“THEY are being far too considerate with her verdict.”
Alice could not suppress the grimace on her face, her eyes glimmering with sorrow. For Thalia, it angered her that Klarine would be confined to the Duke’s manor rather than imprisoned in the Imperial dungeon.
“She may have escaped the dungeon for the sake of the Noxton heir, but remember — once she gives birth, her sentence of death will follow.”
Alice let out a heavy sigh. “The child, huh?” she murmured before giving a bitter chuckle. “Duke Noxton has stooped so low as to acknowledge an heir born of a murderess.”
“That is inevitable, for it is the Duke’s will,” Thalia said as she sipped her tea.
“If only that vile woman had never entered the picture, you would still be married to my brother — and my parents might still be alive
