Beauty in the beast world

Her father’s mention of so-called ’Treason’ made her absolutely furious. How dare he utter those words after everything the Eagle tribe had put their family through? They not only killed her brother but pushed her mother through insanity. The one that gave birth and loved her was nothing but a shell now. "How can you say that, Father? How can you after seeing Mother in that condition?"

"Alice" Elder Edgar struggled to talk. The mere mention of his mate made his heart ache and throat constrict but he did that let that get in the way of saying what was right, "His majesty has nothing to do with the tragedy that happened to our family"

"Stop it" Alice covered her ears. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ɴovᴇl(F)ɪre.ɴet

"Noel was his majesty’s close friend. He never hurt him anyway"

"He did" Alice argued as she yelled, "He hurt my brother by getting close to him. That stupid decision of his put my brother in danger until he was no more"

"Your brother was as responsible as his majesty" Edgar couldn’t help but say, "He was the one that approached his majesty and became his friend"

"And who made him do that?" A lone tear trickled down her eye. The secret she had buried in her heart came out like a flood, "You made brother go to Kyrell"

Elder Edgar stilled in his place. His entire demeanor shifted. He looked at his daughter as though she was an enemy, "Did Noel tell you that?"

Alice flinched. Receiving her father’s cold gaze had always been frightening for her. She with all her siblings always wished to gain approval from their father. They strived their hardest to meet his very high expectations. Her father wanted their family to be in a position where they could control others around them. Even mating with her mother had been done as a necessity rather than love. Yes, he grew fond of the latter as time passed as all males did but that was it. Even though he loved his mate, her father made sure to not let that seep into his children. He was always strict with them and wanted them to follow his every order. And one of that orders was for her brother, Noel to get close to Kyrell.

Kyrell...was the adopted son of the previous Eagle king who treated the former as more slave than a son. It was only for appearance’s sake as the King wanted the talented and unique golden-winged Eagle as his son in his arsenal. This investment of his proved to be fruitful when Kyrell harnessed his magic and became an immortal beastman. The Eagle King was full of joy knowing that he had such a powerful being to himself but the one that was even more happy was Alice’s father. She still didn’t know why but her father looked glad seeing Kyrell even now. He weirdly wanted Noel to become close to Kyrell which cost her brother’s life.

"You were adamant about having Kyrell by your side" Alice voiced out the thoughts she had been surpassing till then, "Brother wanted to prove himself to you by fulfilling your wish"