Those damned bastards! Ray silently cursed while maintaining the respectful stillness expected in court.
He waited and then waited some more. However, the cold words, the rebuke he had expected never came.
Only a low laugh, soft enough to melt in the chilly air, yet scary enough to send a shudder through every person in the courtroom.
When Ray raised his head, the gleam in those venomous green eyes made his throat go parch.
"They want me to have a main wife?" Darius said softly as if amused by the words. "Very well. This sovereign shall grant them their wish."
Long fingers tapped on the white armrest, "As for Princess Bianca…"
He had to think for a second. A vague image surfaced in his memory. Wasn't she the child of Duke Nocturne? The youngest and only sister of that dead vermin Klein Nocturne?
