Her fists clenched tightly and her eyes turned completely black. For a moment, dark smoke began to pour out of her pores as the room heated up.
“When I was a month away from turning seventeen, my brother returned to the kingdom with a couple of allies who never accepted my uncle as king, giving all their support to the true heir to the throne: Bicker...”
At that moment, Marianne got up from the sofa and threw open the balcony window. “My brother would never have obtained the throne if it weren't for Alpha John, who sought out all those allies to join his fight.”
When I heard that, I almost fell flat on my face: it all made sense now! Everyone was cheering for Alpha John because without him, Bicker would never have gotten the support he needed to return to his kingdom!
Despite that, I s
