Panic struck Judith when she saw miasma rolling towards Viola. Judith tried her best to control it and then absorb it back inside her body. When it rolled back inside her, she breathed a sigh of relief, but by that time, Viola was already feeling dazed. She looked at her soup and finished it entirely.
Judith snapped her gaze to look at Meryl and saw that her soup was untouched. Angered as hell, she shot her magic towards her once again. This time it shot with such serpentine speed that Brishor was unable to hold it, but once again everyone else in the room was dazed. They became quiet with their eyes glossy. In order to take revenge, Judith commanded Meryl, “Get up and slap Chezzal.” She wanted her to sow seeds of hatred in Chezzal for Meryl, so that he started comparing her with Viola and see how refined she was.
Chezzal was shocked. Hi
Dazed, Viola was cleaning the horse dung in the stables. She was completely drenched as if she was working over there for hours. Glassy eyes and a blank expression, all she was doing was looking for dung and then running to collect it with her broom. “Gods above!” Meryl breathed. “Has she gone mad?” “M’lady, what are we going to do now?” said Patsy, feeling extremely nervous. “If Lady Judith sees that her daughter is cleaning the stables, she will order lashings to the stable hand and might hurt you!” Her hands were quaking out of sheer anxiety as she watched Viola from a distance. “Did you try to get her out of this place?” asked Meryl, taking a step closer to Viola. “Don’t go!” Patsy held her arm and stopped her. “She attacked me when I went
“I need more Niambh,” said Judith with desperation in her voice. She had asked her carriage man to race it to Valerie’s estate, where first she had gone to meet a jeweler to exchange all her jewelry. The jeweler gave her a hundred and ten gold coins for it. After that she had come to Valerie’s castle.Valerie had just entered the parlor where she had received Judith. She narrowed her eyes and stared at Judith. She had given her Niambh just a week back and the effects of it lasted more than a week in her experience with every customer she dealt with. “You look like you’ve eaten horse shit!” said Valerie as she settled on the sofa opposite to Judith and crossed her legs. “What’s wrong?”Judith rolled her eyes. She hadn’t eaten but she had definitely smelt it and a lot of it. “The
As soon as Judith left for Windley, Valerie asked her maid to get a carriage ready for her. She was going to go to Napane to visit Lord Alburn and tell him about the wealth of information Judith had spilled to her. She was so excited that while she was packing, she stumbled twice on the hem of her gown.Her father gave her permission to leave because she had told him that she was going to meet Alburn’s wife, who in her father’s eyes was Valerie’s very good friend.“But why this sudden urgency, Valerie?” asked her father as he placed his pipe on the ashtray.“I think Lady Susan is pregnant again. She has asked me to give her company because she doesn’t want the pregnancy while Lord Alburn wants it. I am only going there to console her,” she replied wit
Viola watched Judith taking out a small bottle of red draft. Judith’s eyes gave a warning to Viola when she opened her mouth to ask her about it. Viola snapped her mouth shut.“Meryl?” Judith called her in a pained voice.Meryl whipped her head towards her mother. Nervously, she asked, “What is it—” but she became absolutely quiet when a thick fog-like miasma shot towards her face and after that she didn’t remember anything. Even Viola was surrounded by the same miasma and she too had gone blank.“Drink this,” Judith ordered Meryl in a harsh voice, handing her the bottle with the draft.Meryl took the bottle from her mother’s hand and without a question, opened the lid and drank the entir
After Judith left his room, Lord Alex gulped his wine down. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve and his lips peeled back in a smile. When Judith had revealed her plans to him, he was surprised. The woman was too evil and too greedy. He chuckled because it was her greed that was important and he had to fuel it. He went to his chest and dug for the money purses that he had hidden below his clothes. He removed the red cloth and picked up every red velvet bag which contained gold coins. It was exactly the same amount of money Judith had asked for. He tossed them in a larger bag and tied it securely.Lord Alex then wore one of his nice suits, clutched the red velvet box that contained two gold bands and ordered a servant to arrange a carriage for him. When he came out, the short and thin carriage man bowed to him and held the door open for him to sit. Alex nodded, feeling joyous. He hummed a tune while sitting i
Brishor stared at him with eyes full of hatred. “Why would I abduct you when all I can do is lock you in this place forever?”“You can't do this!” Lord Alex squeaked. “This is against the law. You think I won't be able to break the seal and escape? Once I am out of this place, I will inform the king about you. He is going to behead you!”Brishor raised his eyebrow. “Interesting.” Not wanting to stay in this place even for a minute, he looked at Chezzal, who nodded and then exited. Alex scrambled to his feet and got up to follow Chezzal, but Brishor shoved him back. The slight push was like a heavy push to Alex. He hurled in the air and hit the wall. He screamed with pain, and tried to scramble back to his feet.“I— I will leave. I won't co
There was a buzz of activity and excitement in the castle when they heard the news. Every servant out there was more than happy. They were overjoyed. It was as if they had come out of the clutches of Judith, who they feared a lot. It was as if they had finally reached the light that they had seen at the end of the tunnel.Brishor was amazed to see the kind of excitement that buzzed in the air amongst the otherwise gloominess of the castle. They all clapped and congratulated him and bowed to him. Some even thanked him from saving them from a terror called Judith. A short and thin woman even suggested, “You can throw her in the dungeons, please.” And at that Brishor had laughed.The head cook announced that she would be delighted to make a sumptuous dinner to celebrate the occasion. Five young boys and girls volunteered to light up every s
Judith screamed and even in that pain, she lunged at Patsy to remove her from her daughter, but Patsy was a minute faster than her. She launched a slap on her face with rage swelling in her chest. Judith was already shaky. Judith also tumbled to the ground, next to her daughter, looking with shock at the mere maid who was always so meek, who had all of a sudden shown her animosity.Patsy started panting. She peeled her lips from her teeth and sneered, “Don’t even think of it!” Saying that, she flicked the strand of her hair back with a jerk and walked away from there. When she walked past Brishor, she winked at him. She called the healer who was standing fixed to the ground. “Come on. What are you waiting for?”The healer was divided whether to heal the former ladies of the house or the new one. When Patsy prodded him,