When Helena said those words, she felt as if something inside her broke, permanently.  

It was a great betrayal she was proposing, but she had carefully evaluated the situation. And she feared that if she didn’t act, Lance would execute John, and she couldn’t bear the thought. She had thought about helping John regain the throne, but the world was cruel to women. Even if she could ask for her brother’s support in Shivia, by the time he responded to help her husband, how could ...