Chapter Twenty-Seven

Elpida

"Help!" I screamed again. The footsteps grew closer and I heard their shouts. "There! She's in there! "

In a matter of seconds, the guards swarmed in. I held the shredded pieces of my dress together and broke into a sob. My knees supposedly gave out and I fell to the floor as I wailed.

"S-she tried to help me. I... I... He said... He said the King had sent a message... An important message... That... That... No one could hear of... He brought me here... He... He... "I sobbed.

"He... He was a beast. I do not know how the Dowager Queen Oleia found out but she tried..." I swallowed. "... She tried to help me and now... now... He killed her! " I cried louder looking at Dameon with fear in my eyes. His eyes lifted from his grandmother's bloody corpse and met mine as he finally understood. To reach my goal, I had just sacrificed him.