Xavier rushed upstairs carrying the unconscious and bloody Selena in his arms. His heart was pounding,he was scared. Kicking the door, he rushed inside and laid her gently on the bed only to hear a painful groan escape her throat. He held her hand tightly as if trying absorb some of her pain. After a few minutes, Maria and the other maids rushed in with the doctor. "My Lord, please I kindly request you to leave so that I can take care of the lady." But the doctor's words fell on deaf ears when Xavier did not move. He pleaded again but still Xavier was adamant on staying. With a sigh he said, "So be it. You can stay but do not interfer with my treatment." The doctor started treating Selena along with his apprentice. Xavier had to bite down the pain he felt when Selena groaned in pain through the night.
"Look after her. I will be back in a moment." Xavier commanded as he rose up, leaving Selena to Maria who stood at a corner in the room. With a bow, she went to Selena's bedside and knelt beside it.
The servants bowed deeply when their master passed by. They felt sad about the sorrow he was going through. It was worse than the death of his beloved Flora, the only woman he loved amongst all the wives he had. The duke walked in a dark pathway. He did not require light to see because he could see well in the dark. Reaching to a rusted door, he entered another pathway but this time, the air was heavyly saturated with the stench of blood and rusted iron. Reaching a certain cell, he saw Mickel smoking while cleaning the blood on his knuckles. "And here I was thinking you would not come. Shouldn't you be by her side?" he asked Xavier who entered the cell.
Xavier did not reply. He walked towards Henry who was bloody and tarted. He was chained to the wall in the cell and his face could barely be recognized. "Good job but not good enough. I can still see that it is him." he said when he suddenly punched Henry but received no response. "How dare he be unconscious after what he did to my little flame. Bring me a bucket of water." he ordered. He splashed the water on his face. Henry woke up felling pain spreading all over his body. He opened his busted eye to see the duke's violet eyes in the darkness.
" Oh! so he is really awake? I really did not do a good job." Mickel mumbled in disappointment as he leaned against the wall and continue smoking. Suddenly a crazed laughter was heard from Henry. "She is mine and no one else." he said only to receive a punch making him gasp and spitting blood. " I do not give a damn about the punches you throw at me . I saw her first! She belongs to me. Who do you think you are to try to convert what is mine. When I get out of here, I will take her and we will be happy." Seeing no reaction he continued, " She and I have already given ourselves to each other. Our body and soul are one. No one else can have her. No one knows her body more than I. No one knows her behavior more than me." he let out another crazy laugh.
"Go and bring the witch." Xavier ordered Mickel who was growling with anger. When he left, Xavier took a dagger, " Let me make this clear." he said as he played with the dagger. Suddenly, Henry let out a painful scream when one of his legs was torn from his body and the other was broken. " That is to stop you from taking her to whatever happy ending you were talking about." Xavier stated as he cleaned the blood on his face only to smear more on it. The chain holding Henry rattled violently when the duke tore one of his arm and broke the other one." That is get rid of that feeling when you touched her. " Xavier plucked out an eye of his making him almost faint form the pain." This dirty eye had to be removed. And the other eye is for you to witness our wedding soon." he smirked wickedly as he saw hot tears flow from Henry's eye. Xavier turned to the white haired woman in red who stood in front of the cell with a tired look. "You know what to do." he said as he made way for her to cast a spell on Henry. " It is done." she confirmed and went to stand outside the cell.
She looked at Mickel who just grinned. "The spell she casted is to sustain your life but you will feel the pain." he stated as he took the dagger. " So what were you saying about your bodies and soul being one?" he neared Henry who screamed on top of his lungs begging him to stop. Xavier gave a scary smile as he cut off Henry's manhood. " And that is for dreaming of converting her." as he finished his sentence, Henry fainted. Washing his face and hands, he exited the dungeon, leaving Mickel grinning with joy and the white witch who was starring at Henry with a bored look.
Returning by Selena's side, he excused Maria. He held her hands in his as he kissed it. " The world shall bend on it's knees if any harm befalls on you. You are my reason, you are the only thread to my existence." he whispered in her ears, leaving a peck on her forehead.