LORD LIAM'S POVI looked up at the soldiers, and my face heated up in embarrassment. I never expected to be reduced to such a state before the army I commanded. Utterly humiliated. “What's wrong?” General Frost asked, squatting beside me. I sighed heavily and sat cross legged to heal my injuries. “Your mind seems heavy, what are you thinking about?” He mumbled, pinching my cheek. The affection in his eyes made me cringe and I immediately knocked his hand away. Shameless! He's going overboard again, not minding the people watching. I shook my head, silently trying to fend him off. “Liam, don't be too concerned about it. The emperor won't really order your execution. He loves you a lot.” Conrad muttered, sitting cross legged beside me. I smiled self-deprecatingly. ‘Love me heh? But it couldn't compare to the love of a woman's body. What kind of fickle love was that? I who have given my life for him over and over got abandoned because of a woman he met months ago.’“That bitch! Ho
LORD LIAM'S POVRichard’s words brought tears to my eyes and I clenched my fists. The physical pain was nothing. The one killing me was the pain in my heart. I never knew that a day will come when Richard would look at me with so much hatred and pain because of a woman. I never expected a day when Richard will choose a woman over me, or say such hurtful things to me. “Richard…” I whispered, clenching my fists. He took deep breaths and shut his eyes. He seemed to feel as much pain as I was feeling, or even more. He was struggling; visibly. Richard opened his mouth to speak, but made no sound. He tried again and failed. He took a deep breath and licked his lips, as if trying to keep the tears away from his vocal chords. “Liam, you have disappointed me so much. I never knew you would ever put me in such an awkward position. I thought you had the good sense to make sound decisions. I thought I could trust you with everything about me. But rather than protect my woman, you humiliated
EMPEROR RICHARD’S POVMy eyes couldn't believe what I just saw. No, it couldn’t have happened. But Olivia's mocking laughter was all I needed to confirm that the scene I thought I saw was actually real. Erica was standing naked, looking totally broken and defeated, Annalise held down by soldiers as she struggled and cried, Olivia laughing and mocking her while waving her underwear around and calling her slut. Liam was holding her robes, his men standing guard and making sure no one would help her. Liam and Olivia conspired to beat up my wife, humiliate her, and strip her stark naked in public while nearly a hundred people crammed in the massive foyer watched. My heart constricted in pain and a loud growl tore from my lips, my eyes stung with tears, my throat and chest tight with emotion. “You bastard!” I roared and lunged towards Liam, grabbing him by the lapels. “How, dare you?” I growled, my eyes red with anger. My heart broke into a thousand pieces and I felt as if a million a
I looked at Jasmine’s pleading gaze, then at the bleeding Erica, feeling hesitant for the first time since this nonsense started. “That won't do. Everyone knows that you all in the emperor's palace are loyal to that gold digging mutt slut. Even if you find something, you will say it was not.” Olivia cut in. “But letting her be in a room alone with men is against ethics. The men won't be let off either.” Jasmine insisted, looking confused and frustrated. Olivia smiled broadly, and I immediately realized that she had thought up something utterly evil to do. “I have a solution. Since being alone with men is improper, and letting you women search her won't convince the public, there's only one option.” Everyone frowned as they listened to her, her eyes twinkling as if she thought up something amazing. She was hyper excited. Whatever she was about to say won't be something kind or helpful. It would be vicious to put it mildly, or downright evil. “We can just strip her here where every
RONA'S POVMy heart skipped multiple beats the moment I heard the solution offered by the hound's assistant. My hand shivered but I clenched my fists, biting my tongue as I continued to cry louder. One of the soldiers rushed to Liam at that moment, and my ears immediately perked up, straining to catch the information being passed even as I cried, hiccuped and shivered pitifully. “Some ministers and officials are outside trying to gain entrance. They're mostly those that have a vendetta with the alpha king, hoping to take advantage of the situation to get revenge. A few are also his allies. There's pure chaos out there as they all want to play part in the investigation.”“Send them away and cordon off the emperor's palace, place a gag order immediately, no one is allowed to mention this.” The soldiers executed a military salute and immediately rushed outside. Liam looked at me and sighed. “Since you won't confess, then I have no other option than to check your body.”I bolted to my
LORD LIAM'S POVHer screams were incredibly annoying and grating to the ear. The servants kept whispering and pointing at me, thinking I was bullying her. Duh! Do I care about what people think about me? Absolutely no. “Let me go, you beast. Ah!” She kept crying and struggling. Pathetic. Not an ounce of decorum befitting royalty. “Richard won't let you go if you hurt me. What did I do wrong?” Threatening me now huh? I turned to her, my eyes cold and ruthless, sneering at her. Olivia walked to her and slapped her, a huge smirk on her face. “How bold! You actually dared to kill an esteemed soldier right under the emperor’s nose.”“I didn't. I didn't kill anyone. I have never killed anyone in my life. I swear.” Our dear Erica cried, struggling against the guards. Cade rushed to me at that moment and looked at Erica hesitantly. “Lord Liam, we searched every inch of her room, nothing was found. There was not a specter of bloodied clothes, except…”My ears immediately perked up and