The Refused Truth

Ember POV

King Valtor, the man I thought loved me, now stood in my mind as someone filled with doubt because of her.

Ezra.

She was surely going to make my life miserable, and the painful truth was that I didn’t even stand a proper chance against her. Not only because I was weak, but because she had history, memories, and now a child tying her to him in ways I could not erase.

If not for weakness… I would have knocked one of her teeth out right there and then. Without hesitation or regret.

I stood up slowly, my body feeling heavier than usual, my heart...