Chapter 100. Last Decision 

Chapter 100: Last Decision 

Killian’s POV 

The necklace dangled from my fingers, swaying slightly under the dim light of the headquarters. It was adorned with a sapphire as blue as the eyes of its intended wearer, a gift meant to bring joy. Once, it had rested against her skin, a symbol of my claim over her. Now, it lay abandoned in enemy territory, discarded like a forgotten trinket. 

A bitter laugh rumbled in my chest. So, this is how it ends? 

Irwin stood before me, arms crossed, chin lifted high in arrogance. “We found it among the ruins, Your Majesty. This confirms that I have spoken the truth. You can no longer ignore or delay the trial.” 

My pulse pounded against the tide of my fury, the golden chain digging painfully into my palm. No one around me dared to speak. They all stepped back into their places, knowing better than to provoke me in the midst of my wrath. Only Irwin had the audacity of a cat with nine lives ready to die at my hands if he had lied. 

“Your Majesty, we know you hold deep affection for the former Luna.” 

Irwin knelt beside me. “We are pleased that you finally found someone who could make you feel something like that. But you are a leader.” 

“And most importantly, as your loyal servant, I cannot allow you to be bound to a deceiver,” he added. 

“You need to learn to control yourself in my presence, Irwin. Including your manners right now.” 

He fell silent instantly, no longer daring to raise his insolent gaze toward me. There was a sickening taste in my mouth every time I spoke with him, no matter how well he performed under my command. 

“I don’t need you to play the role of my surrogate father. Do you understand me?” 

He quickly nodded, fear creeping into his expression at the veiled threat in my words. I turned my gaze back to the necklace. Every time I looked at it, it felt as if my soul was being torn apart by a thousand blades. 

“How’s her condition?” I questioned. 

“Still in the dungeon, waiting for your decision. The people are talking, Killian. They’re wondering what their King will do with a traitor in his own bed,” Irwin reported. 

Leonidas, who had remained silent until now, spat out a scoff. “You say that as if you weren’t the one who fed her this filth. You’ve had your sights set on that poor woman from the very beginning, Irwin.” 

Irwin’s gaze flicked toward Leonidas, his lips curling into the sharp, predatory grin of a beast from the wild. “Because I have eyes blessed by the gods. While the rest of you worshipped her, I saw her for what she truly was a snake in sheep’s clothing.” 

I exhaled through my nose, fighting the wave of emotions threatening to consume me. Anger. Pain. Hatred. They all waged war within me, demanding release. My fingers tightened around the necklace before I flung it onto the table between us. 

“Enough. She will die for this.” 

The room darkened instantly. With clenched fists, Leonidas lunged at me, his laughter cutting painfully through my ears. 

“You’re an even bigger bastard than I thought! You’d sentence her to death without a trial?” he snarled. 

My voice was devoid of emotion as I responded. “A traitor’s fate is death. She is no exception.” 

Beatrice’s voice rang out as she appeared at the entrance of the division. “I can’t accept this. My gods, it’s all happening too fast. Think, Your Majesty! If she truly wanted to betray you, why didn’t she run? Why didn’t she leave when she had the ‘chance? It doesn’t make sense.” 

“You think I haven’t thought of that, old woman?” My voice was sharper than steel, my patience razor–thin. “I’ve spent days, weeks, trying to find a reason. A justification that would allow me to spare her. But-” 

I gestured to the necklace. “This can no longer be ignored. She’s been deceiving me all along.” 

Beatrice stared at me, her eyes blazing with fury. “Then why do you look like a man on the verge of tearing himself apart?” 

I tensed. She wasn’t wrong. I was numb now, hollow from the inside out. Whatever Ruby had awakened in me, whatever light she had ignited, had been extinguished the moment I saw that necklace in my hands. 

The man I had become the one who had softened the tvrant who had found warmth in her touch was shattered beneath my feet. In the end, someone like me was alwa Suc 

Successfully unlocked! 

“Take her to the execution chamber. She dies at ua, conucu couly. 

The Beta stood his ground in defiance. Leonidas‘ eyes burned with fury, his entire being radiating vengeance and power in a way I had never seen before. My lips curled in a bloodthirsty grin. If I were in a better mood, I might have dragged him into the courtyard myself. 

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Chapter 100: Last Decision 

I tilted my head. “Are you going to attack me again this time, Leonidas?” 

And then, with a simple gesture, I summoned the guards to pull the wolf away from me before striding out of the war division My wolf had chosen to sever his bond with me. The pain of it burned through every cell in my body. Elysian had never behaved this way before when I was the wounded half of our soul. 

This wasn’t fair to me. 

Leonidas had chosen to stand by the traitor. 

Beatrice had spoken in her defense. 

And who was left for me? 

In the end, I drowned in liquid gold. I downed the alcohol in a single shot, letting the heat sear my tongue, scorch my throat, and settle in my gut before spreading through my body. But the cold in my chest refused to fade. 

Leaning my head back against the chair, I stared at the ceiling as it began to spin. Beyond the window, the night exhaled softly, watching me, knowing the sin I would commit tomorrow. 

So much death and blood had stained my hands. I didn’t understand how one life could unravel me like this. It was disgraceful to my pride. But worse than that why did my heart curse my actions and grieve? Why did her face still appear in the dim shadows of this room? 

I laughed, bitterly. There was only one inevitable end. And tomorrow, I would be the executioner of the one who had once breathed life into my soul. 

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