{Warning - There will be severe psychological and physical brutality in this chapter.}
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Livia could only pray that the Nomrad Patriarch would keep his word and spare her son, despite the trauma he would have to carry for the rest of his life. She was trapped in an agonising reality where she had no choice but to beg for a sliver of mercy from her worst enemy, the very man she had once wronged so horribly.
Livia looked away from Ken and closed her eyes, attempting to pull the trigger on her own life by forcing her soul sanctum to detonate. Seconds ticked by in complete silence, but nothing happened.
The Duchess frowned in confusion, only for Daniel's heavy attack to strike her torso once again. She screamed in agony, gasping for breath as dark blood welled up and spilt past her lips.
