Even in her sorry state, Titania declared haughtily, "I am the queen. I can have whoever I want!
"A husband?
"No. A royal consort is never a husband.
"I am the ruler. The only ruler!"
A cold, sorrowful smile appeared on Oberon's beautiful little face. "Then you have no right to demand that I return to your side.
"You can strip me of the title of royal consort. I never cared about that pointless thing.
"After all, you... You care about no one. You love no one but yourself.
"Then again, who could you love when you'd even put your own daughter to death?"
The Queen of the Void, who had always liked making her presence known, decided she had given the two of them enough time in the spotlight. Delighted, she interrupted their public rupture. "Deception!
"Titania only ever deceives!
"So... ha!
"Let the chair you stole by deceit disappear!"
Hill sighed quietly.
The Queen of the Void had once been a Fey princess even more beautiful and clever than Titania. Now she could barely speak coherently.
So he merely waved away the spreading power of void darkness. He did not attack the maddened, black-haired Fairy.
He would let her give Titania a beating first.
The Queen of the Void could rarely control her emotions, but some clarity remained. She knew Hill was nearby. Though her black orbs flew everywhere as she moved erratically, Titania was her only target.
Her aim was just a little off.
Oberon frowned. Once the White Dragon settled on the fir tree where Hill stood, Titania no longer dared lure the Queen of the Void's attention toward him. Anyone could see that she had been trying to use those orbs of void darkness to hurt Oberon.
But if she dragged the Lord of Aglaia,