Chapter 58: Grieving

Pendragon Castle, Cadmure

Ruby lay on her stomach, sulking in her bed filled with extra cushions that surrounded her like a fortress, scattered even to the floor along with empty bottles of wine and rolled up tissue paper. Her room is shrouded in darkness as thick curtains block the light from entering her room. Half-eaten cookies and other sweets litter her bed as she wept all alone in her misery. She moved her hand to wipe her tear-stained face, hearing the soft clinking of the charm bracelet Aurelius had given to her and sighed. 

It had been a week ago since she received a letter from King Varsil Karstein saying that Carmilla is dead. She had slit her wrist and died of blood loss but now her corpse is missing. In his letter, Varsil stated that the maid who was assigned to clean Carmilla's pot that night found her cold lifeless body and screamed in horror before running away to inform him but when they reached her room her body was no