"Please don't do this. I'll give you anything you want; just name it."
The Duke broke down in front of Dorian, crying his eyes out.
He knew if Dorian were to release these envelopes to the public, or the King herself, then he was done for. Not only did the envelopes contain every single message he had sent to Alabaster—which detailed how he seized the land and how he duped the King using the Governor—it also contained the few things he planned to do in the future.
Some of which were a direct threat to the throne.
Treason.
"What do you want? I'll do anything! Do you want my daughter? I can give you her hand in marriage if that is what you want!"
Every word the Duke spoke was followed by large droplets of tears dripping from his swollen eyes.
