Chapter 205: I Chose You
Damien stepped close to her, fury in his voice and face. "Do you even know what tough choices are? Tough choice was watching you choose another man over me. Tough choice was choosing between your life and my kingdom. Tough choice is letting someone who is like a father to me go down for me and he won’t even talk to me because he doesn’t want me anywhere near him to avoid suspicion. Tough choice is choosing to be loyal to you instead of living to raise my child."
He was trembling. Rage and sorrow flashed in his eyes. Each sentence was a dagger unsheathed, slicing open old wounds. He wasn’t shouting to overpower her. He was shouting because it was the only way to keep from breaking.
He had held this in for far too long.
"I chose you. Every time, I chose you. Even when it meant bleeding for it. And now with our child, I will choose both of you over and over again without even blinking!"
"You should have let me make my tough choice." Luna finished and walked away.
Damien turned and shoved everything on his desk to the ground.
The crash echoed through the room. Glass shattered. Paper scattered.
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"Hey!" there was a loud bang on the bars of the prison made with sunstone metal. "The queen wants to see you."
The harsh clang of baton against sunstone reverberated through the narrow dungeon hall. The guard, a young man with dark circles beneath his eyes looked apologetic. Fear etched deep grooves into his brow, fear of the one who had sent him.
Inside the glowing sunstone bars, Veyron sat still, cloaked in the quiet dignity of resignation. His long white hair hung unbound around his shoulders, his hands clasped loosely on his knees.
"Give her the same answer I asked you to give the king. I do not want to see her." Veyron answered.