—the one that was buried under the bricks of the hard life of ten years in barbaric slavery. All you have to do is call her name—her real name—for that girl to come crying forward from her cage."

Danika took a minute to assimilate his words. Somehow, she felt that remembering these words would be important to her in the future.

"How did we get here, Danika?" the king asked softly, looking around with eyes filled with the past. "Let's go back."

But she couldn't allow them to go like that. The king was already on his way out when her hand shot out and grabbed his. He swiveled his head to look at her without turning.

"We're already here, my king. Why not enjoy the view? Look at the scenery above the wa