"Love. Some say it's the strongest of feelings. Is it?" Lord Atticus scoffed, taking a step closer to inspect Elena's body on the floor. "Not even the love he had for you stopped him from confining the beast within himself," he added.
He gave a nod to the knights who lifted her body and took it out of the room.
"Get me the demon bitch!" He instructed another knight by his side. The knight nodded and left to arrain Allicent.
But Allicent knew what had transpired. It started with a pang in her heart when she was enjoying a cup of tea casually in the royal garden, the type she experienced whenever she thought the queen was doing injustice to her son while she was tied in a dark room.
She ignored it at first, but then it came again, as if a part of her conscience. This time, it was like a siren call. She hurried through the hallways when she overheard maids gossip about Elena's death.
