"Why didn't you tell me?" Mila asked, her focus now on Liam, who was still standing quietly beside her.
"Because he doesn't believe that you will end up like the previous kings and queens. He wants to protect you by not telling you this, as if not saying it would have a different effect," Elena answered Mila's question for Liam.
Meanwhile, the king could only stare at Elena with a look full of hostility, as if he was ready to sentence her to death right then and there.
"I didn't tell you because I didn't think you needed to know about it," Liam said. He then turned his attention to Mila. "Mila, not everything you see is true and not everything you hear can help you."
"Then you think, by keeping this a secret, is for best? And my ignorance can help with this matter?" Mila mocked him. "No kidding…"