"Peaceful?" Amelia let out a dry laugh, laced with sarcasm, the corners of her lips curving into an icy smile that didn't reach her eyes.
"Of course. Have your four granddaughters serve my Ethan as handmaids. Then order the Duke of Cadia to hand over his two daughters as concubines to my baby as well."
"Once that's done, whatever's left of this worm here can keep breathing."
"Whatever's left of me can keep breathing?" David exploded, his eyes wide with fury, his face contorted into a savage grimace. "Who the hell do you think you are?! You crazy b—"
He didn't have time to finish his sentence.
Amelia raised just one hand, a casual, bored gesture.
David was hurled backward like a leaf in the wind, cutting through the air at a speed impossible to follow with the naked eye.
The impact came immediately afterward, a deafening boom that shook the ground beneath everyone's feet.
