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ROMAN POV.

Looking at everyone in the palace, it was hard to know who I could trust, the only person I could trust, I ruined and now she is dead.

I know I aim to avenge her but the thought of her passing was something I didn't want to fully accept.

Someone inside me hoped that she was alive and even though she hated me, I didn't mind, as long as she was alive, that's all I cared about.

I am currently in my office, working to get the painful thought. I couldn't even plan properly because I have been surrounded by either one of them.

Xylah would come and drop food, flirting with me and Bryce would spend half of his time with me.

So I was barely alone, Bryce was in the office with me but he was going through files. I heard a constant knock on my desk, only to realize that Bryce had been calling me.

"Son, where is your mind?" He asked. I looked at him, trying to hide my disgust when he called me son.

The son he betrayed, the one he made to lose his mate. "I'm sorry uncle," I apologized b