me. Do what you will, whether to kill or torture me."


    "Sir, may I inquire where this ce is?" Daniel asked urgently. "Why have you taken our family captive? Have I offended you or your family? If I have, I offer my apologies here. But my wife and children are innocent. Please let them go. If you have a grudge, take it out on "When the time to kill youes, I fear you''ll just hide behind your wife and children. You''re a worthless coward. Just shut up," Henry replied coldly.


    The drug in Daniel''s system was nearly gone. He leaned against the small window, peering outside. "I won''t hide. Just let my wife and children go. I don''t care how I die."


    "I loathe your kind-the ones who pretend to be brave. It''s as if you look down on a prince consort like me," Henry retorted. Then, he turned away icily and stepped into one of the cells.


    Eleanor had forbidden Henry from visiting during the Emberfest Festival, so he decided to hide in the dungeon to apany Mnie Lester. He had bribed the guards, but letting the concubines out was out of the question.


    Even if he wanted toe in, he didn''t need any special permission from Eleanor. Sometimes, faking a plea for her kindness was a mere ploy to make her feel like everything was still under her control.


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    A prince consort? The man outside was a prince consort? Which princess was he married to?


    Putting together the crazy woman''s actions and hearing the man outside call himself a prince consort, Daniel immediately recalled an old story.


    This incident had urred long before he was born. Eleanor had fancied his older rtive, Hector. She had petitioned the then-king, Augustus, for a marriage. However, Augustus was unwilling to grant the request. Since Hector had no affection for Eleanor and didn''t want to be a prince consort, he avoided her openly and subtly.


    From that moment on, Eleanor harbored a deep hatred for the Sinir family.


    Recalling this old tale, Daniel remembered what his dad had once said-among the Sinir family''s many sons, only Daniel and Hector bore the closest resemnce to their great-grandfather.


    Daniel suddenly felt a chill run up his spine, and a wave of suffocation washed over him. The feeling took a while to subside.


    Daniel found it absurd. So many years had passed-Hector had sacrificed himself, and his sister-inw was gone.


    Even so, was Eleanor still fixated on Hector?!


    Even if she had her obsessions, why would she go as far as to abduct Daniel? Was she nning to...


    The shame and anger churned within him, making it hard to think further.


    It was absurd utterly absurd!


    But then, Daniel remembered the miniature chastity belt sculpture Eleanor sent when Hector fell. At first, they hadn''t known about it. When Carissa returned the


    sculpture, however, it caused


    stir. Only then did the Sinirs learn ofit. Daniel had discovered the


    matter only after returning to the capital.


    As absurd as it seemed, it was still possible.


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    Eleanor was far from the virtuous figure the world painted her to be. Her facade had blinded the public Even when family members reported her, no one suspected that they would end up imprisoned by


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    It wasn''t just imprisonment. The man who proimed to be a prince consort said that since Daniel and his family were here, the only way out was in a coffin. No one knew they were missing, so no one woulde to rescue them. With how insane Eleanor was, it seemed Daniel and his family would truly perish in this ce.


    As he reached his conclusion, despair washed over him. He opened his arms and drew his wife and children close, his voice trembling as heforted them.


    "Don''t be afraid. In the end, it''s just


    death. We''re men of the Sinir family, and none of us fear death. Jack, Curtis, do you remember what I told you about your Uncle Hector and his sons? They are our family''s and the kingdom''s true heroes. They sacrificed themselves on the battlefield and fought countless battles to reim our kingdom''s


    territory. We must be like


    them-fearless in the face of


    sacrifice, unafraid of death."


    The children stopped crying. They remembered Hector and knew he was a hero of the Sinir family and Starhaven.