Chapter 1: Her End
"Kill them all!" The voice rose like thunder, shaking the heart of every person watching.
The sky had turned dark as if the heavens were closing their eyes to ignore this cruel act. The thunder shook the sky and the men and women shivered with fear, anticipation and grief.
Olivia was on her knees. Her hands were tied behind her back like every other member of her family. She looked at the man who was going to kill her with nothing but regrets.
"I have done nothing." Olivia shouted, though the voice was drowned under the roars of the crowd. She knew he had heard her. His eyes told her that. The way his lips curled into a mocking smile, she just knew her pleadings were nothing but food for his vanity. "My nephew and niece had done nothing. If you want to kill.." Olivia took a deep breath. It cut her throat with needles and burnt her lungs. Yet, she enjoyed the pain as if it could lessen the fear in her heart.
It could distract her from the tearing of her conscience and her soul, "kill my sister!"
"...." Olivia's words turned into another uproar. They all looked at her with shock. She could hear her sister shouting at her too. But she did not care. She had enough of the kindness.
"I can prove that she is the culprit. I can turn into a witness if you spare me and the kids." Olivia pleaded again as she tried to move but the bindings made it hard. Her hands started to bleed yet she bowed her head until it touched the ground. There was no pride or vanity a noble should hold.
The man finally stood up. He was their enemy, could be their savior. The victim and the preparator. His cold gray eyes looked like a frozen lake and his white hair that shone under the moonlight were covered with a layer of ice.
Olivia raised her head to meet his eyes when his cold dagger touched her chin.