Chapter 18

Noella’s POV

Still in my now rumpled outfits and unkempt hair, the guards in masks dragged me out of the prison while I turned sideways, unable to figure out where they were taking me.

“Is this how I’m going to die? A death without honor,” I sighed, shaking my head in disbelief. “I have disappointed my parents.” A tear dropped down to my cheek, but it didn’t roll. I stagger as they continue dragging me with their might.

Soon, we entered a hall that had a large name plate displaying “Lord’s Chamber”. Another creepy thought escaped from my mouth.

“Hope the Lord is not going to sleep with me,” I said, and one of the guards dragging me shoved me away with a sharp sneer. I must have angered him with my blunt words, yet I pretended not to have said anything.

Reaching the room, they pushed me onto the floor, and I kneeled with my face lowered. Gradually raising my face away from the ground, my gaze locked with Austin’s fury eyes; he looked dangerously