Arabella's screams haunted Ada long after they had ceased. Long after her body turned motionless at the prince's feet.
But he kept on kicking her and demanding that she wake up to watch the rest of them being hanged even upon getting no response.
Eventually, another man ascended the stairs to the scene with a bucket which Ada believed to be full of water.
He dumped its content right on her head but to no avail. Even that did not help bring her back to their reality. How could it… After what she was made to witness and after all the blows that were rained upon her without an ounce of mercy?
Speaking of mercy, there was none for them to spare either, was there?
It was the end for all of them and by no one else's fault but hers. At least, according to Zarah who did not hold back on telling Ada how her little visit to the training room was the line that helped connect the dots which already danced in plain sight.
