He Tried to Make the Empress His Concubine
"Your Majesty, I implore you to see the truth! Seraphina and I were truly in love. We left the capital out of necessity and entrusted our daughter to Emmeline's care.
"Now that I've returned, she refuses to acknowledge this and will not give my daughter back! I beg Your Majesty to see justice done!"
The alley was deathly still. The Royal Guards stood motionless, like statues carved from stone.
Then, Father laughed. It was a low, quiet laugh, barely more than a breath, but in the dead silence of that alley, it sent a chill crawling down every spine.
"Cedric Ashworth," he began, his voice unhurried and deliberate, "Did you just say that my Empress has been keeping your daughter from you?"
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