CHAPTER 103

ADRIAN

A bucket of cold water was poured over my head. The coldness seeped into my naked skin and make me shiver awake. I was lost, at first, my mind was unable to recollect. My lazy eyes looked around and wondered what was happening until I lifted my gaze up and saw Gregory binded at his arms and feet while Ferris was on her knees. The guards were noisy, creaming in obvious victory, their arms high up, their once upon a time king was now at their feet while others kept splashing the pails of water they held in their hand on my guards.

I tried shifting immediately to fight but I winced in pain. I looked down on myself and saw the dried blood that stained my thighs and arms. That was when the earlier events came flooding in my head. I remembered everything. How wrong we were, to think that Veronica wouldn't catch on our plans and this was the outcome.

"Now, now." Veronica's voice boomed in the grand hall. She was seated on her throne and what? She even had make-up on, the black lips