The emperor never heard a single word from Emery, but her deadly glare said a lot so he just raised both of his hands in surrender. “M-My apologies–” “Do you think this is funny?!”  Seeing her suddenly bursting out in a cry sent the emperor in a state of panic. He kept on apologizing to her while wiping away her tears despite not knowing what exactly to say to calm her. Plus, he had never seen her act like this before. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” he mumbled. “A-Are you hurt somewhere? D-Do you need anything?” Emery shook her head and said, “I was just thinking… I only ate a piec

Ronan smiled and said, “She is okay now. She just needs to rest for the next few weeks and if no complications occur, she will regain her strength in no time.”   Delighted, the emperor was about to rush inside Emery’s room, however, the head maidservant stopped him.   “You are not the baby here, Your Imperial Highness. The twins get to her first.”   With that being said, the twins, who looked the exact opposite of each other, were brought back to Emery for their first skin-to-skin contact and, of course, breastfeeding. Only then, the emperor dragged Ronan into the next empty room.   “The other one with the black hair…” he said, but could not seem to finish what he wanted to ask.  

Raphael, Lila, and even Emery looked away from the direction of Jadeite as she acted upon her words. A pool of blood surrounded the body of the Shadow Assassin’s leader right after Jadeite beheaded him and carved his heart out. She covered them with several cloths before keeping them in a wooden box, which she seemed to have prepared beforehand. After doing all of that, she wiped off the remaining blood that splattered on her before facing the three.  “Now… Shall we get going?” she mused, only to notice the flushed look on Raphael’s face.  However, her eyes lit up upon seeing Lila and Emery tearing up while staring back at her. She spread out her arms and threw herself on them, hugging them tight since it has been so long since they l

Two days passed after the emperor was able to stop the group from leaving the empire without his knowledge, hence, he brought them back to the capital. Raphael, Lila, and Jadeite were under heavy surveillance that even three of the emperor’s knights looked after them along with the other soldiers. Besides, after seeing how Jadeite took out Pearce in a matter of minutes told them that she was no easy woman to rein.  The twins were also kept in the Euthoria Mansion to assure their safety before their official recognition. Emery, on the other hand, remained unconscious for two straight days because of too much blood loss. With her current condition, he could not bear to be away from her so bringing her back to the Wingston Mansion was already out of the question. Plus, after what the empress had done, there were a lot of thin

During the emergency assembly at the Levans Court, Emery finally regained consciousness. Aside from the wound on her back, her entire body almost hurt because she had been lying on her stomach for the past few days. Either way, she paid no heed to the pain since she could tolerate it at the moment. She looked around and immediately realized that she was back in the palace. Her room still looked the same way as she left it months ago. Clutching at the blanket, she hated herself for failing to escape from the clutch of the emperor. She may be thankful that he saved her back then, but still… Being in the palace was being back to square one in planning for another escape. Meanwhile, Marianne came running towards her with relief and delight that her lady had finally woken up. She had been too worried, but now, she could finally bre