Page 204 of Bride By Coronation

Sean appears from nowhere, barking, "Get the fuck away from the king," and pushes the one next to me to the ground.

He flies across the stage on his butt.

Zara cries out, "I declare an Act of Betrayal! Jytte and Ulrich Koch, you are hereby condemned!"

"You can't do that!" Jytte argues.

Zara steps before her, seething, "I am the successor queen. I can, and I will."

The color drains from Jytte's face.

"They're lying to protect his sister," Ulrich declares, pointing at Sean.

"We're not! We have proof!" Valentina insists.

Ulrich points to the executioners. "Get in position."

"Step closer, and I'll choke the air out of you," Brax warns.

"Same," Sean snarls.

"Knights, get into position. We have an act of hostility upon us!" Jytte commands.

"No one move," Devika, an Indian woman and another Omni on the Royal Council, interjects, crossing the stage.

"We have confessions that these two plotted to overthrow Kirill and Fiona. It's all here," Valentina says, pulling out her phone and clicking on a video.

Devika presses the screen.

Screams fill the air.

Brax demands, "Tell me who paid you to kill the queen!"

Torturous, incoherent whines spill from the phone.

Valentina snarls, "Speak, or I'm taking another finger!"

The man on the video cries out, "They made me!"

"Who?" Valentina demands.

His cries ring through the arena.

"I said who," Valentina screams, and more horrific sounds echo around us.

He begs, "Please!"

Brax warns, "I told you she likes this stuff. Tell her who, or she'll dissect your balls one at a time."

"No! Don't! Please! It was Ulrich! And-and that wife of his!" the man yells.

Devika turns the video off.

"There's more on there. You're missing the best part," Brax states.

Devika shoots daggers at him with a look.

Valentina adds, "There are two other men on the video. They all claim the same thing."

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