《The Fates Tell Me My Best Friend's Long Dead》全部章節：第 1 章 - 第 10 章

Agatha was so furious that she let out a sharp, incredulous laugh. "Rosamund, have you had enough?" she hissed, her fingers flying over the rosary beads in her hand. "This is the royal palace. How dare you make such outrageous claims here? Guards, escort Lady York out of the palace!"The royal guards stationed outside exchanged uneasy glances, but none of them dared to move. Alexander stepped forward, placing himself between me and the guards. "I believe in Rosamund!"The moment he made his position clear, all eight princes drew the swords at their sides and formed a protective circle around me. Charles stepped forward. "Grandmother, if Rosa says something has happened to Mother, then something must've happened to her," he said coldly. "Anyone who dares stop her from searching for Mother will answer to my sword!"Agatha was so enraged she nearly fainted. She pointed at her grandsons, but for several moments, she couldn't utter a single word.The queen leaned against the

Agatha immediately burst into laughter. "Rosamund, you think you can accuse the queen of murder with nothing but an attendant's skeleton? You deserved to be hanged for this!"The queen walked up to me and took my cold hand in hers. "Rosa, I know you've spent all these years living in seclusion at Ravenvale," she said. "You must've been terribly lonely. You've let your own demons get the better of you."I don't blame you at all."I stared at her flawless face, my stomach churning with disgust. Charles had studied divination under me since childhood, and he was particularly sensitive to the signs. He picked up the three coins stained with my blood and crouched down to cast the reading again.At first, his brows were tightly furrowed. Moments later, he suddenly looked up, his face lighting up with excitement. "It changed! The reading changed!"Grabbing Alexander by the arm, he exclaimed, "Father, look! The signs have shifted. The elements have fallen back into harmony. This is

Rage consumed me in an instant. The ancient power within me trembled violently, and faint flashes of lightning flickered through my golden eyes."You've got a death wish!"I was just about to form a spell when Isolde, utterly unafraid, took a step back and slipped behind two of the cursed soldiers. "Don't be so hasty," she chided. "The story isn't over yet."She seemed to take great pleasure in savoring the fury on our faces."Rosamund, you can divine every blessing and disaster in this world, yet you never learned how to read people."After Eleanor gave birth to her eighth son, she suffered a severe hemorrhage and became so weak that she couldn't even get out of bed."She glanced at Agatha, a faint smile tugging at the corner of her lips. "It was the Queen Mother herself who brought her a bowl of sleeping draught laced with poison."Charles and the other princes stared at Agatha in disbelief. "Grandmother, you…" Charles' voice trembled. With all eight of her grandsons s

A deafening crack of thunder tore through the palace as a bolt of violet lightning came crashing down. Agatha didn't even have time to scream before the searing heat engulfed her. The stench of burning flesh filled the air. And just like that, the old woman who had spent her entire life scheming and manipulating others was reduced to a charred corpse. Her blackened body crumpled to the floor, breaking apart into a heap of ash. After a lifetime of plotting, Agatha had ultimately become nothing more than a human shield. Justice had finally caught up with her. Although Isolde had used Agatha to take the brunt of the attack, the force of the lightning still sent her flying. She slammed hard into one of the palace pillars and spat out a mouthful of black blood. "Rosamund!" she hissed, her hair hanging wildly around her face as her eyes burned with hatred. "You destroyed everything I've worked for. "I'll make sure you all die with me!"Without hesitation, she bit down on h

A gentle smile appeared on Eleanor's face as she shook her head. "Rosa, don't cry."She reached out to wipe away my tears, but her fingers could only trace the outline of my face midair. "My body was destroyed long ago, and my soul was sealed away. I should've faded away a long time ago."Using the last of my strength to cling to those coins just now took everything I had left."I've already seen all of you one last time. That's enough for me."Her voice grew softer with every word, fading like a distant whisper. Alexander dropped to his knees, his hands clawing into the dirt until his fingernails split and blood ran down his fingers. "Eleanor… Take me with you…"The ruthless king who had never begged anyone for anything was pleading now, desperation written across his face. "Without you, why does this kingdom matter? What does this crown mean?"Eleanor stepped toward him, her eyes filled with tenderness. "Alex, don't say things like that. You're the king. Your people s