The Only Thing I Have Left To Lose

“Katarina Godrick. Please begin your statement.” The affair between the Empire’s greatest hero, Millian, and his sister-in-law, Katarina, was a scandal so vile it shook the entire nation. In the courtroom where the adultery trial was held, Katarina faced two opposing gazes—those of the nobles, desperate to drag Millian down, and those of the commoners, equally desperate to keep him from falling. Every eye in the room was fixed on her lips. “I… was the only one who harbored such feelings. His kindness, born out of compassion… I mistook it, foolishly, for love.” Katarina had loved Millian. She still did. He was the one who had shown her undeserved kindness when no one else would look her...