Ensnaring His Dark Moon - Chapter 139

The man placed the sac near the wall and walked towards Duchess Flora, ”She is unconscious.”

”No one is better than you at this job,” Duchess Flora smiled in glee while looking at the man whose body gradually started transforming.

Alexander’s eyes widened in horror when he saw that bulky man transforming into an old lady whom he was familiar with.

”Aunt Greta, you sure are efficient,” Duchess Flora glanced at the sac. She let go of Alexander’s wrist and he caught his breath. She glanced at him, ”Now that Esme is here, no one has to know about it, alright? I will make sure of it later that you don’t open your mouth about this to anyone. Your younger brother thinks that this girl has already left while the Prince is angered by her actions. Men have a large ego and Aleister’s ego is badly hurt. He won’t run after the woman who left him after trampling on his self-respect time and time again.”

”But…” Alexander inhaled a deep breath, ”Why would you do that? What will you get out of causing all the misunderstandings? You were treated so well by us… Why?” His eyes teared up as he spoke in a soft voice, almost in disbelief.

”Hmm… Misunderstanding. I did cause one or many. I bewitched your future daughter-in-law… my bad… she is not going to marry your Prince anymore. I bewitched her and she ended up hitting the nail on him right where it hurt. Such fools. Living with promises of love, did they think they could go through me?”

Aunt Greta, Duchess Flora’s nanny was the old woman who had once performed a ritual with black salt around Esma to ward off the evil eyes from her. She could not help but laugh, ”They sure were fools.”

”These two wanted to get to the bottom of all matters, to know about everything but little did they know, here, everything is under my control. Things happen the way I want them to.”

”You are….” Alexander looked at both the women in astonishment and disbelief. What were they, witches? Didn’t the Norwell family say that only the witches were capable of bewitching someone?

And this woman just confessed that she bewitched Esme.

”Did you say that I have been around here for a decade?” Duchess Flora looked at the King with disinterest, ”How does it feel after being clueless about it? To be honest, I was having a good time here, feeding on you and your brother but since the day that Prince came back, he became a hindrance to my happy lifestyle. As if it was not enough, this stubborn Princess joined hands with him.”

”Why did you….” Alexander gasped for breath as he spoke, ”Let her go. She was going back…”

”I could have left her but she is somewhat precious. It would be a pity to let go of a thing like her,” she glance at the sac, ”It was not easy to get my hands on her with Aleister protecting her. So, I created this strife between them and sent her away. Then, it was child’s play to get my hands on her. Do you want to see what I will do with this woman?” she glanced at the King.

”No… No… Let go of her…” The poor child was unaware of everything, ”She always treated you kindly. You can’t harm her.”

”Tsk,” she clicked her tongue, ”One of the reasons why I have been living here for years is this woman itself. Now tell me, shall I let go of her?”

Alexander’s eyes widened. How was Esme connected to Flora? If he was right, then they should have met in the Castle for the very first time.

But it looks like this woman… Flora or an impostor, whoever she was had many mysteries behind her. She was unpredictable.

Never in his wildest dreams did he think that there will be a day when he would look at Flora with such a changed perspective, ”Was it you?… Cough… The one who killed maids?”

”Oh them?” The woman nodded, ”Yes, it was me. I needed virgin blood so I took a few lives or else I am not as cruel as this.”

Alexander closed his eyes. He even once doubted Esme’s intentions towards them because she appeared out of nowhere in their lives. But Flora was the last person he ever held suspicions for.

”What about Maverick?”

Duchess Flora licked her lips, ”Although it was a bit disgusting, but his soul was delicious. Maybe it was because of his powers. And I have been feeding on your soul too. I did not intend to kill you but look at you being unruly out of nowhere. What do you want to tell Aleister? About his identity? Or his past?”

”You… How do you….”

”How do I know? Did I not tell you that Esme is one of the reasons I have been living here secretly? The other reason is Aleister.”

”But…”

”Shhh… No more questions,” she pressed a finger on her lips before walking towards the sac, ”Let me first see my prey.”

Aunt Greta smiled.

Alexander panicked.

Duchess Flora untied the rope tied around the huge sac.

“I wonder how you are going to react when you see my face,” A flicker of amusement flashed in her eyes that had turned into blue color, ”Hmm, will you panic or will you be fearful? Or maybe you will beg me to let go of you. I can’t wait to see your reaction,” With that said, she pulled the rope and the sac opened.

Duchess Flora glanced at the head that popped out, striking red hair framed the face, ”Your hair is beautiful. I have to admit that,” she whispered, grabbing a strand of the hair, ”But what use your beauty has when it can’t save you from me? If you didn’t come here, maybe your life would have been prolonged for some time but you had to come to the Daven’s Castle to look for your death,” she tugged the hair harshly as soon as her words finished.

But what happened next astounded everyone present in the room.

The strands of hair were easily pulled out and Duchess Flora was left staring at the wig in her hand.