Chapter 178: What Can I Do?!
A sting of pain followed, and then she felt the warm trickle of blood. Startled, she looked down, watching as crimson droplets fell onto the polished marble floor.
She had an idea. An insane idea which will work. She didn’t care that if she was found out, this would spell doom for everyone associated with her.
It was her last resort.
It was not her fault. She was trying her best to survive...
A forbidden ritual came to mind, one she had heard whispered among the court’s darkest circles. It was in the name, it was forbidden, but for her child, she would sacrifice everything to place him on the throne.
Hah... If the Emperor found out... So what? So what if he found out? She laughed manically, that man never cared about her or her child! What more did she have to lose?!
Her breath quickened. If it worked, Cassian would finally be everything she knew he could be. The risk didn’t matter. Not the price, not the consequences. She had nothing left to lose. Even if she had to risk her son’s life. She will prevail. The Empress... The Dowager Empress will be her.
Cassian did not know of his mother’s plans. The plot has changed, she was never this desperate to awaken his powers, nor was there a second child to the Imperial concubine.
Perhaps she did but the child never survived. After all, in the story, there was never a third prince or princess. In the original story, the rivalry was between Lucas and Cassian.