CHAPTER 34

Watching from a distance, Matthew didn’t show much reaction to the people around the execution grounds. He, instead, was a little impatient to see the one who had hurt Sahara draw their last breath!

People were shocked to hear about the poison that had been dormant for so long, and didn’t leave the execution grounds, intending to see the punishment through. The Rolland Estate weren’t normally people that stood out, yet one of their own had used the poison that was forbidden! It was news that rocked the whole capital!

For at least three generations, the Rolland family had nothing big happen, making them seem like a good family. But one cannot help but think the worst of the family, now that the ‘Two Faced Poison’ was involved.

One single woman, had destroyed an entire family’s reputation…

Behind the lady, that was having rocks and sticks thrown at her, was another three people who had been involved with the poison. Sadly, for them, Celeste told the Second Prince everything, only after a small amount of torture. It was really dissatisfying to the Second Prince, as he had wanted to torture her more…

Saying who she got the ingredients from and the information about it, she told him why she wanted to kill Sahara and how she did it, easily confessing to everything.

Finding out from her father in law, the Right Minister, that her daughter Gabriella was being forced out of the estate because she couldn’t stay anymore, had pushed Celeste over her limit!

She had thought that if someone should sacrifice something, that it should have been the worthless Sahara! Sahara was of no importance, she wasn’t her child! If only Sahara would die, then her daughter wouldn’t have to rush to leave! It was a decision made in anger and the heat of the moment, but once she had read about the poison and got the ingredients…She couldn’t stop!

Strangely enough, with all her emotional outbursts about it and then the sudden crying, it really vexed the Second Prince!

How could she act like she was the victim? didn’t she already know that she was losing her head?

Even if Sahara was still living in the world, meaning she hadn’t killed her, Celeste was still going to die because she had used the poison. Yet, she acted like it was the end of the world, that Sahara didn’t die quickly enough and get out of her way. Her thoughts really were strange as he couldn’t bring himself to understand her at all, even if he wanted to.

With Celeste being unstable like this, did help him believe her words and he went to investigate, upon returning to find news, to understand a little to her strangeness.

Without telling Celeste that she was with child, or anyone else, the Second Prince hastily finished the investigation to come to the present were Celeste was to meet her punishment. Even if people knew, it wouldn’t change anything, so, he had made the physician to keep silent about it, giving him money in return. The physician had told him that it is normal for pregnancy to make women emotional, but he had never seen it to this extend…Which had given the Second Prince another idea…

The Second Prince had then taken Gabriella into custody.

After the death of Celeste, who didn’t get buried with her family or husband’s family, rumours seemed to say that the mother and daughter suffered from some kind of disease. Whether or not it was confirmed to be true, was never told, as Gabriella seemed to have totally vanished…

Talon hadn’t stopped the Second Prince from taking his daughter, he had nodded his acceptance. He hadn’t gone to see Celeste’s final moments either, as he had a more important job to do. Having not shaved for some time, Samuel helped him and that was only why he looked presentable. Luckily, he did eat and talk, he just didn’t find much else important. Something strange did happen in my ‘house’ though…A rabbit has taken residence there as well, as Talon took over Sahara’s responsibility of it, with Samuel’s help. Talon might have gotten lethargic and didn’t do much business, but he did race after a bunny and sleep with it. If I could see this, I would have found it adorable, wanting to watch from behind a wall…