Lord Protector novel (Zeke Williams) novel Chapter 2005

“The Holy Maiden has made a grave mistake. Mr. Andres is always warning us not to bring outsiders into the village because it'll just bring us trouble... Why did she refuse to listen?”

“Mona's dead. Even if the Holy Maiden regrets her actions, it's useless now.”

“Let's go and find Zeke right now. Even if he wasn't the one who personally killed Mona, he was still responsible for her death. He must pay the price for that.”

“That's right! Let's go and find him right now!”

The crowd roared as they began to look for Zeke.

Among them, Yazmin's face was flushed red with anxiety.

She was sure Zeke wasn't the one who did it, so she stepped out and exclaimed, “Please calm down, everyone! I know everyone's sad about Mona's death. I'm sad too. However, we shouldn't let our sorrow blind us. I'm willing to bet my reputation on the fact that Mr. Williams wouldn't do such a cruel thing. In truth, Mr. Williams also loved Mona...”

A middle-aged man promptly jumped out as she began to speak. “I wasn't going to question you if you had stayed quiet, Yazmin, because I trust you. But now that you're actively defending Zeke, I can't help but suspect you.”

The other clan members looked at the middle-aged man with a confounded look as they didn't understand what he was getting at.

Jeremiah waved his hand at the crowd to ask them to stay quiet.

He then turned to the middle-aged man. “What do you mean by that, Ryan? Just tell us what's on your mind. No need to worry about anything.”

Ryan said, “I think that not only was Zeke involved in Mona's death, but Yazmin is too. I saw both of them make their way to Mr. Andres' house last night in a sneaky manner. It was very suspicious when I saw it, but I didn't give it too much thought. Now that I think about it though, it might be that they were heading there to hurt Mona!”

The crowd's fury was immediately directed to Yazmin.

Jeremiah shouted, “Be quiet! Everyone stay quiet! Can you take responsibility for what you said, Ryan?”

The middle-aged man nodded. “Of course I can.”

Jeremiah shifted his gaze to Yazmin. “Tell us, Yazmin. Did you and Zeke head to Mr. Andres' house last night?”

Yazmin shook her head. “I was heading out last night with Zeke, but we weren't going to Mr. Andres' house.”

“Then why were the two of you outside?”

“I called him out last night because—” She suddenly cut herself off.

It would be a very bad idea if she told them she brought him to the Holy Maiden's room so they could elope together.

The Holy Maiden's reputation would be ruined, and there would be no escape from punishment for her either.

The clan members were furious when they saw how she refused to elaborate.

“Hmph! It seems like they really did cause the death of Mona!”

“How could you do this to Mr. Andres and your fellow clan members, Yazmin?”

“She's a traitor for working with an outsider to hurt our own people!”

“According to our laws, she should be burned to death!”

“Since Mr. Andres isn't around, please give us the order to burn her alive, Mr. Jeremiah.”

Yazmin was scared out of her mind. She would rather die by smashing her head than be burned to death as a traitor.

She hurriedly defended herself, “I didn't kill Mona! I swear on my name! I've always treated her as though she was my own sister. You all saw how much I love her! Why would I ever do such a cruel thing to her? Someone else is the murderer! You must find the true culprit instead of letting them go!”

The clan members asked, “Fine. You said you're innocent, so tell us where you went last night with Zeke.”

She grew silent again.

If she told them the truth, Erwen would be ruined.