Chapter 295: I Had All, And Now… None of You [3]
[ZULA]
At the palace, Queen Liana was laid on her bed and well dressed for her husband to see her.
Of course, the King never did mind what his Erasthai wore, but when he walked through the doors and saw his pretty wife sleeping on one of the beds on the queen’s wing, King Zaffuto felt his heart being ripped off one more time.
"Oh, my Lili," the king whispered sadly as he walked into the room, carefully locking the door, like he was worried that he would wake her up. A part of him was still hoping that his wife was alive and sleeping, but then he had seen her belly open roughly.
"I’m so sorry I wasn’t there in time. Sorry, I wasn’t keen enough, my love," the king said shamefully as he walked closer to his wife, and held onto her hand. She was beautiful, even when she was dead and that made him feel like he was the most worthless mate of all time.
When he had gotten Liana as his mate, he had promised to be a good mate, to love and care for her, to be there for her all the time she needed him, to cherish her and listen to her, and more than anything, king Zaffuto had promised to protect her.
He had sworn to give his life up for her and yet when the time came for that, he wasn’t even in the room with her. He had disappointed her, something that he would forever regret for the remainder of his miserable life.
"I should have—" King Zaffuto began, but then he noticed something on his mate’s arm, something that had been deliberately put there. It was the wolf battle sign, a tattoo of a wolf, one that wolves wore when they went to battle.
That Tattoo was neatly drawn when his wife was already dead.