Must Stop Her!
The duke watched his little sister walking away. But his whole body was covered with goosebumps.
'Her powers are getting stronger. But also...evil.'
If only she didn't discover what happened to him in the past! Then she wouldn't have thought about revenge.
"Sigh...How can I change her mind?"
The duke asked himself, upset-minded.
That was the second body he discovered. Nails pulled out, teeth pulled out, burnt, stabbed before death.
How could his sister think of such ways to torture someone?!
When did she start to do those things?
How did things turn out like this?
Why couldn't he stop her before finding the excitement of revenge?!
He was already too late. His sister had gone far to the point she was willing to fight him.
He discovered the first dead body when Anne was 8 years old. By that time, she had the ability to control her magic powers and had already broken the arm of a child who bullied her in a banquet. That was the beginning where people recognised her also as a bloodthirsty monster.
The first man to die was Count Seth. The duke knew him well. Very well…One of the most disgusting men he could ever name!
He also wanted revenge for the things they did to him. But, then, he wanted to stay out of sight and keep a low profile. However, his plans got destroyed when his sister boldly started to stir up trouble.
Revenge...It was the most satisfying way to get his broken heart healed. But...it would make him look even more bad. It would affect his sister. She might also have to live hearing those disgraceful words from other nobles.
That's what he wanted to stop.
But also what his sister destroyed.
What hurt him even more was the fact his sister was going on killing people for him. She was killing people that had once tried to harm him. Her revenge was for him, not for her.
The first man, Count Seth, was found dead in their garden not alone but with the murderer too. That was the day he knew he didn't raise his sister well.
Little Anne was sitting beside the dead body of the count Seth who had his whole body covered in burnt marks. A dagger was stabbed into his chest. His sister was really smart enough to feed her spells into that so that death would come to him slowly and painfully.
He would never forget her face at that time.
When everyone surrounded there, the maids showed terrified faces and started murmuring. Some even passed out in shock. But her sister smiled widely, looking at him.
Gathering words, she told him something while collecting them as she could.
"Brother! I punished him! He touched you, didn't he? I broke all his fingers!"
He remembered his whole body getting heated up upon her words. His little sister who should be playing in her room smiled when her hands were dirty with blood, not even treating the cruel death she had given the count as something serious.
At that moment, he just wanted to protect his sister. Hopefully, they found some assassins that were found around their garden. Putting the blame on them, he got his sister out of that mess. He paid all the maids to keep their mouths shut. It actually succeeded. Even though a few rumours about her killing him spreaded around, no one outside believed it since his sister didn't look that capable.
Ever since then, he had tried to keep her powers under control and not let her thoughts run wild and use them on harming people.
But the fact his sister knew who was involved in 'that incident' happened when he was a child, surprised him a lot.
It was not something his sister should know about. And how did she know?
Even though it seemed like she had somehow found out about his past accident that affected him the most, he didn't ever think his sister would get obsessed with getting revenge at such a young age. It was just not right!
When he was a child, he didn't have such thoughts. How come his sister grew up to be like that?
Was it his fault?
Has his behaviour affected her?
...
In the morning, he went to the store room after the maid informed him about finding a dead body. He knew the only person who would have committed that was her.
Only she would do such a thing.
Her magic powers left evidence there.
The tortured body said it all.
That second man was also a count. He was also one of the people involved in 'that incident.'
One of the people he hated the most.
He should be happy that they were dead. But the fact they were killed by his sister made him panic more. He must do something to stop her before she would end up killing all those eight counts...
Only six were left. From her tone, it seemed like even he would not be able to stop her.
What could he do?
....
"Lucas, Count Berk is also dead. He was killed."
The duke called his closest friend who was also the doctor that treated him when he was suffering from his strange illness all these years. As soon as the letter reached him, he came there to meet him as quickly as possible. He also knew everything about Felix, the duke.
"...Is it Anne?"
He knew that too! He could see the tension in his friend, Felix's eyes.
"Felix, calm down. Let's do something."
Lucas, the handsome blonde man said and patted his shoulder in a comforting manner.
"Lucas, I don't know what to do anymore. She is really stubborn and even challenged me to try to stop her. She is out of control. I can't...I suddenly feel she is not my sister. She has become a lot more mature to this age. She had become powerful. I won't be able to lock her up. She is going above me."
"Felix...It will be alright. Alas, she will not harm innocent people. She only wants revenge right?"
"Still, that's not right! She can't kill people! You know how old she is! How could I let her- her do that?
Lucas, first of all! How does she know who exactly involved in this mess? And how does she even know what happened at that time?! Who told her?"
"I have no idea. She once confronted me and asked me what happened. I said I can't tell her without your permission. But, by that time, she knew everything..."
"Who told her those things? And does she even understand what...what was going to happen?"
"Could it be gossip from maids?"
"Even if so, she wouldn't have known things that clearly. No one knows who those counts were. And they don't even know I had to go through such a thing."
"Felix, it will be alright. Let's think something slowly, okay?"
"Sigh...I can't be calm anymore. She is going out of control. We must stop her!"