Hades' Cursed Luna novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16: The Heartless Princess

Eve~

"Say it again, I dare you." I recognized the woman who stood, her eyes blazing—eyes like mine. Red hair flowing down her back. Ellen. Her voice would forever be etched into my memory like a brand.

I froze when I saw what she held in her hand. A gun.

"Your highness, please..." The maid, who did not look a day over eighteen, pleaded, rubbing her hands together.

"You bloody liar!" Ellen spat. "You dare spread obscene rumors about my fiancé? The Beta of this pack?"

"Please..."

"Tell the truth, you impoverished bitch! Tell this whole room the truth."

"But I did not... lie," the maid cried.

Ellen slapped the girl across the face hard, the force making her fall. "Tell the truth."

"My dear, just tell the princess the truth," an older woman dressed as a maid in the video said.

The girl turned to the older maid. "But mother... he did rape me."

I gasped, my hand clamping over my mouth.

A shot rang out, scaring me out of my skin. The maid screamed, blood oozing from the wound on her leg.

My heart stopped. Ellen had shot her. My sister ran a hand through her hair, vibrating with anger. "Let's try again, shall we? Tell me the truth, and I will spare you."

The maid nodded, the horror and fear in her eyes gutting me. "I lied, I lied. The Beta never did it. I lied—"

She was silenced as another shot rang out. The girl's mouth stopped moving; she fell back, a bloody hole in her forehead.

I screamed, and so did the girl's mother. She ran to her daughter, cradling her limp form, screaming her name. "Ruth, Ruth, please... no..." But it was far too late. She was gone. Tears fell down my cheeks.

"You said you would spare her," the woman yelled.

But my sister smiled, the action chilling me to my bones. "She lied, so it's only fair I do the same."