“Alexia dear, don’t do anything foolish,” the king uttered the words almost in a frightened manner.
Emily knew better than to speak. Hell, she didn’t even care to breathe with the dagger pointed at her neck.
“Put that dagger down, mother, and I will let you live,” Theodore said in a low threatening voice.
“Mother, please,” both Serena and Liam pleaded with her to come to her senses.
But it seemed that her resentment was far too great, for she pressed the tip of the dagger against Emily’s skin. This latter didn’t dare even hiss. She knew Theodore was hanging on by a thread.
Was this going to be the end of them? The thought made it hard to breathe.
She merely blinked away the tears but tried hard not to let her fear get the best of her.
That blink was all it took for Theodore to
