Chapter 72. Joyous Moment

Aria’s POV

I watched Alpha Jackson stammer after he took a look at his phone; he looked scared, like a rain-soaked chicken.

“I believed that you knew the consequences of lying accusations against royalty, more especially a prince,” Khalid turned to him but a reading eyebrow.

“My king, my prince, and queen, please forgive us for judging wrong,” he instantly fell to his knees.

“Not when you have aired your points, that’s a stain on the royal blood name,” Khalid said with a frown on his forehead.

“You are a good friend of mine, but you brought a stain to my dignity and that of the palace hold… I could have forgiven you if you came straight to me and said this, then went live online,” the King shook his head in disappointment.

“You have to follow the punishment, and that punishment will be determined by me because you dragged my name into the mud,” Khalid said.

“Please…” Alpha Jackson and his wife were on their knees, trembling