Ivan snapped back to the present and clenched his teeth. He didn’t want to remember what had happened later. Just thinking of that made his heart hurt.

“You’ve always been nasty and dishonest. You’ve had a different life this time, but I’m astonished you’ve still changed so little. Had I known you’ve have done something like this, I’d have killed you when I had the chance six years ago.”

“Your Majesty, what…?”

Ivan freed himself from her grip, making Patricia fall to the ground. He raised from his seat and approached her. She was shivering from fear on the ground, and Ivan simply kept looking at her like a pathetic...