Chapter 18 of chapter 4 The duchess

Everyone in the table was in sudden shocked and fear on what would become the date of the maid now. 

"No no no, she can't do that! Angela can not do that!" Isabella keep on protesting but all her word were invalid. Nothing she said seem to work. 

Angela was bought to kneel in the middle of the court room for everyone to seen her.. a tall huge man stands behind her with a axe on his hand. 

"Milord, do something she can't died!" Isabella cried. She doesn't want to seen the head of someone be chopped off all because of her again! 

But the Duke never shows any remorse on that. His woman can't please on the life of someone who wish her nothing but death. 

His woman seem too soft to people. That one thing he need to work on. The Duke woman should be filled of supremacy! 

" Do you have any last wish for you died?" His nonchalant voice asked. 

Angela who was covered in her own sweat lift up her head to the direction of the man who seat delicately on his chari to watch her died. Besides him was the weeping black woman she had planned to killed. 

She cries for me? Angela asked herself painfully before turning her head away. Isabella have a good heart, she was never their target but since the Duke have his eyes on the girl. They have to option but to attacks her. If she is dead, the Duke would be powerless!

She gritted her teeth angrily due to the failure she had bought to herself. The other in the table get muted and no one dare to speak up for her except Isabella. But her voice wasn't heard by the Duke. When the devil mind is made up, it's made up for real. No amount of begged or please can melt his heart. 

She looked down to the floor. 

"I killed Emma!" She said, close her eyes tightly, ashamed to look at the side of the pleading girl. 

Immediately Isabella stop pleading, she felt her heart stop working. What is she saying? Emma is dead and gone! No way, she just lying. Right? 

Angela swallow when she didn't heard the girl voice pleading. She knows isabella might be shocked to this new revelation of hers. Then she repeated herself.

"I killed her with the help of Matthew and Scott!" She shouted enough for everyone in the room to hear her voice. 

Emily heart skipped at the mention of Scott. Can't just the lady just died in peace, must she link out the names of her partners? Emily thought. If Angela keeps on talking, she might be drags out as well. She was the one who pursued Scott to take Isabella life! 

"Oh really? So, you're the mouse that was disturbing the peace of my palace" The Duke said with so much sarcasm. 

" No...no that can't be truth! Emma isn't dead!" Isabella screams. Why no one told her about this. Her best friend is dead? No it can't happen. 

"I ..I am sorry Isabella" Angela muttered between her tears. She had no intention to kill Emma but that was the only way for them to keep their mission in track. 

"You never mean to? But why lady Angela. I trusted you like a friend. Even though you have a thing against me why don't you just kill me instead of killing her! What did Emma do to you!" Isabella was break down her tears runs like the rivers. She couldn't believe it, Emma's dead!

Everyone in the table was stunned to the revelation of the lady. They have never expected she could do something like that. 

Arthur looked at the side of the weeping woman. He felt his heart squeeze. This was what he was trying to escape. Seeing his woman cry. 

" I think that enough confession" he said nonchalantly and slaps his fingers. 

Suddenly, two men was dragged in the court room as all eyes wide in curiosity and shocked to seen the man that once betrayed the Duke. Scott! 

They were pushed down on the floor. The Duke looked at them emotionlessly. 

"Scott, we meet again" he said coldly. 

Fear cupped on to Scott and Matthew as them have seen the face of the  beast. The man in form of the devil. 

"What a great surprise. This calls for celebration!" 

Later, Elsie was dropping on the floor by one of his men. Marcus steps besides them. 

"Milord" he bowed. "As it goes to plan. There are"  Marcus said, pointing at the hopeless men on the floors. 

"Lady Pearl!" The Duke called. "Yes milord" Pearl answered from her seat. 

" Take my woman out here" 

Pearl nodded and walked to the weeping girl. Isabella was just filled with the pains of her friend death that no one tell her about. 

"Milady, let go" Pearl said softly to the weeping girl. Isabella stood up and wept her tears. Stolen a glance at Angela and the rest on the floor. 

"I wish you a farewell death!" She said nonchalantly and head out of the room followed by lady Pearl and Lily. She too was terrified to hear the death of the Emma. She couldn't believe it too.  How can a sweet lovely woman like Angela killed an innocent girl like Emma. Emma have been a true friend but never in her life did she deserves to died. 

While Emily was struck on her seat. She didn't know if she can just walk out like the rest. The room was suffocating her! But her butt was glued there. She could feel the gaze of Scott on her. 

What can she do! She was trap and stuck! 

Elsie lift her head up to the man she once love no matter what form he was. Her eyes were filled of pleading. She can't allowed her brother life been taken on front of her. 

"Please... milord. I begged you take my life instead of his. I can't looes him again" Elsie pleaded with tears. She has made a mistake that she comes to realize. 

She doesn't mind ending her life but she can't bare the guilt to let her brother died again. 

Arthur chuckled. The dungeon have really changed the mind set of lady Elsie. He must send she looks so innocent just the first time them meet. After listening to the woman pleading voice. He said. 

"Marcus, take Elsie and her brother to the hell. Make sure their heads are chopped off well" 

Marcus nods. He clearly understand what the Duke meant but he had never thought he would let them go but no one in the room understand the language as all thought Lady Elsie and her brother headbare going to be chop off. 

"As you wish" Marcus signal his hand, some men came and drags on Elsie and her brother. 

"Please milord free him. He had does nothing, just kill me only!" Elsie voice ehoced in the room as they were dragged out. 

As soon as Elsie and Matthew left the room.  The Duke shift his gaze to the rest two person kneeling down before him. 

"Now, what can I do to you?" He asked, rejoicing. 

" You can do anything you want but I can assure you if we didn't kill her. Oscar will surely come for your woman" Scott said mischievously smiling donw his gaze. 

The Duke face darkened and the beast face was revealed, that everyone seated on the table could seen the monster form . 

"You dare call the name of that bastard!" He raised up from his seat. "I will make sure I send him to his grave when he comes  and you to hell!" 

Before they all knew, the Duke took the axe for the axe man and be headed Scott without a second thought. 

The next second, a man head keep on the floor until it stop at Emily chair. 

She screams " ahhh! Scott no! He can't died!"

Emily break down in tears. " Emily get out!" 

"You.. killed him"

Arthur turn to her, his eyes were cold and icy that the only vision you can see it death. Emily didn't wait any longer and left immediately. 

Angela was shrivering, seeing the head of the man shebahd work with all these. Quickly she bow down her head. 

"Milord... please have mercy on me"Angela cried out. She don't want to died in that terrible way. 

"Burn his body and take her to the dungeon!" 

He instructed. 

Immediately the men ran in and carried the dead body of Scott and dragged Angela out despite her begging. 

He dropped the axe and wept the blood stained on her face. "I hope this served as lesson to y'all! " 

He walks stormy out of the court room while the members of his clue shrivers in fear.. stealing a glance to everyone of them.. what just happened? 

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Elsie and Matthew was dragged to the one of the deeper backyard of the mansion deep into the forest. A place where some human heads have been chop before. 

Matthew swallow since his arrival in the mansion he was never come to realize a place where human heads rolling on the ground like balls could deep in the forest close the mansion. 

"Make they kneel!" Marcus instructed. 

The men bend them on their kneels. "Marcus I begged you please let Matthew go. He didn't means to offend the Duke trust me" she cried. 

" I don't care about that. Didn't you heard what he said. Make sure their heads are chop well" 

Matthew break downin sweat. He could feel his body shaking. He Don want to died not yet and not now! 

"Bring the axe!" Marcus called. 

Immediately a man passed himvthe axe. "You dare to come to the mansion and cause the trouble when you know your death is knocking on your door"

" Please no!" Matthew shouts. But didn't stop Marcus not to rise up the axe above his head. 

Elsie shut her eyes it would be too painful to watched her brother died in the hands of Marcus. 

The next sounds she heard, was the hitting of the axe on something solid that make a sharp sounds. 

She open her eyes slowly and saw Matthew head still on his body. He was laying on the ground shaking and sweating profusely. 

"Untied them!" Marcus instructed the man. Immediately them were untied. Elsie look at Marcus surprisedly . What happened? What's Marcus doing? She thought to herself. 

"He never wants to kill you. But this would be his last warning if you dare to defy his word again, he would estimated to kill you both" 

Matthew raised his head up and looked at Marcus who was still holding on to the axe . He was shocked and stunned too. Does the beast have a heart? He was told the Duke never have a heart. So what happening. 

"Now, get your sister Matthew bad leave this mansion also this country. Go somewhere he would never seen your faces again. That what he said. When you get out, a carriage filled of gold and richest he had kept for you. He never wants to keep you stranded" 

Elsie look more confused,  did the Duke really cares this much for her? She was such a fool to play with his kindness and care he had showered her all these years.. she felt more ashame of herself because of greed. 

She said. "Tell him thank you and  I will forever loved him, great wishes happy marriage life with lady Isabella" 

Elsie smiled and dragged on the hand of Matthew. " Thank you and also go to the lord" Matthew said and clenched on her sister hand back. 

"Just leave" 

Before they could make a step. " Sir Marcus" Matthew called. " Tell the Duke, sir Oscar is in the mansion. He's waiting for killed the her if we didn't succeed" 

" What are you saying that Oscar is here?" Marcus asked terrifying. 

" Yes milord"  Marcus said and bowed his head before leaving with Elsie graciously.