Chapter 111

A momentary, deafening silence blanketed the grand hall as all eyes turned to Grandma Eva in shock and disbelief. Never in their wildest dreams could they have imagined the revered queen mother to be...an abomination.

“By the gods, what trickery is this?” an elder exclaimed, breaking the stunned hush.

“She has betrayed us all by practicing foul sorcery!” another council member cried out accusingly.

Murmurs quickly escalated into a rumbling cacophony of outrage and disbelief.

“How could the queen mother practice the forbidden dark arts?”

“She has consorted with demons! Defiled our sacred bloodlines!”

Luca swiftly used the brief moment of distraction to whisk away the insolent Thomas Bardot before the irate Zavian lost control and killed him. He grabbed the man in a blur of supernatural speed and vanished from the hall.

Eva gritted her teeth in annoyance at Zavian for forcing her to expose this long-guarded part of her true nature. Her icy gla