CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE

QUEEN SHIBA

"My queen, you sent for me," Angelica said as she stood by the lampstand beside my bed.

I finally decided to use her to get what I wanted. She might be useless to my son, but she will never be useless to me.

"Yes, I did."

I could see her shivering in fear, and I loved that she was scared of me. I had promised her that I would ruin her family if my son didn't get what I wanted for him in the end.

"Where were you all this time?" I asked as my lips curled up.

I had not seen her around the castle for a while, and I wondered what she was up to.

"I was with my family... they needed my help with something."

It pissed me off to see that she still had guts and to have the audacity to tell me that her family needed her help.

Meanwhile, she made herself stuck with my son and isn't helping him in any way.

Standing up from my bed, I walked up to her as she took some steps backward. I closed the little space between us as my hand flew directly to her face.

She gasped as she propped her