The Queens: Scarred Queen Novel

Chapter 585 Chapter 585 Sadly, Eloise had gravely underestimated Athena. She was now a far cry from the woman the uned to her Athena delivered a stinging stap across Willow's face. Willow screamed in pain again But this time, it wasn't just screams. Willow began desperately pleading with Eloise. "Mother, save me I don't want to die pet worked so hard to become the Marchioness of Somers. Please, save me A mother would feel her child's pain as her own Seeing Willow so broken truly shattered Eloise's heart Willow was her precious daughter.

Eloise cherished and protected Willow since the day she was born But if Eloise told the truth, she knew that Willow would surely die foo Eloise clenched her teeth, her heart tom by the impossible choice. Athena raised her dagger once more, pressing closer to Willow. She threatened coldly, "if you don't talk, start cutting off her fingers one by one won't stop until you start speaking" "Save me, Mom! Athena is a psycho..." Willow cowered in terror while curling into a ball. Just as Athens was about to strike, Eloise finally broke down and blurted out the truth. "I'll talk.

I'll talk!" Eloise sobbed, the words tumbling o With those words, Eloise completely broke down, gout in a rush. "Nicolas is a remnant of the fallen country before ours." Eloise slumped to her knees, sobbing as she looked at Athena. "It was all Nicolas's doing. He wants to overthrow Petanion and restore the country Drachian He's the 13th prince of the fallen Drachian. Content originally comes from Find~Novel.net "Black when the Drachian fell, Nicolas was the sole survivor. Blinded by greed and with compromising evidence in Nicolas's hands, Henry had no chance but to obey his every command.

Athena's brows knitted tightly. "If Nicolas is a remnant of the fallen Drachian, then who are his accomplices!" She thought, "A mere boy like him couldn't possibly have forced Henry to submit on his own. Eloise sniffled and said, "The only accomplice I know of is Loretta Holmes, who was your foster mother. I sent you to her because I thought you'd be easier to control that way. But when your true identity was revealed, Margaret insisted on bringing you back to the duke's estate "I had to frame you to secure Willow's rightful status as the legitimate daughter of the Monson family.

Only by having you banished to the military camp could Willow marry into the Osborne family. "But back then, I honestly didn't know any of this only learned the truth much later. Athena's eyes blazed with fury. "So you were willing to ruin me just for your own selfish gain, is that it?" Eloise kept her eyes down, unable to meet Athena's gaze. "I guess you can only blame your bad luck, if you hadn't been born, none of this would have happened to you." Athena was undeniably the victim, yet Eloise insisted it was simply her fate.

Faced with the sheer absurdity of it all, Athena didn't know whether to laugh or cry "Who dares to say Athena is ill-fated?" Kander's chilling voice cut through the air. Xander emerged from the shadows, his chiseled features standing out sharply against the ink black night Chapter 585 Xander swept his ley gaze over Eloise. His expressionless eyes pierced through her. It was act mere suddenly encased in into her very bones. Eloise shuddered involuntarily. Her lips parted to speak, but the words died in her threat, choked by the for She thought, Prince Xander is notoriously ruthless.

If he finds out, the entire duke's estate will pay with their lim 1 don't care de, but what about my three children? 'Matthew and Joseph know nothing about any of this Eloise crawled two steps toward Xander's feet, sobbing desperately as she pleaded, "Your lighness, have mercy. Matthew and Joseph know nothing of this. These are all Henry's sins. I beg you. Please, spare their lives" Xander's gaze briefly flickered to Eloise, his eyes glinting with lethal intent Under the weight of Xander's intimidating aura, Eloise was too terrified to say a single word. AD