“Why are you being so mean?” She clutched her neck in disbelief at the ruthless and cold way he was regarding her. His threats were not empty, and she knew it.
“How long do you think he will live? Once he realizes and honestly believes the Angevin dynasty is ending with him, how long do you think he will live? If you think I’m going to let you kill the man I consider my adopted father without experiencing any fallout from it, think again. He doesn’t trust anyone else to run his business on behalf of his grandchild but me. With nothing to keep it going for, how long do you think he will keep going?”
He watched as she paled with the realization of what he was saying.
“If you’re going to kill my friend with your selfishness, Essence, I’m going to burn your entire world for his funeral pyre
