"And the worst part? My other big brother, my own family, was the one who set this whole thing up."
Her chest tightened as anger, betrayal, and humiliation swirled inside her.
Carl wanted to explain, but looking at her now, he knew, no words would fix this, at least for now.
"What does he want? To disgrace me? To find something, anything, he can twist against me? So they can finally achieve their goal of kicking me out of the family?"
Nnenna spat out her suspicions, her voice trembling with rage.
Carl's stomach twisted. Kick her out of the family?
She scoffed bitterly. "You know what? It doesn't even matter."
She turned on her heel and stormed off, not sparing him another glance.
Carl stood frozen, watching her retreating back, stunned.
Kick her out of the family?
His mind reeled. What was really happening inside this Lionara royal family?
That one sentence echoed louder than anything else she had said. It lit a fire in his chest.
