All Chapters of Devil's Heart: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Chapter forty-one"He called off the marriage?!" Monica asked with a near squeak, her eyes glaring at Elizabeth's reflection in the mirror before her. The answer to the question hadn't come immediately though.Her cousin brushed the red curls down into thick waves. And for the moment, she thought of the question thrown at her as well as a suitable answer for it.When she heaved a sigh of frustration, she placed both hands on Monica's shoulders and looked straight into the mirror before them, "I did not presume I'd be this affected. I'm not supposed to feel this bad!"Monica silently agreed, though the shock hadn't left her face, "I apologise. I must have taken this fling too far."Elizabeth did not respond.Cautiously, her cousin stood and turned to face her, realising just then how moist her eyes were. The blonde looked down at the hair brush in her hands and sobbed, "Is it me getting weaker or I just hate being rejected."The Scottish cupped her cheek, changing her tone into the sof

Chapter forty-three"It is the feeling of guilt Monica," she said to the lady by her side, "I think it's my sins coming back haunt me."The moon was right above them while they strode through the Palace gate. The silence around them was almost intimidating, surrounding the Scottish with a familiar feeling of caution.She raised her dress above the grass, noticing the music from the orchestra die down behind them while they went deeper into the woods.Back to Elizabeth's statement, Monica sighed and replied, "So you want to…repent." She turned her and raised a brow, "Is that the word?"Elizabeth almost laughed. Stopping in her tracks, she turned to the red haired lass, "It's the feeling you get when you have a hand in your father's death, that of your brother's and of the man who gave birth to your betrothed."The damsel nodded in understanding, "I'm glad you've realized your wrong." Monica took one look around the darkness surrounding them. At some point, she thought she saw something

Chapter forty-fiveMonica staggered some more and placed a hand on her stomach. As if she did not expect it, she gawked at the blood that bathed her palm just before she crumpled down to sit upon the grass.As though that was not enough trouble, she suddenly felt a knife to her throat. At that instant, she knew who to expect."I've always wished for a dual with you after all the stories," Olivia rasped to her ear, "but it's not so relishing when it has to be this easy."Monica gave a dramatic gasp as though offended at the remark. Angrily, she clutched the Countess by her shoulders and pulled her over. When the woman's back violently landed on the ground, the Scottish climbed upon her with a painful groan.She sent the first fist to her jaw, "How did you get married to that man?!" Second fist,"It isn't so easy to fight me now, is it?" Third fist.Olivia had had enough of the torture. She reached out for the knife that had fallen to the grass. Her hands clawed around the dirt for the w

Chapter forty-sevenHis eyes cringed when the sun rays of dawn suddenly bathed his face. After struggling with the light for a while, he opened his eyes to find Monica pulling the draperies aside.She was already fully dressed, compared to his naked body still under the covers."Good morning," the lady said simply with her attention still outside through the window. Afterwards, she went on tugging at the curtains without a word."Someone's desperate to go back to Scotland," Philip forced a sad smile, pushing the covers from over his body while he stretched in a yawn.At his words, the lass smiled and finally turned to him, "You can say that."The Duke watched her for a while. Compared to the emotions they both shared the previous night, she seemed…cold. However, he just pressed his lips together and said nothing.But Monica still went on, "Earl and the others are already with His Majesty. Get ready and meet us downstairs."Philip still had his eyes on her while she walked away immed

Chapter forty-ninePhilips heartbeat had doubled. With one look at Earl, he realised he was not the only one hearing this for the first time. "What stopped the war then?""Your father and I," the Duke heard the King say, much to his shock and secret relief, "I sent him off to Scotland, alongside the last Viscount of Mareda, Elizabeth's father."Now even his sons were listening. The air grew with tight tension as gradually, everything was turning out wrong."When they tried to compromise," the man's eyes were seemingly lost in a world of thoughts, piecing the memories to a whole story one by one, "we thought he listened. In basic terms, he did. But then, he found an even more valuable nuclear weapon...""Monica," Jason completed the man's speech as he sadly began understanding the story. It was then they realised the Scottish was no longer with them.Philip took rounds of breathing into his lungs and ran his fingers through his hair. She was gone! If he reacted the way he was supposed