The room was shrouded in silence, Xander’s laugh echoed through the tension filled halls, and everyone looked at him as if he was some creature out of this. “With a mate like this, with a mate like my Grace, I surely will win. I am sparing you so that you will live to see that day.” Xander replied to Daniel’s remark. But I was still shocked hearing what Daniel thought about me, how he only cared about his one daughter. Maybe I was never a daughter to him, only an heir that he needed to make his empire strong. A stepping stone for his empire, while he plays with my life to be the ruler. I gritted my teeth and took a deep breath to align my thoughts together. “You have made your perception of me very clear and I don’t think there is anything left to hear or say. But let me tell you some