Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 53

Chapter 53: Ruined (4)

"I don’t see any reason to set it on fire. To me, it sounds like you just want to have fun with fire. Kill them if you need to pull them out of that home. I will personally strip the walls of what they have changed after you get them out. I don’t want it ruined even more than they have already ruined it," said Selene.

A fire would remove everything they have added but the home was too precious for Selene to go that far.

"So, I have your permission to kill them if I want to?" Xavier asked, wanting her to say it a second time.

Selene nodded her head. "You may. They did not care for me during the time I needed them so why should I care for him? I might be kind but I will not forget."

"Rather than kill them, I would love for their lives to be miserable as they made mine before they were to die. They made my days more terrible than the town did," Selene said, the memories of what she endured created an aching feeling in her chest.

"I can do that for you as well. It would be a wonderful wedding gift for me. You are already focused on avenging your maid. Leave your family to me," Xavier proposed.

"I will. So much time has gone by but I still do not have it in me to fight with them. There is a small home my parents and I fled to when the king called them traitors. That is still in my name. I always wondered if it would have been best to stay there. The moment we returned to this town, my parents were dragged off to be killed," Selene said, that day still fresh in her memories.

"So much was thrown on their name the second we returned. I do not know why my father wanted us to return. I lost them and the home in such a small window of time. I don’t know all the details about what the king found concerning my parents but I am certain someone framed them in some way," said Selene.

Why would her parents want to kill a pureblood royal? It was a suicidal plan from the start.

"My parents always spoke of seeing me getting married and settling down. Of enjoying their time with many grandchildren. Why would two people who looked forward to the future get involved in a plan to kill the king?" Selene wondered.

Though her father was once a count, her family were simple people who did not get too involved in the politics of the palace.

"Was I not paying attention to them enough?"

"It could be far more than what was found. There could have been other people helping them for your parents to be confident they would not die. If they did want to kill the king, I do not blame them." said Xavier.

Had he known of the plot, he would have taken part in it. Then the plan might have succeeded.

"I know that you and the king do not get along but isn’t it too much to want him dead?" Selene asked.