Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 86

Annette POV

“Elizebeth,” I turned around to go and run out as she went past and comfort her but my husband grabbed me from behind.

“She won’t want to speak to anyone. She probably feels incredibly naive and stupid,” he told me.

She shouldn’t the level–headed rational woman had loved and loved deeply and she didn’t attempt to look for a fault where there wasn’t any. He had used that against her.

“Let me go,” I told him. “Everyone stay here.

I followed her and grabbed her arm. “This way,” I told her. I brought her to the bunker beneath the keep. It was soundproof.

“No one will hear you. You can let go,” I told her and turned around.

The gut–wrenching deep sob came from her throat. They grew loud and guttural angry and violent as they turned to screams and rage.

She began breathing after a while and o heard her voice starting to thin she was rapid with her breaths. “Don’t hyperventilate you’ll pass out,” I told her.

She slowly steadied her breaths. “Thank you, Luna,”

I went over to the sink in the corner and grabbed a rag wetting it and went over to her to wipe her face.

“I swear I was not in on it Luna I’ll face interrogation to prove it in any form,” she offered this woman who had not once shown any fear now terrified.

“Don’t. If he even suggests it I’ll have Grayson seen by a physician for clinical insanity,” I told her. “You are not that person, you fell in love with the wrong man. That doesn’t make you a bad person not even a fool. You loved that’s it,” I told her and handed her the towel. “I’m sorry that you’ve lost,”

“Thank you, Luna,” she straightened her shoulders. “I won’t ever give you a reason to doubt me again,”

“Never have never will,” I nodded to her. “How do you want to do…. what goes on from here? I believe you want the honest truth?” I asked.

“I do,” she gave a curt nod.

“He won’t make the next day. Grayson will execute him and I have no doubt Jessica as well. Do you want to be there or

not?”

“I do. Not because I want to wat–7 she huffed in a breath. “I know what will be said of me if I don’t go,”

“Understood,” I agreed. “I’ll do my best to let you keep your house as long as you can but it’s the delta’s house and 1

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goom to long

only

I can

there anything you need from

her stomach to calm down. “I want

be he won’t be lien anymor I want the mark that at least we were together at one point his bite mark will fade after a

“Granted,”

me. “I want to go to my

tumedi back to my hudimil.

she alright?” He placed

ask you to give

me. “You’re a gracious woman her

more,” I told him. “She wants

stain her. The men of the sock won’t like that.” The furrowed his brows. “She’ll have a hard time remarrying with a widow mark for

if need be she

deeply. “If the elders

the moment I’m

that night and for the first time in forever slept in my husband’s arms at last. It felt, even more. sweeter after witnessing the end of another

much are we had to leave the SATUTURITY DÍ Our bed.

be executed. He would be brought in fout of the muun the–belienned and burned

whined and

be executed a well but she would not be burned she would be hurried beyond die pad nils. She tan

ga to death in front

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as the betrayed and Grayson dressed in a maroon shirt to match. Elizebeth was permitted a scarlet color as

lands for a high–ranking member were not to be hung. He would have

dot on her ring finger to mark her first marriage but she’d been permitted as her reasoning still tainted her

gown the same traditional style of my wedding gown but it was only tight above my breasts and flowed freely cascading over my bump. Ella came

headpiece of bronze on me and I stood. I looked a

the moon pool children were not allowed to

crimes committed are treason, human trafficking, and attempted regicide,” Grayson explained. “The guilty,

out and looked at Elizebeth she stood in the front beside his parents and hers. Aarron’s sister and her husband are beside them as well.

and strong but I had no doubt she was collapsing in on herself.

saw him but it turns out my family did take their pound of flesh. He black and blue his face swollen all on the left side. His back

front in front of the pool and his

wife. She’s been granted a mark but so those here know she’s a traitor’s wife. Do you wish to repent