Chapter 189
"This must be hurting your pride. Standing in this dark old passage with no one to help you. Someone as manipulative as you should have found a way to avoid standing here," said Zayne.
Kiara smiled, masking her fear. "Well, it wasn’t in my plans for you to take over our kingdom. Had you given me a hint I would have prepared better. Did you use my maid to find me? Or did you kill her? She is the one who ruined the dress. Take her," she offered.
Zayne laughed, not surprised by how Kiara offered the maid so easily. "I didn’t need her to find you. If you were smart, you would have worked with the maid to close that door. I wasn’t aware you had secret passages in the palace. Your need to sacrifice those around you left you here alone."
"If you are going to kill me, get it over with. How cruel of you to kill me when I wasn’t involved with the slaves or are you angry about the festival? Don’t tell me that you love her too. She’s just a simple woman," Kiara said, her hands balling up.
It was a slap in the face to not only lose Alexander but also the man she didn’t want. She was losing to a whore.
"Of course, you would love her when she can offer you her body. As a princess, I can’t use such tricks to get a man to fall in love with me. If you are angry with me because of the festival, you must know that she is from a brothel. It isn’t worth your time to do this," said Kiara.
Once again, Zayne laughed. "It must be eating you inside to think a woman from the brothel took away the man you wanted. How horrible or evil do you have to be that he would not stand by your side? Have you ever considered that?"
Kiara bit her lip. She knew that wasn’t the reason. Alexander was too kind to not want to use her title to get ahead. He only wanted to be a soldier but with a little more time he would have accepted her love.
"Just kill me if that is what you are here for," said Kiara. She was not going to beg for her life. That would hurt her pride. "Get it over with."