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Chapter 8

King Harold was proud of his daughter, Lizzy. She had brought him

victory, as he was informed by his generals. As for his other daughter, Milly, things were entirely different. Dorian had testified that she had hired him to murder Lizzy. He had to punish her. He had to make an example of her even if she was his own flesh and blood. Because so was Lizzy. So the king asked for Milly to come before him and answer for

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her deeds. But when the servant came back to inform him that Milly wasn't in her room or anywhere in the palace for that matter, everybody realized that she must have fled the moment Lizzy and the other generals came back victorious. So the king took another decision:- Dorian! The king spoke calmly but bitterly. You have a new task now: you will hunt down and bring my daughter Milly before me to answer for her crimes! Don't you dare do otherwise or you will be judged instead of her, understood? Is it clear enough for you?- Yes, you highness. She will be brought before you, Dorian answered lowering his head.

- Good, the door is that way, you can let yourself out, the king sneered in his face. After Dorian left the throne room, the king addressed Lizzy in a mild, loving voice:

- Justice will be done. She will answer for everything, this was the last straw. I warned her not to do anything stupid but I guess her ambition was above everything else. When she will be brought back here, you, Lizzy, will decide her fate!

- Oh, father… wouldn’t it be wiser if you did that? She is your daughter after all and I don’t think it's my place to….- No, she may be my daughter but she has wronged you, again! So you will decide her fate even if she will beg for her life! I don't care anymore! She is like a snake! How long till she would have turned her ambition against me if she had got away with killing you? No, this has signed her downfall.

- As you wish, father!

- Now I want everybody to clear the room, except my wife, of course. And I am not to be interrupted for the rest of the day! Everybody got out of the room in a hurry as it was more than obvious that the king was nervous and not in the mood for any more discussions. Gabriela was by his side, trying to sooth him, to calm him. As she wasn't doing such a good job, she too decided to leave him alone till he would manage to calm himself so she politely excused herself and went to her own room.

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