Chapter 131

Anna's POV

Yet to get over the death of my mother, another devastating news came in.

The news of my stepfather's death shook me so hard that I felt like I was breaking into minute pieces. Even though we were not on good terms, I still treated him like family but now he was gone.

Before now, I had been hoping and wishing for the perfect time to make him pay for all that he had done but the time never came.

Now in the hallway, I was holding onto the wall for support as I walked towards my chambers. I was walking extremely slow, so I wouldn't crash into anything since my eyes were heavy with tears.

“He was murdered by the same person that killed my mother. Stepfather wouldn't kill himself because he lost his mate.” I muttered, blinking my eyes to clear my vision.

Still holding onto the wall, I snapped my head upwards only to see the maids and guards giving me a pitiful look.

Immediately they discovered I was staring in their direction, they shifted their gaze aside and then