Hugo POV
"You are not a child anymore, Hugo. I did what I had to do to make your father suffer." "You killed an innocent woman who was someone's mother. How could you be so cruel?" She laughs maniaclly and I know in that moment that she is more of a monster than I ever realized. "Cruel is having everything taken from you because of your rank. That woman took what was meant to be mine and I have no regrets for ending her pathetic life." "How do you even know that she knew what Cain had done, mother?" There is silence for a moment and I wonder if she truly never asked herself this question. "He wasn't her fated mate and that is all I need to know. I am your mother and you will stand by my side, Hugo. Now do as I said and release my mate from the cells. We will finish what I started all th
