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“You have gotten what you wanted, now give me what I want,” Killian said to the royal beta Gayle, in the afternoon after he spent his time with his mate.

Jasmine was a wreck, she had been crying all the time, she didn’t want to eat, she didn’t want to sleep, she only spent her time wailing.

And now, Killian didn’t feel like he wanted to go back to his bedroom, because of all the wailing she made. It disturbed his sleep and resting time, since he had to calm her down.

He pped her the other day, but that was for screaming to his face, which was effective. She stopped yelling at him, and now what left was her crying.

“Oh, yeah. Of course. I always hold the end of my deal. You don’t need to worry about that.”

“I am not. When can I expect this?”

Gayle gave some thought. “A week from now.”

“Sounds good.”

Killian smiled, he was satisfied.

“By the way, can I have your mate again? It will really help to smooth thing over. She was great.” Gayle gave him a scious smirk. “She was a little bit stiff in the beginning, but once she was loosened up a bit, she was fantastic.”

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Maximus didn’t even sleep. He waited until Rania woke up, and when she did, he wished, she could sleep a little bit longer, so she was well rested before he broke her heart.

Rania blinked her eyes, but she remembered what Maximus said the other night. He was going to tell her something.

She stretched out her hands and cupped his face, asking him with her gaze.

“I will tell you, but you need to understand that whatever happened. I only want you.” Maximus kissed her palms, and Rania nodded.

It was so easy for her to agree, because she had been dying to know what was bothering Maximus all this time, without her knowing how devastated the news that Maximus was going to tell her.

All the night long, Maximus was trying to thing of the best way on how to approach the subject, how he would be able to tell her the best way possible.

But, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t find the right words. How could you? Even the beast poem wouldn’t save her from the heartache.

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“What do you think about adopting a child?” Maximus asked, he wanted to gauge her reaction first.

Rania furrowed her brows in confusion. ‘Why?‘

“What do you think about that?” Maximus refused to exin.

On the other hand, Rania felt her heart was thumping wildly. Deep down, she seemed to know what was this about.

‘Tell me. Rania caressed his cheeks, she tried to act calm, but there was a storm that was brewing inside of her, which was ready to explode. “Tell me.‘

“You will never be able to conceive a child, Rania. Not without a risk of losing your life.”

Rania knew that. Since the beginning when Karin was so weird about her asking the healer to teach her how to concoct a fertility potion. She already knew that from the beginning.

“Rania. Don’t think too much about it. Don’t let it bother you. I don’t care about a hypothetical child that never exist. I don’t want it. I only want you.”

Maximus said for Rania not to bother with the child, but then here he was; the issue had been bothering him for days, letting him act indifferently towards her.

How he could ask her not to bother when it was already bothering him.

“That’s why you avoid me?‘

“No!” Maximus growled. This was what he was afraid. She would misunderstand him.

‘Please, leave me alone…‘

Rania then moved very quickly. She got off the bed, and went to the bathroom. She locked herself inside, while Maximus knocked from outside. He asked her toe out.

But, how could she face him?

She wouldn’t be able to have a child?

Devastated was an understatement for what Rania was feeling at this moment. She felt like she went back to that moment when everything was bleak.

“Rania,e out, talk to me.” Maximus knocked on the door persistently. “Come out now, or I will tear down the door.”

That was not even a threat, but a warning. He was going to do exactly that. His voice was calm and collected.

“We need to talk.”

What else to talk about? Rania needed sometimes to gather her thought and rearrange her emotions, but Maximus didn’t let her.

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For a moment, there was silence. It was very quiet out there, but the next second, the door was kicked so hard, it flew out of the handle, as it hung by its hinges.

Maximus stood there, anger in his eyes, and for a moment, Rania saw the Mad King inside of him, but when he approached her and hugged her, she knew she was safe.

“Don’t run from me. Never run from me like that and don’t hide your pain. I was upset not because of the news, but because I know that it will hurt you. It does hurt you. I was contemting not to tell you anything, but I know you would have hated me even more.”

Maximus was not wrong to think that way, because no matter how hurtful it was, Rania would always choose the truth.

However, it didn’t make it any less painful.

In the end, Rania couldn’t help it. She cried so hard against his chest, while Maximus hugged her very tightly, so he could prevent her from breaking apart even more.

“I love you, Rania. I don’t care about the child. I only want to spend the rest of my breath with you by my side.”

The words calmed Rania a little bit, but she couldn’t help to think; How they were going to solve this problem?

This would only be a beginning of a disaster once people knew about her issues.