Chapter 18. Fall of the Everhart Kingdom [2]
"K-Kiera..." Aziel couldn't believe his eyes when he saw his wife, the person he loved the most in the entire world, behind him holding the hilt of the dagger that had stabbed him near his heart from the back.
He was devastated ...if that word had the potential to describe his feelings at that moment.
The person who enacted justice against anyone with a straight face and did not let his emotions blur his sight and responsibilities as a ruler, be it for a friend, family, or a foe he admired.
That person was failing to keep his emotions in check.
In that brief moment, his emotions were all across the place... yet one was the strongest of them all - Shock.
I was shocked because Kiera was the last person.
No.
Kiera wasn't even on the list of the people he would have imagined betraying and backstabbing him.
A gazillion questions were wrecking a disaster in his mind, yet there was nothing he had in response to them.
He wanted answers that no one other than Kiera herself could provide him, but when he tried to speak out, the words stuck in his throat...
"D-Don't try... Please don't try to say anything, ...Az."