From Slave To Queen (by Karyn Anderson) novel Chapter 315

Chapter 315

Nicolas stared at Xander in stunned silence, utt

utterly speechless.

Only now did Nicolas truly realize what Athena had endured these past three years.

Every single scar on A

scar on Athena’s body had come from her years in the military camp

Nicolas thought. When Athena came home, all had done was stare at her with cold indifference. I didn’t lift a finger to help her

Worse yet, I even blamed her for the ill fitting clothes.

He had never once considered what horrors Athena might have endured in the military camp, let alone thought about rescuing her.

All they ever did was blame and despise fiet

They goed her sufferings and only focused on pampering Willow

Nicolas realized that this was so wrong.

He thought, it wasn’t that I didn’t care about Athena. But with Willow’s frail health, I simply couldn’t treat them equally

But only now that he was pushed to the brink of despair, he finally realized that this agony was what Athena had to endure day after day.

“Athena, she..” Nicolas suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his chest. He tried desperately to call out Athena’s name, but before he could finish, Ansel roughly shoved a filthy rag into his mouth, cutting him off.

Cloaked in ley fury, Xander said coldly, “You don’t even deserve to speak her name.”

Xander gave a dismissive wave, his expression unyielding, “Get out,”

Nicolas’s eyes widened in sheer terror as he shook his head frantically. He tried to speak, but with the rag still in his mouth, only muffed protests

escaped

“I can’t leave. How could I just stand by and watch Mother suffer in my place? Nicolas thought desperately, his heart wrenching with guilt

But whether to stay or go wasn’t Nicolas’s decision to make.

Nicolas was unceremoniously tossed out of the dungeon by the guards.

With a heavy thud, Nicolas crashed to the ground.

A panicked crying out. “Nicolas are you all right?”

Nicolas looked up to see Henry’s face etched with concer

He clutched Henry’s arm desperately, his voice raw with urgency as he demanded, “Father, why did you lat Mother take my place?”

Nicolas had just come back from the brink of death, He knew all too will the torment of that dungeon

Eloise was his mother. He could not possibly let her suffer this.

His eyes were bloodshot from crying, his heart filed with nothing but rage and despair,

As the heir to the dukedom, Nicolas was powerless to save his mother.

Henry hung his head in silence, Aher a long, heavy sigh, he finally said, “Let’s return to the duke’s estates. We talk about this there.”

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scolas shouted hysterically. “No, I’m not leaving. Father, you must save Mother. She’ll die in that he tholai

Nicolas had always been too proud. He had never groveled before anyone be this.

Henry averted his gare uncomfortably from Nicolas’s face it declared coldly, from the moment she stepped through the gates of the duke ata, the ceased to be the Duchess of Suffield. Your mother and Lare already divorced.”

“What?” Nicolas’s eyes flew open in shock, his voice barely above a whisper “Mother actually divorced you?”

Henry nodded slowly. “Only by severing her ties with the duke’s estate could we avoid being implicated. This was all her own choice. She did it

Henty placed a firm hand on Nicolas’s shoulder, gave it a heavy pat, and said gravely, “Your mother wa

was an extraordinary woman

Nicolas felt as if his very backbone had been ripped out. He collapsed to the ground in utter defeat, his face twisted into a grotesque senile even as tears streamed down uncontrollably.

He said, “To save me, you threw Mother into that dungeon, and yet you have the audacity to call her extraordinary? Father, how could you be so

Henry’s eyes darted nervously as he explained, “Son, this wasn’t my doing Your mother couldn’t bear to see you in distress. Besides, if she madní to the dungeon, Athena would never have let her off the hook…

“Better one survives than both perish”

Nicolas suddenly bellowed. “But she’s my mother, the one who bore and raised me. How could you be so heartless? How could you?

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Henry sighed heavily and patted Nicolas on the shoulder. “Only by keeping you safe can preserve the duke’s estate, Nicolas Don’t blame being heartless. The truth is, this pains me more than it does you,”

Soaked to the bone and utterly wretched, Nicolas fell to his knees in the pouring rain outside Athena’s door. His voice was raw with desperation as he cried out, “Athena, I was wrong, Please, I’m begging you. Show some mercy and spare Mother”

Rain and tears streamed down his face, leaving him a pitiful, drenched mess

Margaret was well aware of everything that had happened these past few days

However, unwilling to let Athena down, she deliberately kept out of sight

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