Saving The Abandoned Empress

81 Chapter 81 ~ “Eyes Never Lies”

On the other hand, Liana was absorbed into thinking how Cathain caught her identity. Even if he remembered the past, it wasn’t easy to find her real identity this soon.

Liana glanced at the mirror infront of her and was lost in it for a long time, then sighed.

‘As expected of him, eyes never lies.’

The only thing that was similar to her past self was her physical appearance. She hide her face and hair but she can’t hide her eyes.

Just like how the past Cathain was poisoned and controlled by the Duke Raven but still, his consciousness tried it’s best to fought against it.

But in the end, he couldn’t win. No matter how heavily he was controlled and his mentality broke down, his red eyes always searched for Eleanora.

Either dead or alive, Eleanora was everything in his bloody red eyes that one can unsee.

This is why Liana’s guilt was bigger then Cathain because if it wasn’t for her, then they might have lived happily as a good rulers along with their children’s.

If it wasn’t for her, then Arendell wouldn’t be destroyed at the hands of the first prince, Dominic would be alive and rule his Kingdom wisely.

.....

He might even find a good girl and fall for her, starting a family.

She is a sinner, who destroyed everyone’s happiness because of her foolishness.

She is someone who doesn’t deserve Dominic’s warmth and love, because she planned to kill him.

Even if she didn’t did it with her hands, Dominic was already in dead bed... but he might live a little longer or perhaps even got better if she didn’t planned to kill him.

It was all too late by the time she understood everything, she could only continue to protect Cathain who had gone crazy because of poison and dark magic.

If it wasn’t for Liana, then Cathain would be long killed because of Duke Raven’s rebellion.

She continued to steal time and asked help from Alexander as she had no one to ask for.

“Duke... Help me... I have no one now except you.”

“Duke? Dalton Duchy doesn’t exists anymore, which duke are you referring to, Your highness the queen Jennifer?”

Liana clenched the prison steel handle. It was her scheme to destroy the Dalton Duchy, frame his daughter.

Now she is here, begging him to help her.

But she has no other choice either. She has to stop her father, save Cathain.

Liana kneeled down infront of the prison cell but Alexander just stare at her with no emotions in his eyes.

“Please help me... I was wrong. It was all my fault. Am begging you, i can help you escape this prison and built the duchy back. Just help me to stop my father.”

“I can help you, Also forgive you...”

Alexander spoke and Liana looked up as she finally found a ray of hope to make things a little right.

“Can you bring back my daughter and her children’s?”

“...”

“Can your apology and regret bring back my wife who was also killed because of your father?”

“...”

“I can help you... but i will never forgive you people unless you bring back my daughter to life again.”

Liana was silent, she couldn’t refute Alexander’s single accusations. Everything he said was true.

“Do you know why am still alive?”

“W-Why?”

Liana was taken aback a little because of Alexander’s words. The reason he is still alive?

“Because i want to see how the people who killed my daughter ends up. I want to see you people being hunted by Eleanora, as what she said before she died. I want to fulfil her last wish.”

Once again, Liana couldn’t say anything and remembered Eleanora’s words before she died.

‘There is nothing I can do anymore to prove myself not guilty against the pile stacks of false evidence you have brought forward, but deep down... I hope you all suffer.

When I am gone and you are alone, I hope I haunt you. I hope my face is what you see when you finally meet your demise. My only mistake was ever loving anyone.’

Liana let out a guilty sneer. What Eleanora said has already came true. She is suffering, Cathain is also suffering because of her.

She sees Eleanora’s face every night, looking at her coldly and remembers her sins.

Cathain has gone crazy to the point he sleeps with a dead body everynight like he is sleeping beside a living person.

And this is all because of her, Jennifer Liana Raven.

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‘E-Empress?’

‘Only he calls me like this...’

Hearing his words, Eleanora, who was trying to avoid Ain’s gaze abruptly turned around to look into his calm gaze.

She was about to back off but Cathain caught her both wrist and twirled her around.

Their position switched, it was Eleanora who was pinned against the wall now.

“W-What?”

“Why are you so surprised? Didn’t you boldly decleared that you are the crown princess of this empire... so of course it’s natural for me to call you our empress.”

“...Am not the empress yet-”

Eleanora didn’t liked being called empress by him and was about to refute but Cathain suddenly got closer as he whispered to her ear.

“Today or tomorrow... It’s only you who can be this empire’s empress.”

“?!”

Even if Ain and Ele was particularly close, Ain often hugged her from behind but he never came this close.

Eleanora felt her ear becoming hot and her cheeks burn. Moreover, she felt embarrassed.

Seeing the blushing Eleanora, Cathain chuckled again.

“If our empress doesn’t like the crown prince to get married... then how about keeping me as your concubine?”

“...?!”

“Hahhaah... Ele looks so cute now!”

“Go away... Ain!!”

Eleanora was embarrassed because Ain got to close and she couldn’t push him back, but then his words made her stunned and speechless.

Only Ain can crack jokes like this.

Although she still has her suspicions about his identity but she wishes for her suspicion to not come true.

Eleanora would be lying if she said she didn’t had any feelings for Ain. He was everything that she wanted from Cathain previously.

She even dreamt of a future where she will become a knight, Duke of Dalton and live happily with Ain.

But she can’t let go of her suspicious feelings either. Eleanora sighed and put her hands on his chest to push him away as she spoke gently.

“Stop messing around. I wasn’t jealous and why i would be? i was worried Dom might think otherwise so i warned you.”

“Yeah, We understand...”

“...”

The situation was only getting more awkward for Eleanora as no matter how hard she pushed him, he didn’t moved an inch.

“Let’s go, lunch should be ready by now...”

Eleanora tried to get away again but then Cathain suddenly pulled her closer by grabbing her waist and she wrapped her hands around his neck to not fall.

Eleanora was surprised because of his sudden action and glared at him, only to find him whispering huskily in her ears.

“I rather have you then eating three meals a day...”