Chapter 149: Rihanna - Take A Bow
Luna stayed quiet after that. Her heart beat so loudly, she could barely hear anything else. Her gaze flickered across the room, scanning the expressions of the lords, watching how they leaned forward in anticipation.
"I have just been informed early this morning," Gabriel said smoothly, drawing out every word, "that Royal Concubine Seliora and Prince Damien lied about the existence of a pregnancy. There is no heir on its way."
For a long, eerie heartbeat, the court was frozen in stunned silence—then the hush broke into horrified gasps and murmured chaos.
Luna’s head snapped toward Seliora, and what she saw made her stomach sink. Seliora’s face was ghost-pale, and her lips trembled. She looked around wildly, as if searching for someone to pull her from the abyss. The moment Luna saw that expression, she knew. It was true. The bitch had lied.
"Oh goddess," Luna muttered under her breath. She wished desperately for some way to telepathically stop Damien from exploding. But instead, she stood frozen, lips sealed, praying silently.
"Lord Gabriel!" Damien thundered, rising violently. "How dare you?"
He was all vampire prince now. His eyes glowed faintly, and his fangs dropped ever so slightly as the sheer rage pulsed through him. Some of the council members actually recoiled; others leaned in, clearly hungry for blood. This was what they had come for.
"How dare I? How dare I?" Gabriel echoed mockingly, spreading his arms with theatrical outrage. "How dare you?! You lied to the entire kingdom! Every single step of you and your father’s reign has been built on lies."
Luna glanced at Luciver, and even the king looked rattled. He was letting this unfold.
"I swear to the goddess," Damien growled, "if you do not have proof of this, I will rip off your head myself, family be damned."