The faint sunlight glinted off the blade of the guillotine. “Eurain Sierra of Airdren is hereby sentenced to death for the murder of Millen Ayle and the attempted murder of Leia Ayle…” In the distance, four lifeless bodies swayed gently from the gallows—my mother, father, and two brothers. The sound of the trapdoors giving way ...
The faint sunlight glinted off the blade of the guillotine. “Eurain Sierra of Airdren is hereby sentenced to death for the murder of Millen Ayle and the attempted murder of Leia Ayle…” In the distance, four lifeless bodies swayed gently from the gallows—my mother, father, and two brothers. The sound of the trapdoors giving way still echoed faintly in my ears. The cacophony of voices around me felt like a distant murmur, hollow and far away. Yet the sharp crack of the judge’s gavel, declaring my guilt, still thundered in my chest, matching the frantic rhythm of my racing heart. The lover of the Grand Duke, Leia Ayle, had been found dead. Leia himself had collapsed from shock after nearly being poisoned, bedridden for days. The incident had taken place within Leia’s chambers at the ducal est
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