Valerie’s POV
After speaking to Emily, I was even more conflicted than before. I believed that she only had the best intentions for her children and was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, but what did I do now?
“You let her go.” Kali jumped onto the edge of my desk and started swinging her legs back and forth.
“It’s not as easy as that, Kali.” I rolled my eyes.
“It is as easy as that. We are the queen. We can do whatever we want.” She licked the largest lollipop I had ever seen.
“No, I can’t. I need to think about my people and how this will affect my future decisions.” I sighed. Why was she being so damn difficult?!
“I’M NOT THE ONE BEING DIFFICULT! I can hear your thoughts, duh! Or have you forgotten?” Crossing one leg over the other, she started studying the files next to
