The Remembrance (2)

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Ethan's pov

I was at the throne room signing some documents when my Beta entered inside. We were not close friends only acquaintances, I knew his presence was as a work-related message not really a personal-related message.

I sighed, can this day get any worse??

I did not allow him to state his mission before I stood up and followed him.

On my way to the execution grounds, I thought deeply about the actions that I had performed, if I could turn back the hands of time, I would have not made such decisions.

I remembered the day I met Lena

FLASHBACK

Although I was confined to the house, I had a little freedom, the time I was allowed to go and hunt.

I went to hunt that day, I was captivated by a stranger's smile, I loved the way her smile was genuine unlike those fake smiles in the palace grounds.

Although she was in rags, she had the aura of royalty, she was looking intensively at a particular direction.

I turned my eyes towards that di