242 Hanged Man

When it was over, there was the horrible smell of death and blood in the air. 

Nothing outside the locked cells remained untouched.

Besides the groans of those still dying, inside the cells the prisoners screamed in despair or sobbed in terror.

The Princess and the Priest remained embraced, frightened to realize that, despite the cell where they were standing with the door open - the last thing Duke Kurt's ally did before being attacked by the hellhounds - the supernatural creatures totally ignored them.

Jailers and Dominicans - no one escaped. The exit door was locked.

Would the Black Queen, invoking Hecate's powers, have interfered with the imminent torture of Alexa and Gianpietro?

Or was it Alexander's promise that inside the castle the Princess would be safe? Even though she was a prisoner, would she be physically safe until his return?