#CHAPTER 199 The Final Truth

Maeve’s POV I stared at Queen Leonora in shock as she told the room of people, including Eric, that this woman was his mother. Eric’s face was pale as he took in the familiar features of his mother. The eyes that looked like his, the smile that he clearly got from her. Now I knew why she was so familiar, and I was in such shock over the ordeal that I couldn’t speak. “Yes,” the woman finally said after a long pause, her eyes never leaving Erics. “I am your mother. My name is Athena.” “I don’t understand,” Eric finally said, shaking his head, his expression serious. “I thought you were dead…” “I am not, though I often wished death would come,” she whispered as tears filled her tired eyes. “I had been kept alive and tortured for a long time.” “If I knew he had kept you alive…I would have put a stop to it, Athena. I hope you know that. I never wanted any of this to happen,” Leonora said with a choke sob. “You were never to blame,” Athena said gently. “It was his selfishne