The scariest thing in the world was not death but waiting for your death. The death unfolding in their eyes was enough to make them cry and desperately asked for mercy. But their pleas were ignored and the execution continued.
When it was Merille's turn, fear was evident in her eyes. She tried to escape by acting like a hysterical woman but it was ignored by the knights as they put force on their hands to place her neck in the lunette. She desperately looked at the people who were watching the execution. With moving eyes, she saw a figure of a young man standing behind the crowd. He was crying while watching the execution that is happening in the plaza.
