**Such Is Your Destiny—Glory Oath + Blood, Robert Leslie Bennett**
"Guards!" He ordered, "have this daughter of mine whipped fifty times as punishment for staining the royal family's name!"
It took more than one second for those cold words to fully settle within Ember. And for the first time in the last eight years, she took a good look at the King.
Like, a very good look.
His blatant disregard for her had never been a problem. Not when her real father had been nonexistent throughout her childhood; suppressed by a woman who was far more powerful and influential than his slave status.
But at least, Ember's father had eyes for her mother. While he might have disregarded his daughter, he had at least tried his possible best to please his wife. Even if it meant abandoning the girl who shared his blood.
But King Giovanny Thorne was a different man. He was a far more despicable parent. No father had any right to hate their child wife and child the way the man did.
