Do You Love Me?

The rain trickled after, making the torches flicker from the humid rain and wind that suddenly assaulted them. Roar! Suddenly, three lines of lightning spread through the night sky, causing the thunder to clap loudly. The spectators screamed again, but the rain was only washing away the blood from the woman, the ax, and the elder. 

The elder then looked up and laughed out. "Bear witness to my judgment! I was right to slay the witch and her spawn! The heavens are giving me their applause!"

"Demon… you're nothing but a demon in the flesh of a human..." The husband started to cry, the ropes on his end snapping at the pull of his weight. He fell to the ground, but he didn't crawl to his wife. The man started to walk to the tree, causing the men to pause lest they would hit him with the back of their axes. "Please stop… please stop. You can't just… cut it down… just because he said so..."