Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Breaking point (1)

In the dead of the night when the mansion was meant to be quiet, a chilling scream filled with terror reached Selene's room.

Selene sat up, alarmed by the scream which scared her for reasons she didn't know yet. It wasn't common to hear this kind of scream unless a human had found themselves the source of a vampire's meal.

Selene moved her covers and got off the bed to investigate. Something about this didn't sit well with her.

Upon exiting her room, Selene heard faint cries she thought to be from Cassandra after listening intently.

"You're safe now," Selene heard Gabriel's comforting words.

"Agnes?" Selene whispered, puzzled by the sight of Agnes standing by the library door with her hand covering her mouth.

The fresh scent of blood in the air made Selene rush to the library. The smell was familiar and the scream started to make all the more sense as to why it gave her a bad feeling.

Selene stood before Agnes and peered inside the library at the horrifying sight which both scared and angered her.

Gabriel had his arms wrapped around a tearful Cassandra like any lover would but what alarmed Selene was the sight on the floor. Her beloved maid laid lifeless on the floor with her head torn from her body.

There were prisoners in the kingdom who were given a better death than this.

Selene balled her right hand into a fist, her nails digging into her skin almost to the point of piercing the flesh. "Why?" She started but could not get the rest out. "Why did you kill Elsie? She did not deserve this."

Gabriel wasn't surprised Selene was taking the maid's side without knowing what she did. "She tried to hurt Cassandra so I killed her. Cassandra is my lover. No maid can hurt her and get away with it. You've stooped low to send your maids to do your work,"

"It's not true!" Agnes cried, refusing to let the harlot in Gabriel's arms lie on Elsie. "Elsie was called here by Cassandra to speak-"

"Shut your mouth before I kill you too!" Gabriel yelled, infuriated by how disrespected Selene's maids were. "Your maids are out of line. She's a liar," Gabriel accused Agnes.

Gabriel believed Cassandra's story, which was that Elsie had suddenly attacked her. It was something one of Selene's maids would do under her orders.

Selene ignored what was said and went to Elsie's lifeless body. Elsie could be rash at times but Selene knew she wouldn't have attacked Cassandra. "Did you make up a lie because she called you a mistress?"

Selene did not forget what occurred between Cassandra and Elsie earlier in the day.

"You are accusing Cassandra of making up this story? Your maid slapped her," Gabriel fed Selene the truth.

Selene picked up Elsie's body. The blood staining her night dress and the gruesome state of Elsie did not rattle her. "Agnes, her head."

"Selene put the maid down," Gabriel said, letting go of Cassandra to get to Selene. "She acted on how you felt or perhaps on your orders. You," he stepped back, surprised by Selene's glare.

"I would kill you if I could right now but I know in my current state, I will lose. I did not order her to harm Cassandra and I know Elsie well that she did not slap anyone. You do not need two wives. I will leave," Selene announced.