"Do you think I don't know you were the one that awakened the darkness within the princess two millennia ago? It was you who made her so vengeful that she became just like you. An emotionless person without any heart. She lost her humanity because of you!" King Emric thundered.
"That was because your good son made her like that; she was broken beyond repair. I needed to do something to keep her sane. She was my daughter; I'm the one who wanted her to be happy the most," Harriet barked, her voice filled with equal intensity.
"As if you can love someone else apart from yourself. Does such a pure emotion like love flow in those cold-hearted veins of yours?" King Emric said.
"It's been 2000 years, two millennia, and every shadow of her that is born goes through countless hurt and heartache, but you just watched everything unfold without lifting a finger. Did you think I'd believe your pretentious words even for a second?"