Schemes
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lady hastling pov)
I watched my husband walk away enraged by the priest I could only feign anger and discomfort on the surface while I inwardly rejoiced "dunce"I cursed under my breath,"how could he not notice something was amiss in the whole situation"I asked myself.Everything that happened at the temple was my doing I paid people to stare and murmur at us,I also bribed the priest to utter those gibberish nonsense I didn't expect my plan to work .I Stayed behind at the temple discussing my next line of approach with the priest afterwards I payed a lot of commoners to spread rumors about what happened today then I went home to my probably sober husband, I arrived home at twilight and met the duke drunk in his study as expected of him him when he is angry and helpless beside him was his daughter sleeping peacefully in a cradled .I quietly walked to the cradle and examine the baby I loved and hated her at the same time,on one hand she is my child on the other hand she is the child of the man who I was forced to marry a man I didn't have feelings for it all happened three years ago I was at his coming of age ceremony.Back then I was regarded as one of the three beauties of the empire normally I attracted many suitors but my heart belonged to only one the emperor who was still the crown prince at the time ,we were childhood sweetheart under the disguise of friendship as a daughter of nobility our friendship was allowed unfortunately the prince couldn't claim me cause his wasn't approved to get married by time.
I chose to wait for him no matter how long he took for him to have the emperor approval to get married he was the only one I could imagine spending my days with,at the time duke hastlings won a great battle and was rewarded by the emperor three wishes but the humble duke only had one request to marry me .The emperor agreed without hesitation although he knew his son harbor feelings for me he couldn't go back on his word and his word was law,I got married to the duke but my heart wasn't with him no matter how gentle and nice was to me .The duke was the perfect man any woman could ask of but he wasn't my perfect man the prince will always be my man,the duke was a coward who couldn't confess his feelings so he used the surest way possible and it work ,I and the prince(current emperor)have been acting cordial with him while scheming behind his back ."her name his lunavia"said the duke when he noticed his wife presence"why border to name a dead child"I asked looking at him coldly"stop uttering nonsense lest she hears you we can't afford for her to hate her mother can we?"said the duke "what can't you understand in this situation she is a hex and she will be kill"I shouted making sure he heard me
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