The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 442

The King looked at Sofina and exhaled heavily. "You know this already, Fina. I've tried to give you three years. But even if I agree, your mother won't."

"Father," Sofina said softly. "If you agree, nothing else matters."

Before the King could answer, another voice cut through the line-sharp, commanding.

"I don't agree!" Felicia said. Her mother had joined the call. "Sofina, you will marry

the man I choose."

"Mother," Sofina shot back, her tone trembling but fierce.

"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will."

"You're my daughter," Felicia snapped, her tone sharp with authority. "You will do as I say."

Sofina met her gaze. "Father already agreed. I'm marrying Alex-and if he doesn't divorce me within a year, he'll become my permanent husband."

Felicia turned toward the King and knelt, her posture dripping with false respect. "My Lord, have you already accepted Sofina's request?"

Sofina quickly stepped in. "Father, please. This is for your daughter's happiness. After this, I'll never ask for anything again. If he divorces me, I'll marry any man you or Mother choose-even an old one."

The King of Prussia-ruler of billions, master of an empire-could command armies with a word.

But in front of his daughter, his heart softened.

Felicia was never his lover-just a vessel chosen to bear his child through artificial insemination. It was duty, not love.

The King had ordered it himself. His advisors secretly selected women to carry his bloodline and preserve his legacy. Out of nearly a hundred, only a few succeeded.

Felicia was one of them-kept hidden, bound to silence. The only one he truly cared about was Sofina-his blood, his weakness.

Felicia knew that too well. Her tone shifted-calculated, venom hidden under courtesy.

"My Lord, if Sofina insists on marrying this man of her choice, then I have one condition. She must live with my family for one year and she cannot reveal her connection to you. Not a word."

The King's eyes darkened. He was the sharpest mind in Prussia, and he understood exactly what she was plotting.

Felicia would use that year to tear the marriage apart from within. She wanted her daughter married to a marquis or a count-someone with power and title. A nobody like Alex was never part of her plan.

After a long pause, his voice came low and measured. "Alright, Felicia. I accept your condition."

He turned to Sofina, his gaze heavy. "You'll stay with your mother's family for one year. Only then will I agree to your terms."

"Father!" Sofina's voice cracked. "They'll try everything to tear him away from me. They'll humiliate him."

The King gave a faint, knowing smile. "If he truly loves you, as you say, nothing will break him. And remember, we tolerated your rebellion for three years already. This is the last year I will tolerate you."

Felicia's smile was sharp with victory. "In three days your grandmother's anniversary is here. You'll come, celebrate, and stay with me and your stepfather."

close. Her voice was

King cut across the room like a blade. "I'll end

You will not tell anyone who Sofina's

"Of course, my lord. They know nothing. They think Sofina's father was

cost. If she blurted the truth, her whole family could be ruined, erased. She had signed the contract; blood had already sealed her

passing sentence. "Then she stays

away.

The call ended.

loud in

"Eve."

"Yes, Miss Sofina?"

"Did you hear everything?"

recorded it, Miss

Eve. "Promise me you won't tell

for you, and your mother's cold, surgical disdain.

a brittle laugh. "I'm not sure. I don't have a

unreadable. "Miss Sofina, may I shoot your mother if she

a ghost of a smile crossing her face. "I'll tell you when

morning, sunlight spilled across the breakfast table. Sofina sat

gave her plate before she finally

me to my mother's

simply, smiling

tightening. "But they might try to hurt you. You know how much they despise our

his smile deepened, slow and

rivers dry, I shall not part from

the Wolfsbane mansion blazed like a jewel against the night. Rows of flying lanterns lined the gates, luxury chandeliers blinding from every window. The entire

the great hall pulsed with life-laughter,

polished spouses swarmed the marble floors, each carrying

air itself seemed perfumed

precision of a practiced speaker, "I present a regenerative nanocapsule therapy set. It restores cellular elasticity. It's rare-hard to

ceremony. Cameras caught the Baroness's smile like a

proudly. "It

rippled through

Reactor Crystals?"

royal families can't get

eyes wide, voices buzzing with admiration. The Baroness

caught the chandelier light as she waved off their praises. The atmosphere shimmered with

"Sofina Scheinwald."

dropped like

here,” the Baroness spat, her tone venomous. "You shame this family! Divorced by Heinrich Schiller like a fool-and you couldnt even keep him told you to bring that man into our family, and you failed at the

then

every eye burning

sweetly, her smile edged like glass. "Honestly, what did

always been the black sheep, but now they treated her like

gift for Grandmother's birthday, or did you just come

inch of that mansion-her mother's house-reeked of