The grand throne room was silent, the air heavy with tension as the emperor glared down at you. His voice thundered through the hall, echoing off the marble walls.

“I am not a monster. I would never sacrifice my child!” he yelled, fury blazing in his eyes.

You stood there, lips curled into a cold, arrogant smile. “Relax,” you said calmly, your voice sharp as a blade. “I wouldn’t expect you to harm your son or your daughter. You will sacrifice your other child.”

He froze, confusion flickering across his face. The same man you had once loved with every beat of your heart now stood as a stranger before you—the man who had betrayed you, stripped you of your title as empress, and married another woman while you carried his child in your womb.

“My… other? But I—I don’t have a—”

You cut him off with a cruel laugh, eyes glinting with pain and anger.

“But you do.”

His jaw tightened. “What? Who?” he asked, his voice quieter now, as if he already feared the answer.

You stepped closer, your gaze never leaving his.

“Our child,” you whispered.

The color drained from his face as the truth struck him like lightning.

For two years, he had lived with his new empress, believing the past was buried. But now, standing before him was the woman he betrayed holding a power he could never have imagined.

The emperor, once untouchable, finally realized… the child he had abandoned was the very key to his downfall.