Sigrid saw her, the king’s favorite woman Rina. She was pacing around nervously. Her ladies-in-waiting and three female servants were around her, all nervous as well. From the snivels she heard, Sigrid guessed that so were crying, afraid of what was to co.
Again, she opened her mouth and said. "The organization will thank you well."
The look of relief on the faces of the maids and ladies-in-waiting was undeniable, they abandoned Rina’s side as quickly as they could and gathered around the doors.
"What are you doing?" Rina scread. "Get back here and protect or the king will hear of this. I will have all of your heads after this rebellion has been dealt with. All you worthless beings will learn your duty."
Sigrid rolled her eyes, rule number one for protecting your life as a royal, noble or human was never abuse the servants. These were the people that closed your doors at night, cooked and handled your food and watched over you.
Rina was apparently not familiar with that rule and that was why Sigrid’s entrance into the secondary consort’s chambers had been made easy. All of the people that worked for her, with the exception of two or three wanted her dead.
Five of the red knights that had followed Sigrid inside, imdiately launched an attack on the two red knights that were determined to protect Rina.
While they took care of that, Sigrid dropped Bane Silberuss down and she approached Rina.
"Who are you?" she asked, her voice trembled as she walked backwards in fright. "I warn you, I am the king’s favorite woman, the noble consort. Your duty as a red knight is to protect . If any harm befalls the king will not spare you."
Sigrid unsheathed the sword around her waist which belonged to Bane and she continued to step towards Rina, her steps were slow but firm, deliberate as she wanted Rina to be afraid.
Rina jumped on the bed and scread at her maids. "What are you doing? Why aren’t you protecting ? Hurry up and stop him."
Those she was requesting for help from only stared back coldly, there would be no help coming from them, in fact they wished to take the place of the knight with the sword and stab Rina personally.
"Help." Rina looked at the window and scread loudly. "Soone, help , there are rebels in my chambers."
Her loud scream was useless as the sound of the battle outside overpowered every other noise around the royal castle. She got down from the bed with her eyes on the doors, with a plan to run towards them. She was hoping to escape and find the king, he would protect her.
However, the five red knights that had just killed her only protection ford a solid wall, blocking her path. Their swords that were dripping with fresh red blood pointed at her chest.
Rina turned around and once again, faced Sigrid. They were standing on opposite sides of the bed, Sigrid was holding the sword in her hand like a javelin and she threw it out with a lot of strength. Before Rina could think of dodging, running or hiding, the sword went through her chest, coming out of her back.
It was loud all through the castle but inside Rina’s chambers, for a mont, silence gripped the air and everyone experience a dramatic shock. They had known that Rina was going to die and yet they had still been unprepared for it.
She was not yet dead, Rina was holding the sword with both hands, eyes wide in disbelief, her mouth slightly agape as she processed what was happening.
To Sigrid’s unexpected surprise, one of the red knights approached Rina from the back and he stabbed her. She heard the gasps of the others who did not expect it.
"This is for my sister." the knight said in a deep angry voice. "She broke a vase, just one vase and you had her cooked to death in hot water."
This ti it was Sigrid’s jaw that dropped open, how did the author forget to include that tidbit? Rina was boiling people to death, how was this not public information?
The surprise did not last long as another knight followed the example of the first one, stabbing Rina as well. Soon, everyone in the room that had unfairly lost a loved one at Rina’s hands.
The cris for which she had executed people were ridiculous: Comnting on her physical appearance, serving her a less than perfect al, the king not having sex with her for any reason, praising the queen, if she woke up in a bad mood, accidentally spilling anything on her dress.
Her thods of death were cruel, boiling in hot water, throwing people off cliffs, beheading, drowning, hanging by the feet, mauling to death by dogs.
A character like Rina deserved nothing but grueso death and it was what she got. The very last knight cut off her head and tossed it on the floor.
"Bring in the bodies of dead rebels and spies in the castle and throw them in here. Set the chambers on fire." Sigrid ordered. She looked at the maids and ladies-in-waiting. "You have all participated in the killing of a royal consort, if this ever gets out you and your families will die.
In order to keep this secret, there are two options here, you swallow a poison pill and receive a regular antidote from the organization which will arrange for your safe passage out of the city after the rebellion or you die at my hand right now. I know that so of you might be tempted to take on in a fight but I don’t advise you to do it.
Even if you kill , your problem will not be solved, after all the king will want to know why you all survived while his consort died. He will bury you and your families with whatever is left of her.
Before you ask how you can tell that the poisoned pill won’t kill you, rember that I work for the organization. It prefers to have more breathing and useful workers than dead ones.
Those that choose the poison pill will be considered as permanent workers for the organization from now on. You will work where you are assigned and collect information or carry out certain tasks after you complete training. So of you will even return to that castle to work as servants with new faces."
She held her palm out with black pills that contained the poison. It was not surprising that they all chose the pill over death.
"What do we do now?" One of the knights asked her.
Sigrid looked at each of them slowly with piercing eyes. "There is a tunnel beneath the royal kitchen which can be used to evacuate the castle. When you get to the other end soone will be waiting to take you all into hiding for a while. Do not forget to bring more bodies in and set fire to the chambers. What happened here should never fall in the ears of another person or else you will die as will your mothers, fathers, children, grandchildren, sisters and brothers."
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