Chapter 36
Seraphina’s room had never felt so cold.
She sat on the edge of her bed, tears streaming down her face as she stared at the floor.
King Alexander stood in front of her, watching his daughter break down.
“My daughter…”
Seraphina shook her head.
“I don’t want anyone else.”
Her voice trembled.
“I don’t want another prince. I don’t want another man. I don’t care how powerful he is or how much wealth he has.”
She wiped her tears angrily.
“I want Lucian.”
Alexander sighed.
He had expected this.
He had known that eventually Seraphina would come to him.
After all, she had spent years believing that Lucian would one day become hers.
The betrothal had been arranged long before either of them was old enough to understand what it meant.
And Seraphina had grown up believing t
