A War is Coming

“Explain to me what you did, Helena! Why are you on my throne!” I snarled at her, glaring straight into her eyes.

I can feel the weight of everyone’s stare at me while I wait for Helena to answer my question. I never thought something like this could happen…that she had completely lost her mind in just a matter of a week. But then I noticed something—in her belly. A small heartbeat I used to hear in her womb was now silent as dead. Is that mean…

Helena raised an eyebrow at me, “What are you looking at, Aster? I gave birth to our child while you were gone and here he is! He looks so much like you…” she said the words with so much love that I have never heard from her lips for a very long time. She stared at my son with glittering eyes, adoring the baby.

My eyes widened for seconds, realizing what was happening.

“I don’t need you anymore, Aster. I already have everything I need,” Helena coldly uttered the words, her face returning to her usual condescending expression.

Everyone looked