Chapter 90: Devastation
Employing the latest technique she learnt, she created thousands of butterflies. She sent it across the Eastern Duchy. She wanted to find the Duchess at any cost. She sent those butterflies everywhere except the estate.
She didn’t think the Duchess would be hiding in her own estate...
As the butterflies fluttered through the Eastern Duchy, Adeline watched through their delicate, shifting perspectives, searching for any sign of the Duchess.
She wanted to make sure that the Duchess was alright, but she could not trust the Duke, he sent a letter to the orphanage to get back Everett... This meant that something happened to the Duchess. She was praying that she was alright.
For a man who killed the mother of his child... Anything was possible.
Calming herself she focussed on the information the butterflies were giving her. What she expected to see were bustling streets and busy people... But what she was made her tremble.
Each butterfly showed her a similar image, Adeline caught glimpses of villages and towns... They were desolate... An eerie feeling slowly crept up her back.
Her heart clenched as she saw homes filled with the sick, families gathered for quiet farewells, and funeral processions winding through streets that were once bustling with life.
People everywhere were bedridden, their faces pale and bodies weakened, many of them succumbing to whatever this cruel illness was.
Adeline couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Just what what was happening? This was never in the original story... Her eyes were wavering and her heart was racing.
"This can’t be happening," she whispered, feeling her chest tighten. Fear began to seep into her heart.