I didn’t answer her mock concern, my calm making her smile twist with a flash of frustration.
"Ah! don’t tell me you are still trying to stay strong? "she whispered. "God, how sad, you were almost raped, your naked body livestreamed across the internet becoming every dirty man’s wet
dream-"
"Let me tell you a secret today…A month ago, Zyan took the strategic pact you spent half a year building and presented it as mine. "
Her smile widened, wicked.
"He told the elders I wrote every word. That I was the mind behind the southern trade alliance."
That treaty was my blood, my sleepless nights, my years of sacrifice.
Zyan presented all my hardwork to his mistress on a silver platter.
"And for my ‘brilliance…"she continued sweetly, "your loving mate rewarded me with properties…land…and an obscene amount of money."
"Do you want to know what I did with it? "
"I replaced all your loyal guards, signed a contract with the rogue King to make me stand at the pinnacle of power and…. hired those vile men to make your life worse than death."
"Do you even know it was on your birthday party that he first held me.
Oh sister, he took me everywhere, on the desk you wrote him love letters, in the small rose garden you made him bouquets, in the bed you innocently dreamed about him…and near the cemetery where your mother's tombstone laid."
Her smile widened, wicked and victorious.
"Only when I needed a break that I told him…how about he use your body as an outlet until he can control his strong urges and handle me gently."
Three years ago Zyan entering my bedroom while I cried for my mother before holding me gently.
'No buts, Lianna.' he had murmured, fingers tightening. 'I need you tonight. Just this once…be good for me. '
I was exhausted. It hurt. I told him.
‘Just once more darling’ he whispered instead, while my body was already trembling, bruised and hollowed out.
And I let him because I thought it was love.
Victoria lifted one manicured finger, her smile widening as she saw my face morphing into shades of anguish, as if whatever slept within me had heard those words and hated them.
"Shame the result of that day was born a bastard. But then again…children copy their mothers right? "Her smile was gentle. "Even now a whore like you will breed a whore, won’t you-"
Before she could say another word, a thunderous slap cracked through the atmosphere violently.
Crack!