Chapter 13 of chapter 9 death wish

 In the dark dungeon in the mansion. Before Marcus find his way to the screaming voices area. The death scene he stared makes his eyes grow wide. 

The all men chains to the wall were all dead. And their blood was messing cover the whole place. As the beast in a form of human link on the stained blood in his hand with his sharp fangs pointing out of his mouth. 

"Their blood taste just as them. Terrible!" He complained.

Marcus smirks. " Have that calmed down the anger of the Duke?" He asked while stepping a bit closer. The men in the dark room was terrified at the full sight of their master in his vampire form. 

He was looking more scary than ever. His eyes color were completely dark red, shiny in the dark like a demon hurting for souls. His sharp fangs scared them most. Marcus could feel the men was shrivering but that didn't bother him. 

"A little bit" 

"That what I have guess. "

Marcus slaps his finger and one of the men terrifying bought out a handkerchief and handle it to him.

"Here milord, you need to wipe away that blood from her face" 

The Duke quietly took the handkerchief and wipe the stained blood on his face. 

"What about the traitor?" He asked immediately, while still cleaning his face.

"What traitor?" Marcus asked confusedly. 

" The one that dare to kill a lord under my roof. Have you been able to find out the fish?"

" No, milord but give me more days to find out just three days nad I promise to do so" Marcus pleased. He had finally forgotten about that case since the incident of Lady Lily. His mind had went completely blink about that. He remembers that he had told his men to dig more into the suspicious maid. He believes by now they might have gotten an information about that. ....

"You better get yo it. I can't afford to lose someone under my roof again. I want to know the bastard that dare to cross my way without fear!" 

Marcus bowed. " You don't have to worry milord. I promise to get into it within two days, it would be more than a two days" .

" Then, be fast with it"  he command and threw the handkerchief on the floor.  And stromed out of the room through the way theem came in. 

One thing Marcus have known all these years was. When the Duke in his true form, he shouldn't be more provoked if not there might be more blood stream flowing .... 

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Emma was still looking suspicious at Lady Angela. After their encounter in the trees. She was not buying her story, she was sure that there are more than one voice in the trees. She was sure she heard the voices of men in that place but what battle her was what lady Angela was doing there....

Them all walks their way back to the mansion with the rest of the maids in group, carry wood branches on their head.

Lady Angela who noticed the girl eyes on her , turned to her direction and smiled. Emma briefly smiled back. 

"You know what Emma, you should mind the way you stared at someone sometimes it might be dangerous' she said with a falsely smile. 

Emma furrowed at her words, why did she really means but that statement. She returned the smile back. When they get back in the kitchen, all maids went back to their duties as always. 

During her works her mind still drives back to Lady Angela. There's something about that lady she wants to know. She had not really know more about her or even know who she is. 

All she had knew was she was close to Isabella. She hadn't get any information about Lady Angela from Isabella that makes her more curious, more eager to know about this lady....

After all their daily works, she waited in a hidden spot waiting for Lady Angela to shows up anytime soon.

She wasn't sure why she was there but something tells her, she was doing the right thing. If Lady Angela wasn't suspicious to her, she wouldn't shows up in the middle of the night heading some where. she thought

Just in her moment of thinking, she spotted a Lady walking out of the chiefs hall walking down to the corridor while covering her head with a green scarf. Immediately she knows it was Lady Angela. That was the same scarf she used to wrapped her head in the morning in the woods. was the same one she was using now.

She wonder where she was going in the middle of the night by this time . With more curiosity, she follows her lead sliently behind without the woman knowing someone was following her behind. 

While walking behind lady Angela, her heart was trouble because the lady have passed all the corridors and heading outside of the mansion. While watching if someone was following. She wonder what she might be up to. She keeps on counting her steps along with her until then get out the mansion through a secret door in the backyard since the guards was still roaming around in the mansion. 

Emma who was new to this process wonder there was a secret door to the backyard? For all her life working in the mansion she had never noticed there might be a secret door, while someone who was new to the mansion had already know this door 

When them were out, she stops a few feets away when she saw Lady Angela with two unknown men in the dark, one of them was holding on a lamb, light the spot they stands.

"Do you come alone?" Matthew asked to be sure. 

Lady Angela rolls her eyes. " Really? Is that what you can ask me?" 

" What? Is it bad if I asked about that. Who knows you might have sold us out to save your ass" 

" You're really annoying brat! " Lady Angela stromed. 

" Oh come on, we are in the middle of the night and the Duke men still out. We need to low down our voices if we don't want to be caught in the wrath of the crazy Duke" Scott advice.

" Now, where is the poison?" Lady Angela immediately asked. 

Scott bought out a little bottle from his bag and handle it to her. 

"Would this be kill her fast?" 

"Why are you so eager to kill the poor girl so fast. Aren't you guys friends?" Matthew asked amusingly.

Lady Angela laughed mockingly, 

Friends? Friends with a slave? Not in her world. 

"I think you're mis thinking thing Matthew, I can't be a friend with such a slave " 

" Now she a slave. You are really a bad person Lady Angela" 

" Just stop this! I can't do things with you two fighting?" Scott echoed..

In where Emma hide, she wonder who was the one they are planning to poison. 

"Just get the job done before noon tomorrow. The black maid needs to died before we leave this mansion. Remember she's the Duke witness" 

" You don't have to worry, it an easy job go do within this time tomorrow, Isabella will be dead " she said with a mocking tone. 

Immediately, Emma heart skipped, she can't believe the person them were planning to poison was her best friend Isabella. She had thought Lady Angela was a nice lady never have she knows she's a demon in disguise. 

She needs to informed the Duke about this but how.  She can't even stands in the same place with the Duke or even looked into his eyes, how was she going to record what she just heard to him.

Marcus! 

Yes Marcus! He can be of help to her. He will surely listen to her.

Just when she was about to leave, a hard grip hold on to her wrist.

"Where do you think you're going to Emma?" Lady Angela asked. 

She looked at the hard grip on her wrist was no  a black man holding on tight to her while smiling wickedly at her. 

Lady Angela step forward along with Scott. Theirs faces was now clear to her. "You think I would notice a rat was following me. That not smart Emma. I thought you are more than this but too bad you are just like your stupid friend" 

" Is this the Emma?" Scott asked looking pitiful at her. Some a precious looking pearl just have to died like that..

Lady Angela nodded...

"Not too bad" he commented

" What have she done to you! She was your friend and treated you with more love. Why do you want her dead?" Emma asked with watery. Although she was frighten what them are going to do with her but that couldn't stop her to comfort Lady Angela

" Because she is a fool like you. but too bad you will paid for her place just for now. I am going to miss you Emma" lady Angela said mockingly

Before Emma could think of screaming, the black man hold her mouth.