Duke feels his throat dry up. For six years, he has been dreaming of setting his eyes on this man and for almost a year now, he has dedicated his life to that goal. He can't believe that he is now looking at the man now, the Grand Lord, the dictator of evil, and a man directly from the lineage of the devil himself. They are all mesmerized as they look at him from the Windows, Duke feels his blood boil just from the sight of him. This is the man that killed his family members. " I will go down and talk to him, father. " Mister Joseph is already walking to the door. " Do you want to die?" Mister Jimmy asks him. " Grab me my meds, I am going to do that myself. " Mister Joseph comes back with a sigh. He takes out two medicine bottles and drops two pills in his father's palm. He swallows it immediately and with the aid of his walking stick, he starts to make his way out of the room. " The Lords, come with me. " He instructs. " I really thought that the first meeting would be differe

The whole room is still, the guards don't come at him because they know that he is not playing. Duke cocks the gun and the tension in the room grows even tighter. This doesn't dent the grand Lord's confidence, he is still smoking. " Duke, it's going to take more than a bullet to kill me. " The Grand Lord says. " I am going to do it with one bullet. " Duke doesn't even blink. " And it will be the most satisfying thing I would have done in my life. "He laughs again. Duke is angered that he keeps laughing at what he has been saying and he turns to the gun on Lord William. There is not enough time for Lord William to realize what Ill fate has on his behalf and before he can even blink, the bullet has left the gun. Lord William falls to the ground, dead. Eve shuts her eyes and lets out a sigh. Melody lets out a small scream and covers her mouth with her hand. She is not shocked by having just experienced someone dying in front of her, she is more terrified that Duke did it. Her

Duke steps out and for the first time in excruciating hours, he feels the air around him. He inhales very deeply, taking in as much as the scent of freedom and fulfillment. " Duke!"He has hardly turned around when he sees Melody coming towards him, her grandfather is by her side. She suddenly stops and her eyes lower and is still holding the head of the Grand Lord and its dripping blood. She looks like she wants to throw up and pass out at the same time, he feels a jab in his heart. " Don't go anywhere close to him. " Mister Jimmy warns. " We don't know who this man is. " " My Dad. " She heaves. " Where is my father?"Duke's mind goes back to Mister Joseph's body and Joe suddenly he had just died, how he was alive one second and not the next. He looks at the ground. " Just don't go in there. " He says. " Everything will be fine. ""What do you mean?" Her voice quivers. " Where is my father?"Duke can't bear telling her that her father is dead, he doesn't want to hear her she

Duke doesn't touch his face or react in any way. Mister Jimmy is looking at him with eyes dead of emotions. " He touched the general, seize him!"They are charging at him when Duke raises his hand and stops them from doing anything. Mister Jimmy is not fazed at all and he is looking at Duke with all of the pain of the world. " How dare you come here? After all that you have done?!" He spits. "I'm sorry, Lord Jimmy. " Duke bends his head. He is wrong, he is going to admit that. " Lord?" Mister Jimmy frowns. " Don't call me Lord, not after you personally brought down the brotherhood. "Duke looks down, the way one would when being scolded by an adult. " It wasn't my intention, sir. " He says. " I was a man desperate for vengeance. " " And at whose cost?" He yells. " My daughter is beyond shattered after losing her father. "Duke shuts his eyes as if he is flinching, the thought that Melody is passing through some form of pain is too much for him. " Journalists have been trooping

"What?"Duke almost chokes on the water that he has been drinking. How is it that Melody has gone from wanting to kill him and now she is being totally calm? " I said I am sorry for how I spoke to you and I want you to attend my father's funeral. " She repeats. He sets the water down and looks at the screen of the phone, just to make sure that his ears are not deceiving him. " Is everything alright, Melody?" He asks. " Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Why?"" You just went from threatening my life to inviting me to attend your father's funeral."" Yeah, I got time to think. " She quickly says. " We are still married after all." Duke squints, the farther this conversation goes, the weirder he finds it. " Okay, Melody. " He sighs, not wanting to push her further. " And I'm sorry for what happened to your father." " Yeah, yeah. " She answers. " See you, then."The phone beeps, and she has ended the call. For someone who has forgiven him, she didn't even say goodbye. He throws the phone to