CONTENT WARNING!
This chapter of Naya's Blade contains events that may be disturbing to some readers. Violence, bloodshed, and brutality of humans are not an exception. Please proceed with caution.
King Stefan's order was followed. Mara resisted briefly before she gave up and obediently laid her head on the chopping block with her eyes closed tightly.
Everybody watched in horror as King Stefan raised his hand. The sharp blade glittered as the executioner followed his signal, raising the blade and without wasting much time, King Stefan lowered his hand and then... Swoosh... Mara's head got detached from her neck and rolled down the scaffold to King Stefan's feet. Her blood splashed on the faces of the guards around her, the executioner, and King Stefan himself. He wiped the blood very close to his eyes with his fingers and put his right leg on Mara's head with a devilish smirk.
