Philip's POVHer laughter filled the dining room, even some servants had to stop to stare at her, wondering the reason why she was laughing so hard.Her people joined her, of course. As long as their leader was insane, they had to follow suit. What else is loyalty except communal insanity?The same abrupt way her laughter started, it ended too.She looked at me with a gaze of skepticism and distrust. Her eyes raked my body. She was older than me, and I could spot the jealousy in her gaze. She had her ego wounded, and it was too palpable. She was being offered a house and food by a man even younger than her son.What else was the definition of failure?"So you are granting me a house and food and a farm because you killed my son, but you also believe that your actions had been just," she said, "if so, then why are you bribing me?""Bribing you?" I chuckled, "I'm sure you know that if I don't offer you something, you will probably let your rage loose in my mansion, and I cannot see my f
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