Chapter 47- Finally Fallen

The crowd was hushed with anticipation. What could be the final words of the person they once looked to lead their country? What would be the final words of a murderer? Repentance? Silence? Or maybe he would go out with something a little more his style. Assholery.

Landon lifted his head, facing the crowd. His eyes were sunken in and he looked the farthest thing from a Prince. The last time Lilith saw him, he was practically glowing, and now, he had fallen so far, in looks and status.

“The people of Creona, this country, my country, are fools.” he was definitely going with the last option. “Fools for listening to your King and thinking that he would make a better leader than me. I would have made a better ruler than all of my siblings combined.”

Everyone remained silent. Lilith rolled her eyes and looked over to Raymond, not wanting to pollute her sight anymore. He was looking at his brother with the most scornful expression she had ever seen on him. Lilith would never want to be on the receiving end of that. Just seeing that face made her skin crawl. She really wanted to hurt Landon for making him upset. But oh well, he was going to die soon so what could she do?

“But… there is something that I need to get off of my chest.” Landon followed up, something that was close to sorrow in his tone. “This is something that I must tell you, as the former Prince of this country, because it would just not be right if I kept this to myself. Maybe if situations were different, I would not be telling you this, but now… now I must.”

What in the world was this clown acting all benevolent for? This definitely would not be good.

“Rory Mottley and Lucan Avarice are the third and fourth princes of Creona.”

Lilith was so shocked that her mouth simply fell open. “This bitch-”

“Landon!” Raymond roared over the bursting surprise of the crowd.

He had obviously crossed a line and thought that it would be good to do as much damage as possible in his final moment. How vile? Why couldn't they have just chopped his head off already? Geez. Did anyone really think that he deserved the luxury of a few last words?

And all Landon could do is laugh. He was definitely on the brink of insanity if he was acting like this. Or maybe he was just an asshole. The crowd definitely was not pleased with what he had done and they were even louder than before. Lilith could barely register what was going on with Raymond because of the rowdiness. Exposing something like that was just next level and the crowd looked ready to storm up on the platform and kill Landon themselves.

But there was not much more to the story, because immediately after that, Landon was executed. Lilith was glad she had not seen what had happened, but the sudden silence the crowd was jerked into told her that it happened. The blade had fallen and Lilith only peeked to see if the deed had been done. Everyone’s gaze was locked on the basket that collected the fallen head. There was blood on the guillotine and so that was all Lilith was willing to see.

There was no way she was going to get closer to that thing, even if she wanted to be near Raymond. Besides, it wasn’t like he needed comforting or anything. Lilith would even think that he got pleasure from the death of his brother. And who could blame him?

Lilith was sure that the crowd was close to trying to get their hands on Landon’s body to take out their frustrations and so in order to avoid that bloodbath, she left. Lilith Victoria was the reason Landon Avery is dead. Good.

Raymond was simply seething. He could not believe that Landon would stoop to such a new low. Immediately he ordered the guards to take his brothers from the crowd and place them in the palace. He would make sure that no one would be able to break in and commit any more murders. His mother simply could not handle another death and he was not going to let Landon’s insolence have any effect on their lives.

“I cannot believe he would do something like that? How could someone so rotten almost become the ruler of this country.” Lucan spat.

Raymond joined them in their journey to the castle. The three of them rode in a carriage and Lucan was expressing his well-expected rage.

“I just hope that nothing more happens. I don’t think I can handle another attempt at my life.” Rory voiced his concerns.

Although they were not all that close Raymond still felt for his brothers and he would do anything in his power to protect them. “I’m sure that you two will be safe. I do not see any reason why someone would try to kill you. The men that worked for Landon are still being tracked down but aside from them, you should be safe. But just in case, staying in the castle would be for the best.”

“But what about my parties? My manor. My life.” Lucan whined.

“Everything will go back to normal soon enough. The only thing that may change when you go back is security but I think everything will be alright now.”

“We should forget about that and focus on our mother. She is sure to be in a lot of pain right now. We’ll hold off on telling her about what happened.” Rory said.

“Agreed.”

Lilith went to find something for Raymond to eat. She was not sure if getting a close-up view of a decapitated head made him lose his appetite but she doubted that. He would just continue on like how he did any other day. But that all depended on how he would feel after seeing his mother. That could definitely put a wrench in his plans.

Once she got to the kitchen, she saw Gloria making the food and so she greeted her and stood off to the side to wait. All the smells of the kitchen were starting to get to her and she really wanted to sink her teeth in every aroma that came her way. Maybe it would be so bad to be Queen. Lilith was sure she would be able to eat whatever she wanted.

The thought shocked her but she did not get too much time to ponder on it because they were interrupted.

Two servants that looked to be in about their late thirties walked up to Lilith. One male and one female. And they asked her the age-old question.

“Do you know the woman that King Raymond is seeing?”