Chapter thirty seven
“I could not forgive myself for the pain I brought your family, I knew it was my fault and since I could not forgive myself, I did not forgive my father either. He got sick twenty years later and I did not visit him, after confronting him about your death, I never went home again, I stayed in the forest, living in the cottage and making sure everything was in good health. Mother often visits me, she brings me news from our kingdom and my father’s health. He died shortly after and as the prince and his son, I was expected to be there at his funeral and then take my place on the throne but I never went home. Mom pleaded with me to come back but I never did, and that was when Ilayas took the throne for the kingdom cannot be without a king.
I never cared and I never both
