Chapter (54): Rain

"You danced with her tonight, but soon she will be moaning between my legs." He murmured to Wilmore's face.

The limit, this pig crossed the limit!

Maxwell's hand that was holding the toast twisted, as the prince as a dark ghost moved, the flying glass sat in Wilmore's hand and broke to half with a simple squeeze then dove between the mayor's son's legs.

Maxwell roared and fell on the floor, wrenching, his mother and sister were moaning as they saw him.

"Blood, this is blood! Murderer." Vanessa screamed, directing to Wilmore, her face as red as beetroot. People were gathering and the music stopped. They yearned for learning what just had happened.

"Your grace! You did well." Margaret complimented, she was the only smiling one.

The prince sighed, what a mess! But he deserved it. He felt better now that he sensed the blood scent. It could always calm his nerves. His eyes moved on Luna, she was not happy unlike it she was frightened, what was this? Shouldn't she thank him?

Lisa told Luna what the prince did. But Luna was already still. The prince's shadow turned red. Luna was scared, what was he? Not a human in one hundred percent, she was assured.

"Stop it, you beef-brained people. Clean here and take this fool to a physician."

It was a woman's voice.

"Elenore?" Luna blurted.

The voice drew the attention and the mayor's wife went on her feet. "Dorian, come see what this rascal did to my son."

Dorian black still had the dust of path on his clothes. What a stupid family the Reynolds was. How dare she was treating the crown prince this way? He ignored the woman and instead knelt in front of Wilmore. The woman jerked back with opened mouth.

"Your grace, what a pleasure to see you here!"

Wilmore shook his head, why would Dorian appear here out of the blue?

"Rise, Dorian!"

All the people whispered. Luna was lost in bewilderment as she found out the prince knowing captain Dorian Black.

"You silly folk, this is the crown Prince of Velator, Wilmore Bolingtone! How can you be so rude?"

Dorian shouted at people and everyone in the gallery even the clowns knelt in front of Wilmore.

"This is awkward!" Someone said among the crowd, gazing at the frozen Reynolds family. A while ago, their women were showing off, flaunting that the queen had chosen Vanessa for her son but now both of them insulted him on the face and the rude young son of Reynolds made a grave misstep.

Vanessa was shuddering out of shame and regret. The prince just miserably encountered her. Luna! That was her fault, she knew it and was seducing the prince. No, the prince didn't want a cripple, he was feeling pity and respecting the lord.

"Please forgive my stupid people, your grace!"

Dorian pleaded.

Wilmore closed his eyes then opened it. This state had many men that could fight, he wouldn't leave them without punishment now that they went too much.

"I never leave a mistake without punishment." He shot aggressive glares at the Reynolds on his right side then added, "I will announce my decision to Dorian Black, he is my hand in the south and I won't accept any begging. Now rise and enjoy your night!"

"Please spare my son!"

People obeyed him except Maxwell's mother who was yet on her stiffened knees.

"I am sorry! A murderer is wicked so no begging works." He went to Dorian Black, it was good to see him arriving on time. He must know how a devil imp ran away through the borders alerts.

Luna blinked multiple times as Lisa told her what was happening. She just could see the tension among shadows nothing more.

"Tell me about Elenore! Where is she?"

Luna asked.

"I am here, Luna!" Luna followed the voice on her left side, the shadow was approaching.

"I have written you letters but I received no answer," Elenore growled.

"We couldn't stop our hands not to burn them!" Luna lied, they kept the letters but never read them because they couldn't believe if she had a nice heart.

"Ah, I smell the scent of rain!" Barbara noted, calmly.

"Yes, it is cloudy outside," Elenore replied.

"We must move, the road to Riva is long." Margaret nagged. They enough of this night.

"I doubt if you can leave tonight, I invite you to our house, I don't think the Lord would stay inside an Inn."

Luna gulped, even though their uncle used to say that Elenore had changed too much yet they couldn't speculate it. What she had done to them when they were children was brutality.

"Let the decision to my husband, you are lovely Elenore. By the way, you rescued the prince."

Lisa was behaving nicely to her while Barbara and Luna were wearing dim skins.

"Oh, that! We couldn't bear it. Dorian arrived from the south just an hour before when I told him the prince is here, he let the rest for some other times. South wasn't calm lately."

Luna wasn't interested to know what her husband used to do but why was the south unrest?

"Why?"

Lisa asked, her eyes were on Maxwell who was led outside by some valets and his mother. Then she turned her eyes on Elenore, she caught an unfortunate face.

"Imps, three of them were led to our borders by smugglers. Bizarre people hunted them, took them to the circus. They think those devils are toys! Dorian said that they lost three men to take one imp. I don't know the details."

Luna now noticed what had come about to that poor Faerie. She didn't know that Elenore valued people's life.

"Where are the other two imps, Elenore?"

"That's what made us worried, they escaped and one of them was female. I am terrified to the bone. They tracked them to the border of faeries."

Luna swallowed. That was where Elizabeth and Ryan now were. She became distressed, "Elizabeth!" She murmured then her body trembled. She hated this acedia but this news ran her nerves weak. She consented her sister to go to death. If having the cure could harm Elizabeth then she didn't want it. If she could beg for an oath with the gods then she would choose Elizabeth with no misgiving.