With the queen’s stubbornness still on his way, King Lawson could only try to lengthen his patience as much as he could to wrench every information he wanted from her. And to prepare himself, he thought that it could take a month for him to have Emery confess. For sure, it would be another torturing experience for him.
Sighing, he said, “Keep in mind that before you lose your head, you would have to stay in this place and starve for a week or probably more than that. I won’t let you off the hook so easily, especially that there are several other assassins you are working with.”
Emery giggled. “Do what you want, Your Majesty, and prove that you are becoming a tyrant just because of your affection to a woman.”
“This is not about Lady Hazel but it’s about your actions that is a threat–”
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