Chapter 180: Who Touched You?
Samantha hardly knew the type of reaction to give concerning what she just heard, her visage was a display of myriads of emotions. There was an armchair behind her, and she had to place her hands on the cushion in order to support her trembling self up to her feet. Thankfully, Lady Agathe didn’t seem to disapprove of her movement, and when she regained balance, Lady Agathe walked up to her, but kept a good amount of distance between them, and it was simply because she wanted to.
"Shocking, am I right?" Lady Agathe questioned, her head tilted slightly with a mockery countenance gracing her features, and from Samantha’s balled fist, she knew the girl was doing her best to suppress her anger. It was good, she savored seeing this side of people, having them lose their sanity just like her was always the fun part to lay back and watch.
"You knew all along, the truth of that night, but you kept quiet and watched an innocent man lose his life?!" Samantha was nearly raising her voice as her throat had been bubbled with emotions, she stifled her tears, trying to keep her cool, but Lady Agathe remained unfazed by it.
"I did say it was part of my plans, where are your ears child." She chuckled softly, and in the blink of an eye, Samantha’s breath hitched when she felt the sharpened edge of the dagger on her throat, and the menacing look in the vampiress’s gaze made it obvious that she was eager to spill some blood. The panic in Samantha’s gaze made her smile, and she said, "Muzan exchanged his life for a wish he had made with the Orb. No one except your Father knew this, and he had promised with his life to keep it a secret. That’s why, during the interrogation, your Father refused to reveal where he hid the Orb, and most importantly, why he took it. So he died, a quite painful death I must say."
"You are the most iniquitous woman I’ve ever met!" Samantha could feel tears slip from her eyes upon listening to Lady Agathe’s cruelty. She was glowering at the woman, overlooking the fact that there was a dagger threateningly placed against her throat. "You will suffer for what you’ve done, Prince Tobias and Alistair deserve a better Mother!"
"Hmm.... Bringing my children into this? Well they don’t have to know about the kind of Mother they have, do they?" The blade was slightly pressed into her neck, drawing out blood, and she continued with her speech. "Life has always been unfair, to me, to you, to Ivan, to my children. We’re nothing but pawns in the boards of fate, but I refuse to remain a pawn, I play literally by my own rules."
"Why do you harbor such hatred for a man who isn’t even alive anymore?" Samantha questioned the vampiress as it made no critical sense, "you’re ruining your life and the reputation of the kingdom to avenge what has already been mended. I don’t know what sort of humiliation Ivan’s grandfather may have caused you, and I’m sorry that you had to be sold, I understand what it feels like to be considered a wastrel but look around you, all those contemptible rules had been rectified. King Muzan did his part, Ivan is doing his part as well and if you can just give him a–"
"So what if the rules have been amended, they were bound to be amended but what about my heart that was stepped on and mercilessly crushed by the Chevalier family? How can they amend that? Will their rules bring back my dignity and my Parents who had to die from being harassed too many times? I won’t stop till I bring this family to the ground, and that is the only reason why I chose to live till this day."
She suddenly laughed before exhaling softly. "Your Father was punished for something he didn’t do, Ivan brought your Family to the ground the same way his Grandfather dealt with mine, you had to suffer because of his actions but here you are, falling in love with him instead of avenging your Father’s death."