Chapter 439: Cycled Beyond Control

Frederick He had heard those words before—in fact, one too many times. He had visited Iel, and while her words were things he would rather forget, he knew all too well what they could mean for him. "You see, you have a strange destiny," the old hag had told him. "The nobility, if I have Stefan oxide, I think it's well-known, and everyone should know the truth about them. They only do what they believe to be in their best interest. And if," he said, waiting, Frederick's eyes narrowed, "it doesn't matter to them, even if they have to spread the most terrible and worst lies to achieve it. But I don't think we can necessarily alienate them," Stefano said, calming Frederick down against his table and silencing his beta. Frederick’s eyes darkened. "They're more than part of the problem, both of you," he said, his gaze moving back and forth between the two of them. More than anything, he wanted his message to get across. More than anything, he needed his message to get across. "It's not as