Chapter 23. Redemption

Madison’s POV

I stiffened in a speechless stupor, completely petrified.

Was I going to die, just like that?

Arthur’s boots appeared in my line of sight, and he suddenly bent down to my eye level.

Arthur raised his hand to grab to chin, his touch rough against my skin and I recoiled, flinching in pain as he increased the force of his hold on me. He searched my eyes for a while, and then his lips curled to form a stiff smile, “That is precisely what I plan to do.”

With that said, he shoved my face to the side violently, before rising to stand straight.

I could not understand why loathed me so much.

“Guards!” Arthur called out, and several figures donned in black armor rushed forth, their presence a tyranny force that sent my skin prickling with goosebumps. “Seize her! She will be executed at the pack square.”

My toes went cold, and I raised my frightened eyes to meet Arthur’s icy ones.

I shook my head frantically, and Arthur