Chapter 1 - The Failed Assassination Attempt (1/2)

Chapter 1 - The Failed assassination Attempt

The ht at Eirl instantly froze in place with the knife in her hand swinging in the air Her eyes went round so big

[This is bad]

Those golden irises glanced at the knife Ehtly and halted in midair

"You want to killEirl's brain refused to function

She was caught in the act

Busted

[Dah she hadtriple the dose of sleeping potion in his drink, the devil still woke up in tie her attack

[Why am I so unlucky?] She cursed inwardly

[I'iveness froe their deaths

She had infiltrated the eneuised herself as a male servant to serve this bastard prince every day She prepared his horse, his clothes, his bath waterand even his sleeping potion for hiht, Emmelyn purposely tripled the dose to make her plan work But she didn't knohat happened Just before she swung the knifethis bastard woke up

The handsome man sat in bed and leaned on the headboard His eyes, which were sleepy before, were now super alert

"Who ordered you to kill me?" asked the prince with narrowed eyes "Is it my cousin, Harland?"

Emmelyn refused to answer

"If you confess and tell uise yourself into ruesome death It will be fast and clean," said the man in a firm voice "Is it the finance minister, Stephano? Or is it Duke Aelholt?"

[Coh to want to kill you,] Ee to escape froether to destroy you]

[Ughbut I don't think I'll be able to escape from here] Emmelyn cried silently

She knew very well how cruel was the man before her He would not hesitate to punish anyone who dared to defy hi the heads of his enereeak, i the terrible fate that awaited her

The knife slipped out of her grasp and fell to the floor with a clanking sound

"Hain "Then tomorrow you will be beheaded in the square"