“What do you mean you can't find your brother? Have you checked the palace?" Elena asked.“I did, Mother but I can't find him anywhere," Klein responded.“What are you saying? He just got back and now he's missing? If this is a joke, you better cut it out. Go and search the palace properly. He is somewhere," she snapped.Klein didn't want to argue with her so he went searching again. He knew for a fact that Joel wasn't missing today.The man had been absent from the palace for two days but he wasn't worried because the Empress was missing too, which meant they were together.But now the Emperor was suddenly back with the Empress and Joel was still yet to return, it had him fearing the worst. He was skeptical about it though. If the man was caught, certainly the soldiers would have brought him back right?But they didn't. He even went as far as searching Joel's hideout in the woods but there was no sign of life there or anything to give him a clue on what happened.That was why he we
“What do you think they are going to do to him, mother?” Mona asked in a fear-consumed tone. Elena was still trying to recover from the shock. She knew she didn't exactly raise angels, but never in her life would she have imagined that Joel was capable of such a thing.He always seemed like the morally inclined one among them. To think he went as far as raping a woman in an unconscious state!That could not forgiven no matter how she tried to paint it in her head."Mother! You're not saying anything!” Mona complained but Elena continued standing there in silence absorbing the shock the news sent to her. " We can't just do nothing! I know what he did was wrong but we have to plead with Styles to spare him. Those people will kill him!” Mona cried. She didn't know what prompted them to do something so stupid but she was scared for them. They were her only siblings. She couldn't afford to loose them. “Mother," she whined pulling the woman's arm until Elena got fed up and yanked her a
Klein gulped hard as the general matched to him. What was going to happen now? He couldn't kill his brother, even with a knife to his neck. The General stopped in front of him with a stoic expression, “You will be taken to the execution ground today and I must warn you, if you try to pull any stunt, you will lose both your heads.”"I… I can't do it. I can't kill… you have to understand me, we grew up together. We do everything together. We are…”" I don't care about your family tree. The Emperor gave an order and if you can't fulfill it, you will suffer the same fate as him,” the General cut him short. Klein could barely move a muscle. The soldiers had to grab him immediately and dragged him to the execution ground. By the time he got to the execution ground, his soul left his body as he took in the state of his brother. The man was covered in burns and injuries that looked very fresh. His head had missing patches of hair and on one of his arms, a bone was sticking out of his f
Mona cried profusely in her bed, the scene replaying over and over in her head. She could feel her heart breaking over and over again. The servants didn't bother about her pain.. No one even stopped to ask about the reason for her tears or sympathized with her. It was obvious they already knew what had happened but the grudges they held against her wouldn't let them sympathize with her. Someone tapped her suddenly and she turned to see her mother. Anger coursed through her veins as she saw the woman.“Mona,” Elena called quietly, attempting to touch her again but Mona flipped her hand away. "Don't touch me! This is all your fault!” She screamed at her. Elena flinched, surprised by the hostility even though she'd anticipated it. " My fault? How is it my fault? I didn't ask your brother to rape the Empress!” She retorted. “You know, I always suspected you were heartless, now you just proved me right! They killed your son and you're not even bothered about it,” Mona screamed at her
Nine months later.Styles had the best doctors surround Ivory. Her due date was in one week but he wasn't going to risk it. He made sure the servants attended to her and provided her with everything she wanted. He didn't want to hear that she lifted a finger to do anything.Ivory felt suffocated with the numerous strange faces around her but she couldn't do anything about it. It was the only way her husband would leave her side and attend to matters of the empire.“Your Highness, do you need anything else?" A servant asked after serving her the fruits. Ivory shook her head and proceeded to eat the fruits under their watchful eyes. If she didn't know better, she would assume they were waiting for her to drop dead. But the opposite was the case. “Your Highness, do you like the fruits? Should I get you more?” The girl asked and Ivory managed to shake her head. The irritation shooting through her veins threatened to make her snap and she couldn't afford to.They didn't deserve it. The
The news of her missing baby kept Ivory in shock for almost a week. She didn't say a word, didn't eat, barely even blinked. She just stared blankly into space, disregarding everything that was being said to her. The doctors tried their best to get her out of her depressed state but nothing seemed to be working. The Empress was depressed and broken. Only the cry of her baby could bring her back. The Emperor was devastated. He didn't understand why anyone would want to harm him daughter. She was only a baby. Innocent and fragile. His heart hurts everytime he thought about the possible suffering they were subjecting her to.He could imagine her cries from all the times she was denied food. She wasn't even allowed to taste her mother's milk.This was by far the highest form of cruelty. “Your Majesty, I know this might not be what you want to hear at this critical moment, but sulking will not solve this. We need to find the culprit and we can't do that if you're moping around," Ragi s
Cedric was beyond surprised when Ragi showed up at his doorstep with soldiers. It wasn’t a pleasant visit, else there would be no need for soldiers.“To what do I owe this unpleasant visit?” Cedric asked, trying to play off the seriousness of the situation but he was damn wrong. The face that greeted him back was icy and possibly the last face he would see before dying.Not that he planned to die but that was the vibe Ragi was giving off.“In the name of his majesty, The Emperor of the Black Empire, you are under arrest for the kidnap of the newly born heir,” Ragi announced coldly. “Take him!” He instructed the guards and Cedric’s eyes widened in surprise.“The heir is missing? Wait… what is going on, you have to talk to me… I don’t understand what’s going on,” Cedric said to Ragi but the General didn’t believe him.“For your sake, I advise you to stop pretending. The Emperor has been condoning your excesses for long enough but this is the final straw. He is going to make sure you are
Cedric's screams infiltrated the prison as they tortured him. His lips were busted, big purple bruises around his eyes with little cuts scattered all over his face. But that was nothing compared to the wounds on his body. With the way they were going, they were going to torture him to death. And that was the last thing he wanted. Dying for another man's crime.“Are you ready to talk now?" Ragi asked, as soon as his screams died down. "I don't know how else to convince you that I am innocent. I had nothing to do with this, you have to believe me, “ Cedric pleaded. Ragi stared at him critically. “Let's do it this way, don't admit it. Give us a name. Tell us who is holding her. Easy, right?" Ragi tried to reason with him. “You don't understand. I don't know anyone!” Cedric spat out.“Why are you so stubborn? Fine, no names. Just give us a location. Where can we find the girl?" Ragi persisted and Cedric slammed his injured fists on the table with annoyance. “Are you deaf? I said I