The Omega Queen
he said slowly, "we speed things up."
I stepped back. "No. No more of this. I agreed to be Luna, not a puppet. Not your pawn."
He chuckled. "My dear, you stopped being your own person the moment you let me clean up your mess with the council. We are bound now. You get the power, and I get the throne. That was the deal."
"And if I refuse?"
His eyes turned cold. "Then Clarissa stays missing forever. And once Drey realizes you can’t produce her, he won’t just exile you, Helen. He will destroy you publicly. You’ll lose everything you have and ever worked for."