16 Dukes threat- Part 3 (1/2)
When she was about to go towards Howard, the Duke caught her arm in a vice grip.
”I haven't finished talking to you, have I? Why don't we take a seat?” he asked tilting his head and pulled her forcibly to sit on one of the plush chairs and he took one right in front of her, ”Raymond said that you were quite an obedient one when it came to following orders but what do we have here?”
”This is the first time she has shown disobedience, she usually is very docile,” Raymond was quick to apologize. Duke Scathlok then said to Heidi,
”I actually don't care why you ran away. , I will let it slide this time but this here as you see is what will happen if you don't follow my words from now. I don't want an ignorant woman jeopardizing the plan I have thought but I believe you will do fine. For now, you will go and associate yourself with those bloodsuckers. I will need you to gain your fiancee' trust, to infiltrate his family until I say otherwise. Right now the council wants to make sure that marriage will work in the future and they want to trust that this will be a successful truce for both the north and east empire.”
”What if Lord Wastell finds out?” Daniel asked the Duke.
”He won't. Our Lord doesn't know about this and I would like to keep it that way. We have Lord Norman's full support so it shouldn't be a difficult task. Failed to do anything I say, you won't be seeing this man on the face of earth dear,” he then leaned towards her and said, ”And it won't be only him, you are a young woman,” his gaze followed the length of her body, ”I am sure you are a smart woman to know what will happen if you go against what I have set. Understood?” he asked, his black eyes boring into hers waiting for her to reply.
”Yes,” Heidi answered quietly.
”Good girl. I am glad that you understand,” the Duke smiled pushing his glass closer to the top of his nose, ”If you have goodbyes to say do it quick as you will leave in fifteen minutes to the north empire.”
The Duke left the room along with her uncle Raymond, Heidi looked down when her father walked by her but he didn't pause to talk to her and instead joined her brother who was at the door. Nora who had followed her father stopped in front of Heidi.
”Oh dear sister, why did you do it? Father is angry with you for running away,” said Nora with pursed lips.
Heidi for once thought her sister was being compassionate but her next words proved her wrong, ”I saw you leave the house in the middle of the night,” she admitted, ”I even kept quiet thinking it was for the best because I deserved the alliance which has been fixed because I deserve it. I didn't even say it to father or Daniel but then I thought...this marriage is a suicidal truce. I mean you don't follow the Duke's orders you know what he's capable of and if you get caught there in the Bonelake empire well... Better you than I.”
Nora gave her sister a sweet smile and then walked out of the room, fluffing her open hair with both her hands. After Heidi had left, she had put a lot of thought before waking up her father and she was glad she told him about it. Since she had arrived at the Scathlok's residence she couldn't take off her eyes from the Duke. He was a gorgeous man in her eyes, a man with money and power.
Heidi went to where Howard was and bent down, tears pooling in her eyes due to the state she had put him in.
”I am so sorry. I-I...I never thought they would do this to you. I am so sorry,” she apologized, a single tear falling on the cold floor.
”Please don't be Ms Heidi,” the man said in pain, ”We didn't know.”
”...” Heidi sniffed softly.