Chapter 57

Lucianne immediately regretted teasing and said, “I’m so sorry, Xandar. I shouldn’t have…”

He assured her hastily, “No, baby, don’t apologize.”

She still felt bad, “I think I should just let us finish breakfast before I ask any further

questions.”

He chuckled lightly before he said, “It doesn’t affect my appetite, Lucy. I just…” he ran his hand over his hair in frustration before saying, “I love my mother but sometimes I just wish she wasn’t so blindly loyal to my father.”

Lucianne cocked her head to one side, bewildered.

Xandar then explained, “My mother, for as long as she was alive, never went against my father’s wishes. What’s worse was that she would support everything he did. It felt like she never had an opinion. She was well-educated. Surely, she could have contributed in some way. But my father never believed in sharing power with his mate so he never let her touch anything concerning the affairs of the Kingdom. Aunt Reida would go on for hours about how my mother should insist on doing something as Queen. But my mother would just brush off her own sister’s concerns and advice, saying that my aunt didn’t understand her position. As a Queen, I don’t recall her doing anything besides standing next to my father and waiting to b e greeted and bowed down to. It’s just…” he sighed again, “I love her, truly. She was a good mother. But…honestly, why didn’t she do anything with the power she had? Why didn’t she

question my father from time to time? I mean, not everything he did was good.”

you think she would’ve lived that long if she questioned King Lucas?” Lucianne

amusement, “You’re actually defending a Queen who did close

her. I’m just trying t o understand her. She

happy to lose it all if it

it even worth it? Losing

I was this close to rejecting you to

response so he continued to press, “But how would you know how these women think and what they’re willing to

bottom lip, her uneasy gaze fixed on the table between them as she uttered, “I wasn’t always like how I am now, Xandar. I’m not the perfect Queen you keep telling me that I am. There was…a time in my life when I was one of those women, especially when it came to

be.” Lucianne then leaned towards Xandar and met his gaze before she explained, “The thing is, Xandar, when you’re bonded, you want to feel wanted, special and adored. When we don’t get those things, we’ll try to change something to get our counterpart’s attention. Your mother probably just wanted your father to

hard when he stroked her hand lovingly and asked in concern,” What did you

so I really couldn’t change anything, darling. I wanted to, desperately. But I couldn’t. I then start looking in mirrors and cry myself to sleep more and more often because of my size. Juan’s mother, Luna Janice, practically took

again at the memory but Xandar’s face remained hard as he continued to stroke her small, smooth hand in slow motions. So that was why

It was

he said, “Lucy, you are beautiful. And I love you. All of you. You may not see it yet but you are a perfect Queen. Your past doesn’t have to be flawless, baby. You are flawless just by being able

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