Chapter 4 (Third Part)

Justin is the first to recognize both the sound of voice and the shot, he repels elodie and rushes in the direction of Lenore, she who as usual remains motionless and prays for a death easier than his life.

"No! " screams Justin during his race so hastily that he loses balance and falls to the ground.

Lenore remains neutral, until the moment she feels male hands wear it to avoid the trajectory of the beautiful. This one crosses the throne and stops sharp while Lenore stands safe and sound away, carried in the arms of a man covered entirely in black.

"Who is this funny guy? You think you are Zoro or what? " exclaims Ernest instinctively while advancing a step away from his post.

"Ernest! Not moved. " exclaims Justin as soon as he takes his head off the ground.

Relieved and gratifying, the latter rises from the ground and smiles at the unknown standing to the right of the throne.

"This jerk didn’t do more than carry her from the throne to prevent the bullet from hitting her."

He stands straight and stares at him for a moment.

"Still, he had to do it fast enough to make it." continues the latter his words internally during his small steps towards the unknown silhouette.

"Thank you for this rescue, will you please tender me my fiancée? " he asks in a friendly tone. Cautiously, he reaches out to the unknown and smiles friendly.

Silence and curiosity reign over the place, Catherine gets angry to see the obstinacy coming from her husband, she pushes a strong howl of annoyance and hurries to shoot repeatedly in the direction of the sky. Attracted by the blows of Catherine, only the unknown and Lenore seem focused on their first intentions; that of dying for Lenore and that of acting as planned for him.

Justine gets angry and takes off her shoe to throw it towards her wife. She narrowly dodges him and rushes to target him with her weapon. "Catherine, put down your weapon! " He orders it while clenching his fists, challenging her at once with his gaze.

"Never! You have been such a bad partner to the human that I am putting to such a high standard a stupid puppet for its beauty. Besides, let’s talk about the beauty of this hooker, she faded! Your rose faded my friend and you didn’t even notice it! " She says in a hateful tone.

She screams annoyed and pulls the trigger to the sky again.

"Never! You have been such a bad partner to the human that I am putting to such a high standard a stupid puppet for its beauty. Besides, let’s talk about the beauty of this hooker, she faded! Your rose faded my friend and you didn’t even notice it! " She says in a hateful tone. She screams annoyed and pulls the trigger to the sky again.

Catherine elbows her stomach, folds forward and gasps when she takes another blow to her back that collapses her to the ground. And two." mumbles Rosyne once standing with her foot firmly against the woman on the ground.

Mrs Sigieste does not approve of this situation and screams of irritation attracting only pity from her entourage, except Justin who seems much more hateful than compassionate.

"Wait a minute, who are you? And so is he? Am I the only one smart enough to ask me?" Ernest hastens to formulate while advancing rapidly towards the other figure covered from head to toe and dressed in black.

He aims at Rosyne from the gun and tightens her jaw when she in turn just points the gun at him.

"Ok I admit that I did not act very intelligently," said the latter weakly while lowering his weapon unconsciously.

While Justin is holding the head of annoyance in front of the distraction caused by Ernest, one of the guests takes the hand of elodie and guides her with him far away from the eyes.

"Thirteenth Rose sheltered," Andrew says, while rushing to guide her to the back of the nearest house.

"listen to me well, I am a friend and came to help you, trust me and everything will go as planned." declares the latter as soon as he moves back at the sight of the narrow and dark place to which he guides her.

Andrew turns to her and when he crosses his eyes, his heart tightens to the sight of sorrow and fear in his eyes.

"I’m gonna waste time." He thinks by allowing himself to carry it in his arms, he makes sure the gaze is not followed, then runs faster towards the shadow and disappears from the field of vision.

Justin ends up getting tired of this masquerade, he takes a gun out of his pocket and shoots so as to reach the weapon of his nephew, once on the ground, he attracts attention.

"Can we go back to dancing me and my rose? Rah! People are so outrageous sometimes," he said in an annoyed and impatient tone.

His wife gives him a black look and grimace.

"Please, the guard team against Catherine and her suitors, get rid of her." he demands firmly while turning to Ernest.

"Tradition." interrupted Catherine by taking Ernest’s weapon from the ground." Tradition says that a man must dance with his first wife to leave her and put himself with another...a dance will be my gift for your rose, or else it will be a ball before the ring." does it sound cold and psychopathic.

Justin takes a step back to the understanding of these words, he looks at the unknown to his right and threatens to flee by his index finger.

The stranger nods to his mission and is content to settle on the throne easily with Lenore on his legs.

"What the hell is this?" Lenore secretly thinks about having to spend an even more original birthday than she expected.

The atmosphere becomes less heavy and the guests clap their hands in chorus while Catherine gets up from the ground and approaches her husband.

She offers her hand, Justin accepts it despite him.

The violins and the flutes are heard at times while the couple silently turn around and stare at each other.

"This evening is clearly more unusual than expected," Rosyne secretly thinks while taking the weapon that Catherine abandoned after her.

More noise is heard in the Acraf field based on applause, vocal and instrumental songs. Rosyne silently fixes the time displayed on the watch on the ground, then she straightens up and notices the interest by which the fixed Ernest.

"I’m the only one who understands what’s going on, right? " he asks when she looks at it ten seconds. She nods and lets him kneel down to pray.