Though Duke De Luca was furious enough to have his son be executed by a bunch of wolves, he still calmed himself down. After all, this was his only son—— even if he didn't want to, he still have to help him out, there was no way round around it. He placed his hand on his heart and solemnly bowed to Bree, " your majesty, I agree with my dear colleague, Lord Sceptre. Though our sons have been nothing but foolish, please quell your anger. No matter what they are still your mates, the other halves of your soul, if you let go of them and renounce your claim on them, wouldn't your soul be broken, in pieces? I believe that you should rethink this decision again, Your majesty."
" I don't think that I need to," said Bree as she shook off her casual attitude and sat up straight realising that these pair of parents would take let her stay alive. " I believe that my soul was fine it once was, this burden I rather not take."
' Burden?' A pair of dark red eyes glimmered sinisterly at her words and then unbeknownst to everyone in the court, a sharp hidden dagger flew in a particular direction and stuck the pillar next to Count Greco ominously. The count slowly raised his head and looked at his son who was sitting next to the heir of the Sceptre family, though his face was completely hidden from the Queen, the count could see the bloodthirst that was rolling in his son's eyes, he coughed and stood up.
Because if he didn't then everyone present here except the Queen would turn into dried mummies. He pasted a soft, greasy smile on his face and slow strides towards the Queen's throne but then his gaze fell on his son's face who was shooting him, ' Do you want to die' expression and his pace immediately turned fast, seriously! Why did he give birth to a dominant alpha? A sweet omega would have been fine too, at least he/she would have stayed at home without creating so much trouble for him.
Approaching the Queen's throne, he smiled and rubbed his hands nervously before following the others and bowing. He wasn't a royal, but a merchant, if not for his wits and the hold that he had over the ore ' Oxnite' from which most of the weapons in the continent were made, he would have never been able to stand here. His etiquettes weren't perfect that was why he always liked to stay hidden in a corner, after all, a hundred year old half-blood couldn't embarrass himself in front of others.
But he was too lazy and never learned the way around royalty, he thought that he could live his life calmly by staying hidden in the darkness but thanks to his son, he was now pushed to the frontline and that too in front of the Queen!
Count Greco slowly raised his head and peeked at the Dragon Queen but her pride that was shining under her skin caused her to glow like she was a goddess descending on the mortal realm and coupled with her arrogance and natural grace she was oozing made his skin crawl and he had to muffle a yelp. Seriously, a man like him wasn't even worthy of standing in front of the Queen! What was his son thinking dragging him into this mess!
He already said that his plan was a definite flop! Stubborn Idiot! If only his son wasn't the more dominant one among the two of them!
" Your majesty, I —— I beg for forgiveness on behalf of my son," said Count Greco as he nervously licked his lips. What was he supposed to say? The others have said everything that could be said already! But under the murderous gaze that was locked on his back, he immediately stuttered out, " Y...Your majesty, my son … he is a bit thick but there is nothing that couldn't be treated by a good punishment. Please punish my son as you want, if you want then beat him until he is half dead but don't renounce your claim on him!"
When Count Greco finished, the court once again started to bustle with gossip.
" isn't the count too cruel? He actually threw his son away like this?"
" Well he is a merchant, what else can you expect from a man like?"
" Yeah profit above all right?"
Count Greco bit his lips as silent tears started to fall down his cheeks, it wasn't that he was greedy. In fact, he would have been really happy if that stupid son of his would just stay at home silently and won't create trouble for him!
The others couldn't hear his sniffles but Lord Sceptre and Duke De Luca definitely could… the two exchanged a glance with each other and then looked at the count with pitiful gazes.
They never knew that the Count was a victim too.
" That's right, your majesty!" A woman with hair the colour of cherry blossoms walked inside the courtroom. Dressed in a skin-tight and body-hugging red dress, Marquess Testa would have been a sight to behold if not for her hair that was messed up like she has run into a nest of angry birds who messed it up for her and those angry red welts on her cheeks couldn't be ignored either.
The Marquess glared at her son who was sitting at his seat as the fourth consort and huffed inwardly, she finally got a holiday after working for so many months, yet she was woken up by a bunch of canaries who pecked and twisted her hair, the way they wanted! She clenched her fists, if her son wasn't a consort and his position was above her, she would have punched that jerk in his pretty face!
Why did she give birth to him? Why not a cute daughter? She would have loved that girl even if she was an omega, at least she didn't have to worry about this idiot!
First, he made that stupid plan with those idiots and then sent a bunch of canaries to wake her up, so that she will wipe the mess! If you are so capable, why don't you apologise? Does it make your face hurt?
Just as she said that those hazy lidded eyes looked at her and Marquess Testa shivered, alright, alright. Mister Dominant! An alpha male never bows his head huh.
Let's see how far this thinking will take you!
She strode in front of Bree and then just like others bowed her head. " Your majesty, I admit they were foolish. If you were to renounce your claim, I am afraid my son and those kids wouldn't be able to survive the breaking of the mate bond. Please show some mercy and forgive them, he is your mate can you really watch him die?"
Bree's eyebrow twitched. This … This was something that she didn't think about it, now that she carefully thought about it, there was indeed something like this in the book, if the mating bond broke, the mates might not be able to survive that.
" Tell them you will take the rebound of the renunciation." a haughty and gruff voice echoed inside her head, Bree didn't even question what Saphira meant by saying this, she simply cleared her throat and spoke aloud the words with great determination and pride, " You don't have to worry about that Marquess Testa since I will be the one who will be taking the rebound of the renunciation."