Protection spells are usually cast by one's partner!

Adeline said, shaking her head in disbelief.

Sophia glanced at Adeline, then looked down, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment.

"Ragnar threatened to write a decree ordering my beheading, the same as he did to Arnulp. Then, I grabbed his hand and placed it on my neck, and told him, 'Take my head whenever you want, whenever you feel I deserve it,'" Sophia recounted, her voice tinged with a mix of defiance and vulnerability.

She discreetly touched her neck and murmured a healing spell to soothe the marks.

Adeline's eyes widened in disbelief at Sophia's stubbornness but couldn't help but feel a surge of admiration for her courage.

"Then?"

"Then he choked me."

Adeline gave a mischievous smile. "Let me guess, he choked you while he was… entering you, My Queen?"

Sophia laughed. "Of course!"

"Oh damn, that makes me eager for night to come so I can ask Uzana to do the same for me," Adeline said with a mischievous smile.