The Throne Is Mine
Chapter 313

Chapter 313: Chapter 313

"There is nothing you can say to make me change my mind. You should know as his mother he will always be looking to pick a fight with me. I trust letting you leave alone that you will not become one of my enemies, but I do not trust letting you leave with Fraser. You cannot control him and you are smart to get him close to the throne again. He will stay," Amelia said, standing firm on her decision.

If Fraser did or said something to get himself killed, it was his own fault. Amelia was showing grace by letting him still be alive. She knew Fraser would not be so kind to keep her alive if the roles were reversed, but she did not have to be like him yet.

"I must always fight for my son. He is what he is now because I was forcing him to desire the throne so that I could rule behind him. His soul won’t rest in the underworld, will it?" Beth softly questioned.

"No," Amelia honestly answered. Everyone had to be judged in the underworld just as she did now to her people the demons gathered.

Even if Fraser had not done bad to end up being tortured in the underworld, Killian would not let him go without suffering. Amelia knew that Killian was only letting her deal with her family in this world while he would deal with their souls in the underworld once they died.

Killian was too calm when it came to the people she had issues with being dealt with. The only person he had killed for her was Cedric. The priests’ deaths were for his own enjoyment even though she was burned by the holy water.

Fraser had to fear what Killian planned to do more than what she intended to do. Fraser spoke too much in the past to get under her skin and that was how she was going to end their relationship as cousins. By letting him hear that she was now the queen of two lands. Let him hear that she had taken everything that. It was her time to speak and Fraser was just going to listen this time.

Beth bitterly smiled as letting Fraser stay in the dungeon was better than letting him die to be tormented in the underworld. Fraser never had any interest in the temple for him to pray and ask one of the Gods to have mercy on him.

It was hard to be told that she needed to leave her son behind even though she knew that it would come to this. How was she to beg Amelia to let Fraser be free when it wasn’t that long ago that Fraser was plotting to storm the north to get rid of Amelia and Killian? He already made an attempt to kill Killian and had disrespected Amelia on numerous occasions.

"Do not beg," Amelia said, trying to stop Beth who moved to kneel down on the floor. There was nothing that could be said to change her mind. If she let Fraser go, Killian would just hunt him down to kill him and she wouldn’t be surprised if Killian hid this from her.

"Please," Beth spoke softly with her head down. "I am the one who deserves to be punished for how I raised him. I pushed him onto the throne when I knew he would not make a good king. I was willing to let the kingdom suffer as long as I got to live my dreams. Please, let me take on his punishments. Let him live on in this world even if it is in the dungeon and I will take his punishment in the underworld."

Amelia looked to her side at her mother. Beth’s love for Fraser to take his place was touching, but she could not allow it. Beth failed to understand that she had a husband who would not forget about Fraser’s actions in the past or his words.

Besides, Amelia did not want to abuse her marriage to Killian to ask that Beth be punished and when Fraser died his soul would be free. Even if she could, she did not want to. She hated Fraser. She hated the sight of him and hearing him speak. Her kindness in letting him live for now did not mean she forgave all that he said to her.

"You are to live your life and one day be judged for what you have done. Not what Fraser has done-"

"Will your husband allow you to be punished for killing my brother or will you only be free to not suffer like everyone else? You are trying to cleanse this kingdom, but at what point do you take a look in the mirror and admit what you have done? You should set an example by having yourself punished for killing your father," Beth argued.

She didn’t mean to pick a fight with Amelia, but she was angered that her request to switch places with her son was not being heard. Fraser was this way because of her and she wanted to take his punishment because of what she created. This was all she could do to have him not suffer because she created a monster inside of him.

"One day, I will be punished, or maybe I won’t because my husband will protect me, but I am not scared of what awaits me. If I am to be punished, so be it. Before Killian, I always knew that I would not end up in a good place because of the things I have prayed for," Amelia confessed.

She remembered that it was her fault that Annabelle lost her child. One of the Gods accepted her prayer and got rid of it. She was to pay for that along with killing her father and so much more.

"I am not a saint and I am far from what the priests thought I would be. Trying to flip this on me won’t have me change my mind about Fraser. It will only make me want to keep you here. Before I seek any punishment for what I have done, I will make sure this kingdom will once again be great. I will fix what has been wrong for years and then I will step off the throne. Leave now before I have you returned to the dungeon. I do not want to see you begging," Amelia said, looking away from Beth.

Beth should walk out of here with her head high. She was partially to blame for how Fraser acted as king, but Amelia always saw this side to him as a child. If not Beth, Cedric would have gotten in his head or his jealousy toward Amelia being able to stay in the castle while he had to leave would have landed him down this same path. A king who only cared about looking good.

Anne, on the other hand, peered down at Beth who was still pitiful. If it was up to her, she would have killed Beth along with Fraser. Anne never had any conflict with Beth, but she had seen the way Beth looked at her when she was married to Richard. There was a look of jealousy and hate each time Beth looked her way.

Anne could never forget how Beth would become rigid when anyone talked about her and Richard having the future king. Anne knew that Beth wanted her and Richard dead so she would get a chance to feel what it was like to become queen. The day Beth genuinely smiled at Anne was when it was announced that the child Anne shared with Richard was a girl.

From then on, Beth kept mentioning how special her son was to push Amelia out of the way to be picked as the child who would one day sit on the throne. Anne also knew how much Beth enjoyed when there was no news of another child after Amelia lasting to rival her long would had a chance to be chosen.

It wasn’t long before Margaret made it permanent that Beth was not to come to the castle unless it was a special occasion.

"I will walk your aunt out," Anne said, standing up from her throne.

She never cared about Beth’s silly plans or looks as long as Beth never tried to touch a single strand of hair on Amelia’s head. Beth could have taken the throne for all Anne cared because there were other things to worry about like Margaret and trying to reunite with her mothers.

Amelia was curious about why her mother wanted to speak with Beth. She didn’t know much about the two since she rarely saw Beth in the castle in the past and her mother always stayed in her tower. She did not want to disrupt the conversation the two would have and decided to bring Fraser next so he could know his fate.

Beth didn’t like that Anne was going to escort her out of the throne room. She looked up and was startled by the smile Anne wore. She didn’t know if it was because an unfamiliar woman was smiling at her or if she was overthinking that for a second, she had to worry about being alone with Anne.