Revenge will be taken!

As the carriage continued to move, the people looked at the carriage with a frown. Soon a group of knights moved and stopped my way and I cursed. Did they not have any other work to do on the day of my funeral rather than stopping my way?!

"The carriage can not enter my lady. The place is off limits."

"May I know who has given the orders? Since I know that the late duchess did not have any heir.`` I asked, still giving them a chance to recognize my voice and save their lives. Or else I will make sure that they will die a gruesome death later.

"Ha! And who are you to ask that? Just a commoner gets so much courage to ask the question with knights!"

"Sir Raphiel, that voice.. Isn't the voice of the duchess' 'I smirked as the man who whispered was smart. He warned the man recognizing my voice and at the same time passed me the name for future punishment.

"How could that be.. Everyone knew that mistress died last night, when his carriage fell from the cliff. Didn't that traitor Murid found unconscious near the cliff. I was so relieved that he was announced to be given the death penalty." my hands clenched into a fist when I heard his words! They dare! Everyone knew that Murid was one of my 7 loyal gems.

"That is enough" I stomped my feet as I opened the door and got down from the carriage.

I took my veil out and threw it on the floor. Their eyes widened looking at me but they continued to stand there frozen.

"Where is Murid?" I asked in a cold voice, they all shivered and kneeled that instant.

"That. .that could not be.." continued the dumb knight. I wonder why he was even given a job in the palace.

"I am going to ask one last time, where is Murid?"

"My.. my lady. He was taken to the plaza of the capital where all the traitors were hanged on the square in front of the citizens of the empire to show the result of being against the nobles of the empire."

"Who ordered this, you come with me to guide the coachman." I almost ran back to the carriage.

"Ride faster, if not you will be the one to die on the square today." I shouted as I saw that the carriage was barely moving.

"Have mercy my lady, many commoners and even nobles are standing on the way. The place is too crowded. The carriage can not move easily." the voice almost came crying as if the man was hurt badly.

"Then stop the carriage." I instructed and the carriage stopped that instant.

Walling out of the carriage I moved and took the daggers of the stunned knights, when I snatched from the first two knights, the others passed me before I could even touch their uniforms.

After having a satisfying number of weapons in my hands, I walked to the driver's seat instead of entering in the passenger's seat.

"I am going to say it only once, if I saw a single person in front of the carriage, I would throw the dagger at him or her. I will not differentiate between men, women or kids and I will not be responsible even if you die. Since you all are on my property without my permission." my threat was not a joke, and they all knew it.

'I am the girl who didn't bat an eyelid even when she killed most of her relatives with her own hands.' Then why would I think of those strangers.

They ran towards the corner as if the earth was breaking apart from the middle of the ground and the carriage started moving smoothly.

"Drive faster" I ordered once again, but no matter how fast the man drove it still took us more than hours to reach there.

And when we reached.. It was too late!

The crowd was dissipating and the stage was empty. The plaza was reeking with the smell of blood.

And in the front of me was a lifeless body that was left unattended. Not even a single person was near him.

Murid! Whenever i asked him to marry and have a family he always used to say.

"I am too young to marry. And you are my family, my lady" his words, his face, his smile and his tears everything was swirling in the air.

Roaming in front of my eyes, yet I could not cry. If I cried, I would be called weak. How would that do judgement to my cold villainess image. And if they saw me crying for him, they would reach his parents or sister.

Sister!!!!!

"Where are his parents and sister?" I asked as I looked at the knight. He was the one who recognized me from my voice.

"They were informed late, my lady. The punishment was given in a hurry. So they were not able to reach here and no one else claimed the body. His friends were afraid they would also be accused as traitors. So no one came." I took slow steps towards the body, as each step felt heavy like thousands of chains were bound to my body and I needed to drag their weight too.

One more life was lost because of me, one more person closer to my heart was gone. Revenge and blood filled my eyes as I saw the mark on his neck and his lifeless eyes looking at the sky.

I kneeled in front of him and closed his eyes. Taking the oath of his body, I swear I will not let any of them alive who were behind his death.

"Name everyone who is behind this and issue an order of death punishment for all of them."