Chapter 154: Ava Max - Kings And Queens
"Kyllian!" she snapped lightly, her hand gripping his now. "Breathe!" She stood straighter, her posture suddenly commanding. "You are the king... you must be strong. A king is a god, he doesn’t make mistakes. The moment he makes mistakes, he stops being a god."
She paused and her voice softened. "You are strong. My husband surely knew that, and he was a god until the end. He made no mistakes."
Kyllian looked away then.
"I shouldn’t have married Jane," he finally admitted.
"Oh..." Ravena released a sigh and gave him a knowing look that said she had seen it coming from miles away.
"My dear boy. I know."
"You... you knew?"
"Of course I knew," she said, almost amused. "You stood next to her during the bonding ritual like she was a document you were being forced to sign. You didn’t smile. You didn’t look her in the eye. I thought you might cry. If that’s not a red flag, I don’t know what is."
A short, dry laugh escaped Kyllian’s lips despite himself.
"I know you didn’t want to," Ravena continued gently. "But we cannot stay too long without an Alpha King. The kingdom needed a stabilizer. And a king needs his Luna."
"I had my Luna. You handed her over to the enemy."
He didn’t raise his voice. He didn’t need to. The hurt was there, carved into every line of his face. He looked at Ravena with the heaviness of betrayal, from a mother figure, someone who had always claimed to have his best interests at heart. Now, all he could see were choices made without him, sacrifices plotted in back rooms.