Forty five

"Someone come, wipe her with a scorpion wipe until she's ready to speak up, only then will you stop" Kayden Diego ordered.

Everyone held their breath. The Scorpion wipe is the hardest punishment to someone whose fate was yet undetermined. It's a magical cane whose tips were embedded in the deadliest scorpion poison. Each wipe can make the most stubborn criminal to start confessing his errors and even call the names of his or her co accomplices in the act.

Envy's eyes were wide open. She had forgotten that there's a punishment called 'scorpion wipe'. It's really pathetic to suffer a scorpion wipe and still experience execution.

Two soldiers came forward. Each holding a wipe that looked tangled together with it's tips like the tail of a scorpion.

Lily narrowed her brow. Is this what the scorpion wipe looked like? She threw a sideways glance at Kayden Diego and saw his cold stare that was full of the facial expression of his indignation.

One of the soldiers pushed Envy down ma