He Is My Friend

CRASH!

"Ah!"

Two maids immediately came forward from their stand-by position when they saw and heard what had happened. Penelope accidentally dropped a flower vase to the corner of the table, breaking it and hurting her own hand.

Blood trickled down her arm and into the floor, but Penelope was in a daze when the maids approached.

"What's wrong, Young Miss?" one of the maids asked.

"I... don't know..." Penelope's heart started to beat weirdly. Why was it? She... didn't quite know.

Penelope's brown eyes blurred; she thought about something weird... 'Why... do I think of His Highness Hyacinth right now?'

***

"Duchess!"

Harriet was startled by the sudden commotion. She turned to the church door and saw Ezra running at her. She broke down in tears but immediately cried to her, "Please save him...!"

"What?"

"Save Heinrich—!"

The moment her body fell into Harriet's embrace, she became limp and lost her consciousness.