Chapter 281

Vetta hesitated for the first time, and a different look crossed her face. But only for a second. The look cleared, replaced by the cold angry one. “I know that seeing you alive does not make me feel better.”

That hurt. Queen Danika lowered her eyes to blink back the pain of those words. She almost gave up. But something inside her did not want her to give up.

Silence descended.

“I know you love the king.” Queen Danika looked up and stared at Vetta. “I know you love King Lucien in your own way, Mistress. I carry his child inside me. If you kill me, his child will die too. It will hurt him more than anything in the world,” she whispered, her voice laced with pain.

Vetta averted her eyes. “He can always birth another with any other woman.” Her head whipped back and she glared at Danika. “Thanks to you and your father, I will not be able to give him a child!”

Queen Danika shook her head slowly. “He cannot birth another, Vetta.”

The mistress let