A Man Like None Other

Chapter 721

Chapter 721 Twenty Year Old Grudge

“My mother?” repeated Lyanna, stunned. “How did you know my mother?”

“Your mother and I were childhood friends. Your grandfather, her father, was once the Poison King of Mapleton. After sustaining heavy injuries during a battle with the Empyrean Sect, he betrothed your mother to me in addition to naming me his heir to the throne as he knew that he did not have long to live.”

Poison King paused to drain another glass of wine before continuing. “On the eve of our wedding night, your mother ran away with another man from Mapleton. It took me a year to track them down before I learned that your mother was pregnant. Imagine my fury when I found out. After all, she was meant for me! Backing out of our wedding and carrying another man’s child was all the insult I can bear.”

As he spoke, the cold glint in his eyes became more pronounced. It was obvious that the passage of time had done little to assuage his resentment.

Lyanna’s eyes went wide with surprise. “Did you have my parents killed?”

King nodded after recovering from his momentary surprise. “That’s right, I did. When I found out that your mother was pregnant, I ordered for them to be hunted down like dogs in my rage. In the end, after being wounded by my wasps, I found out that she had already given birth to a girl. I

so much, why didn’t you have me killed back then? Why

King with a leer which sent

did you find out that your parents died by

know that, did you? You’d only

godfather with sudden and intense mistrust. The man who raised me

upset about leaving you behind after sustaining heavy injuries! Turns out there was another girl.

leave me behind must have been a difficult one to make,” she said curtly, bristling with

shown his hand, I’ll show

not being more thorough in my investigation,” Poison King lamented. “If I had,

in his gaze upon his

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