Caelis took three steps. Each step seemed light, but in those three steps, he had traveled a great distance, arriving directly in front of the queen's throne on the final step.
"Impossible. You've lost your heart's blood; how can you still possess such strength?"
A triumphant, mocking smile curved his handsome face. "I already knew there were spies within my territory. And I also knew the rumors that I had given my heart's blood to my mate had spread throughout the realm."
His eyes burned with disgust, hatred, and a thirst for revenge as he stared directly into the queen's pink eyes. He let out a cold, sarcastic laugh. "Too bad… I lied. I never gave my heart's blood to my mate."
A flicker of terror appeared in the insect queen's eyes. In the next instant, her entire body froze into a flawless ice statue.
Caelis struck once, and the ice statue shattered into countless fragments.
"Your Grace… this… how did you anticipate it?" Nixon asked.
