Chapter 823 - Rowenas Guilt (2/2)

He turned back to Leia and unsheathed his sword Before anyone realized what he wanted to do, the king had swung his sword and beheaded the poor servant with one blow

The silent thump of a head rolled into the throne hall's floors

Rowena's eyes widened and suddenly brimmed with tears "Leia!"

She froze in her place by the debilitating shock and for a few mos

Draco stepped forward, wiped the blood on his sword to Leia's dress, and sheathed it back Then, he approached Rowena and stood before her silently, watching her incessant tears strea down her face

He bent down a little and looked at the little girl in her eyes, from such close proximity His voice was cold and his expression was flat when he spoke "If you didn't misbehave, Leia wouldn't have died You made her pay for your cri else after that Her father's words kept ringing in her head It was her fault She uilty Leia would have been still alive if it wasn't for her

"Do you understand?" King Draco asked the little girl whose body was shaking and looked deeply traued her chin and made her look him in the eye "Do You Understand?"

He emphasized every word

Rowena could see from the corner of her eyes, the headless body was lifted by two servants away from the room and she felt her chest was physically in pain She closed her eyes and tried to forget the memory of what just happened but she couldn't

It was as if it was played over and over again in herfull well that she was not allowed to eat sweets And Leia took the blame for her She died because Rowena couldn't hold back her desire to eat one cupcake

It was all her fault

"AnswerDraco's voice becaret it, I ht need to punish more people because of you Hmm where should I start? I know Leia has a fae They should take the blahter who dared to disobey their king"

Rowena's breath suddenly panted She panicked

No! Leia often told her stories about her loving family Her parents were very poor far nieces after Leia's sister and brother-in-law died of fever

Her father eak because he fell from a horse one time, and her mother took most of the work at home and at the far Draco decided to kill Leia's faine Leia would blame her even more and hate her No no she couldn't let her father punish Leia's faripped King Draco's arly "N-no please"

"So?"

"Yes" Rowena's tears had flooded and wet her dress She added with a hoarse voice, "It's my fault"

It was her fault that Leia died