"Only my daughter can stand by the Three lords side and rule the world. Am I clear?"
As her father's words echoed in the scene from the past, Shiqi broke the contact abruptly.
The barrier snapped shut with a sharp ripple, cutting off the scene mid-breath and Shiqi stepped back as if burned, her heels scraping against the stone floor.
For a second, she said nothing simply staring at Mira in shock. But in the next minute, she laughed and said, "After all these years, you want me to believe that it was my father who forced all that? The man who brought you home because of the prophecy? The one who did not want you to be hurt outside? He was the one who decreed the marriage?"
Her eyes lifted and locked onto Emira's. "Mira… do you really think I would believe something like this so easily?"
