40 A Pawn II
It happened again, they always pointed a finger at him and he found it surprising that he didn’t expect the sa from her. She was an Euphrasia afterall and being part of the kingdom, she must equally co as a top official’s daughter as well.
The idea made him hiss in resentnt.
“Sotis the heart takes ti to accept what the mind already knows.” Ca his icy response and that’s when Annalise’s heart dropped.
She shook her head in skepticism as her neckline beca even more visible due to her shock. She didn’t want to believe that she was cursed enough to have freed the devil that would bring a serious impending doom to her people, she couldn’t have possibly freed him, she couldn’t have.... WHAT HAS SHE DONE??!!
Annalise tried to fight back the tears and the lumps which were starting to build in her throat, her stomach churned and she felt like waking up from this bad dream that only seed to be getting worse with each passing second.
‘Dear Lord, what have I gotten myself into?’ Thought Annalise.
With a sudden regret feeling her heart and the suffocations threatening to make her lose it, she turned around to make a run for it.
“If you leave this hall room then I promise you the lives of Euphrasia would crumble like dust in my palms the mont I’m done with them!!” Roshan instantly threatened, causing Anna’s feet to successfully stop once again due to his promised threat.
“Turn around and see for yourself.” He added more calmly this ti around, which was never a good sign and she imdiately turned around to see what he ant by that, her eyes narrowing into suspicion as her lips thinned in worry.
.....
Before her tear-filled eyes, three Euphrasia villagers were imdiately brought to the hall by so of his guards, forcing them to go on their knees and Anna felt her breath seize at the sight.
It was a man, a woman and a boy who looked no older than eleven year old. They had their eyes blindfolded but a look of trepidation lingered on their expression.
Their clothes looked rag and they had dirt on their faces, she would have sensed sothing was a bit off if they didn’t look even more frightened than a mouse.
“Let us go!” The woman among them instantly pleaded, despite being blindfolded and having no clue where she was, she knew they had been brought to the person who took them in in the first place.
“We did nothing wrong, I’m pleading with you to spare our lives.”
“Mother, where are we?” The fear in the boy’s tone could equally be felt and Roshan returned his gaze to Annalise whose face had gone really pale, looking no different from a white sheet.
“If you leave this room, the lives of this people will be gone before I even count to three.”
“You do not own their lives, so you have no right to take it away from them!”
“Test .” He challenged and to his surprise, Anna shook her head slightly and still chose to leave the room, with quick steps, she headed for the door.
STAB!
She had barely made it to the door when she heard the piercing sounds of a sword like soone had been stabbed, followed by the sound of agony that ca along with it and she imdiately halted.
STAB!!
She heard it again.
Instantly turning around to see what had happened, she realized one of Roshan’s guards had stabbed the man with a sword, not once but twice! Piercing it directly into his chest and he didn’t stop until he watched the look in the man’s expression turn pale and lifeless, before Anna could take in what just happened, the man sprawled to the ground, unmoved.
Ti seed to slow down as blood traces escaped from the man’s chest and staining the golden tiled floor, the remaining two victims couldn’t help but cry and gasp as they felt sothing very bad had occurred but didn’t dare move from their spot.
“Harold!” The woman called, hoping to hear her husband respond while trying to reach for him but sadly, she heard nothing and tried not to speak.
“Mother, what happened to father?” The little boy worriedly asked but Roshan’s expression remained unfazed. Anna could barely believe the scene in front of her eyes and stood looking like a ghost.
Levi wasn’t completely shocked by the scene since it’s happened many tis while Azazel just remained calm and composed as always. Rather, he was studying the interaction between the two of them.
The hostility was no doubt present but he was even more surprised seeing how bold the young lady was, he didn’t think there was anyone capable of challenging Roshan and not facing the dire consequences for it.
Or could it be she’s unaware?
“Dare to leave again?” Inquired Roshan with his brows questionably arched and Anna’s eyes clearly showed disbelief.
How could he bring himself to do sothing as horrible as this?? He.....he killed an innocent man and barely showed any form of remorse for it, it’s possible he could do the sa to the two innocent people.
“What do you want?” She finally asked, not letting a single tear escape from her eyes as she t his stare.
A devilish smile finally ford at the corner of his lips and the air turned dangerous, “ever played a ga of chess?” He asked but wasn’t expecting a single response from her.
“You my dear, are going to beco my most loyal maid and you will provide with enough informational insights I need to know about Euphrasia, in other words, you’re a pawn in my ga to victory.”
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