Chapter 712:

“You don’t need to do it out of desire; do it out of duty,” she wiped her tears, sniffling.

“Do it for us.”

Daemonikai closed his eyes. But her voice followed him into the darkness behind his lids.

“Start tonight. Do not delay it. Do not overthink it. Just do it…”

MISTRESS SINAI

While the rest of the Citadel slept, Mistress Sinai lay awake in her bed, staring at the darkness above. Enjoying the luxury of her quarters was incredibly amazing. But she was very sad.

Only yesterday had she been released from that wretched prison cell she had begun to think she would never leave. She did not know if it was the result of the endless petitions sent in her name or the joy of the pregnancies. Perhaps both. A handful of prisoners had been granted freedom too. The real reason mattered little… she was back.

Back in her domain. Back in her silks and perfumes. Back where every servant bent the knee when she passed. Sinai had not realized how much she would miss these simple luxuries until they had been stripped from her.

hours since her return, she had basked in the sunlight on her terrace, squandered good coin

fell, the darkness returned

into nothing. Her body cradled by silk and feather down, yet she may as well have been shackled in

time to give up? Daemonikai will never be mine,

questions. Yet in recent days, it was all she asked. It was misery at its peak, and it hurt her pride to entertain such notions. To think she had been outdone by a wretched human. Centuries

belly the heir Sinai had

sheets, stubbornly refusing to shed tears. This was no longer a contest she could win through seduction or cunning

was time to give herself over, wholly and

she could have something else she’d always wanted just as fiercely—the crown. The title of Grand Queen. And together, they might

would gladly see him die.

sharp knock rattled the

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this hour? She scowled at

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