Chapter 1

The Assassin assualt!

1920 , Church Street

A luxurious carriage made of premium wood was pulled by a rare horse breed which had a mixture of reddish and a little shade of brown ash colour.

If I must say , this horse was tall and had thick strong legs that's not seen in many horses these days.

The Belgian Draft Horse.

The finest quality, I say !

This breed of draft horse originally comes from Brabant origin, which is in Belgian, and is known for being one of the strongest breeds of horses . They are often chestnut in color but this horse was little different .

Or you could call it as a hybrid Belgian.

Now , this horse was galloping through the muddy alley in the middle of the rain . As it was rushing, the carriage thick wheels stumbled across a small pedal which resulting a shaking of the entire carriage .

A young guy wearing white long tshirt and a coarse greyish pant , was the carriage driver. He yelled at the carriage hoping that they could hear his words in this heavy raining and trying his best to see the roads . Due to the rain falling at his face , he couldn't open his eyes properly and had difficulty managing the ride .

"Sir , hang tight ..."

Inside the carriage, a prime man and young women were seated . They just experienced a shock of sudden jumping from the little accident happened just now .

The young man was at prime of his age , he was wearing double-breasted jacket and baggy Zoot-inspired suits that resembled ordinary but if one observed the fabrics that used in making the suit , they would be shocked .

Chardonnet Silk!!

This amazing "Chardonnet silk" was introduced at the Paris Exhibition in 1889 and it beautiful lustry glow and silky texture immediately captured the public's attention. But not many people could use this material since it's still a very Luxury and only nobles could afford this material.

This man brushed his upper suit out of habits and said in complaining tone to the young lady

" These meteorologist couldn't be trusted these days ! According to them wasn't it supposed to be a clear night today "

Ignoring his complaining words, the young women took out a dark coloured hand fan which was made of ostrich feathers . She covered her mouth with it and said

"Sir Rhodes , these days you are often filled with disappointment just like people being disappointed in your men".

As if hitting his wounded flesh , Rhodes eyes became sharp and he looked at her for a moment before saying coldly

"We do what the law is told , Baroness ! What other think about us , it won't matter to us ."

The young women was the 12th Baroness of Sivi territory, Madame Cordie vel.

She and sir Rhodes was a close acquaintance which they met three years ago in a royal ball . At that time , they shared a young passionate night and became close .

Their relationship was very straightforward until a gap appeared inbetween them and soon they choose to be indifferent to each other .

If you are all wondering why would these two are together now , you will understand soon enough.

Hearing his words, Madame Cordie snorted coldly and looked outside the red curtain of the carriage window.

Seeing her behaviour, Sir Rhodes rubbed his forehead and decided to be mute for now .

Even though he was quiet , Madame Cordie didn't , she spoke after a few minutes .

"I heard a rumor... that your majesty's health is getting worse as times passes."

As she said the last words , she looked at him from corner of her eyes and asked curiously

"...is that rumour true, Sir Rhodes?"

Rhodes was thinking about something else and he was caught off guard when he heard her sudden words .

He looked at her strangely and asked

"Why does Madame Cordie belive in those rumours?"

She expected that she won't get straight answer from this iron head guy since he was always been a loyal guard of the majesty .

Madame Cordie folded the dark hand fan and said with bright smile

"No I'm not that idiot... I was just curious!"

Sir Rhodes said in straight face without showing any emotions in his face

"As expected of Baroness, very clever ."

After saying this he immediately went quiet leaving her fumming in anger.

She was helpless against his straightforward answers so she just looked outside the window and suddenly she was surprised .

The carriage wasn't moving anymore.

It was completely stopped in middle of the rain and in empty road .

She immediately said in puzzling tone

"Sir Rhodes, why did we stopped advancing to the royal court ?"

Rhodes frowned and looked outside the window to cross check on her words .

Madame Cordie was right !

They were indeed stopped in middle of the streets. Rhodes thought for a second and called the horse rider name .

"Charles ! Why did we stop ?"

But to his surprise there was no answer from Charles .

Madame Cordie gripped her folding fan and said while looking outside the window.

"This is not the way to the palace ...this ...We are in the middle of outskirts land ?"

Rhodes frowned hearing her words .

This place was far from the royal palace and they were standing close to outside the city .

Sir Rhodes called Charles name once again but there was no answer from that person. They both looked at each other and immediately knew that something was wrong .

"Stay here ! I will check what's happening."

As he said to her , He took out a gun from his left side suit pocket.

A colt gun or it can be called as colt official police gun .

The Colt Official Police is a medium frame, double-action revolver with a six-round cylinder, primarily chambered for the 0.38 Special cartridge .

He unlocked the safety of the gun and slowly opened the carriage door . When he was about to step outside, a whitish pale hand grabbed him .

Rhodes frowned and looked back only to see a worried face of Madame Cordie.

He was surprised to see her worrying face , since he never saw her like that .

She let go of her hands before saying softly

"Be careful!"

Shocked by her words , he nodded his head in silence and stepped out of the carriage.

A heavy wind and rain coverd his whole body instant. He took a second to adjust the environment and slowly walked forward while pointing his colt gun , cautiously.

As he came closer to the carriage , he didn't see Charles at all . The carriage seat was empty !

"Where did he go?"

Rhodes thought in his mind .

Sir Rhodes looked around cautiously and suddenly he noticed a dark shadow was standing not so far away from him .

That dark shadow was standing 50 yards away from Rhodes and due to the visionary sir Rhodes could only see a dark shadow .

Sir Rhodes instinct kicked in suddenly, he immediately pointed his shaking hands at the direction of the dark shadow.

After many years of working in police department, he never trembled before but now he was shaking from seeing the dark shadow .

Rhodes couldn't clearly see if the dark shadow was a men or women since his vision was blurred by the heavy rain and the streets lights were very dim.

As he began to head towards the direction of the dark shadow . Sir Rhodes said in loud voice

"Who's there ?"

But there was no response only his own echo replied to his question.

Gritting his teeth ,Rhodes began to slowly advance towards . As he was moving forward, Madame Cordie voice was heard from behind .

"Sir Rhodes!"

He stopped moving and turned his upper body a little, only to see a shocking scene.

Madame Cordie was outside the carriage, standing, shivering from the cold . She was drenched in rain and slightly trembling from cold and fear.

Sir Rhodes narrowed his eyes and his heart sank next second.

A person wearing cerulean long cloak was standing behind Madame Cordie and in his left hand a shining black rapier was held and it directly pointing at her throat.

"An assassin?"

Sir Rhodes face became dark and he immediately said in cold voice.

"Stop ! Do you know what you are doing?"

The person in cerulean cloak didn't say words , instead he directly stabbed the rapier in her throat.

Ending her life within a second.

Sir Rhodes was stunned , seeing her blood soaked face falling to the ground helplessly. The last thing he saw was her face filled with worries and concern.

He didn't know why would she have that kind of expression in her face .

Rhodes felt his whole mind went blank and his stunned momentum brough his demises too.

Shing !

A black sword stabbed through behind him and Rhodes clothes soon was covered by his own blood.

The sword which was stabbed in his flesh was forcefully pulled out and Rhodes coughed out blood . He didn't have the strength anymore or more importantly he fell to the ground as his life faded away .

......

Someone asked me what is life ? How do you describe it ?

I thought about it for seven days and night for the answer but in the end i couldn't come up with anything.

Closing the door I went out and the first dawn of the January week covered my face .

Taking a deep breath , i walked through the busy streets and everyone who saw me would immediately greet me humbly .

"Ah good morning Sir Hendrick !"

"Good morning gentlemen!"

My name is Hendrick Brixton , the judiciary lord of Fort Hill Myers and also I have another nickname that people used to call me .

The People , they call me "Cadmus "

To be continued!