Chapter 18: Making You Disappear

Zira’s POV

The

queen dowager’s words felt like prophecy to my ears. I mean, I already knew.

Even before she sent for me, I was certain that the mate bond meant nothing to

her.

Perhaps,

it might have been something of convenience if I had been worthy of Ronan. But

I was plagued with inadequacy, so it had to become fickle.

“Don’t

you agree?” She asked, breaking through my thoughts with another web to lock me

into some game she was playing.

But was

I going to let her have it easy?

“From a

certain perspective, Your Highness could indeed be right…”

“…however,

that perspective should come from people outside our kind; after all, they have

no idea for what reason the moon goddess had created a bond like this or how

much she had sacrificed for our type.” The more I say, the more unpleasant her

face becomes.

And

somehow, that gave me some kind of pleasure.

“But as

the queen dowager, I know for sure that you would understand all of these even

better than I do.”

“You

sure have some guts, y