The duke's wife is a man

CHAPTER 12

"Who are you." he said with a cold voice, his eyes deeply staring into Jaey's. Jaey swallowed and breathed heavily before glancing at the cold dagger directed at him. he smiled reluctantly and appeared to remain calm, though deep inside he was the farthest thing from calm.

"who else would I be, your grace." Jaey answered with caution.

Zeon laughed. his voice filling the silence of the room. The moonlit room began to grow dark as the thick clouds moved in front of the moon - their only source of light. slowly, they were consumed by darkness. But despite that, Zeons eye remained intimidating and clear to Jaey.

"you tell me." Zeon said, almost threatening. Jaey was conflicted.

does the duke know...if he knows and I lie he might kill me, But if he doesn't know and I tell the truth he'll kill me. Either way I would die.

Jaey thought. He swallowed and closed his eyes for a second to try and calm himself and carefully think of his current situation.

"Janella. Janella mishka, your grace" Jaey finally answered with a lie. he wasn't completely sure whether the Duke knew who he really was, and revealing the truth might ruin everything. Zeon pressed the dagger down unto Jaeys throat. Trickles of blood began to flow down from his neck to his chest, staining his white clothes with his own blood.

Zeon frowned. He brought up the dagger by an inch from jaeys skin and slowly dragged it down to his chest without breaking eye contact from Jaey. A smirk slowly crept to his lips

"then, I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem if i removed this from you" Zeon said, using the dagger to tug on Jaeys clothing, implying that he would strip Jaey without hesitation to prove the truth.

Jaey's body went numb and he stared at Zeon in disbelief as his mind went blank.

at that moment, Jaeys mind completely stopped working, his mouth and mind weren't in complete coordination. And without thinking, he answered.

"yes."

"I thought s-... what?"

this time, it was Zeon's turn to return that disbelief look, Jaeys eyes widened from realization at what he said and stated to regret it. Silence stretched between the two of them while they gaped at each other.

Both unresponsive of the situation that they were in.

The moon light slowly reappeared into the room, through the open window. The clouds had finally passed.

Zeon bursted out laughing from Jaeys unexpected answer. Zeon had assumed Jaey would fold with just a little bit of push and aggression. He didn't expect for Jaey to be so shameless, he had regarded Jaey as someone who was weak and spineless but his assumptions were proved wrong.

zeon's laugh brought Jaey back to reality. He stared at zeon in a confused manner before nervously glancing at the dagger. Zeon retracted the dagger from Jaeys body and leaned closer to him, a subtle amused smile playing on his lips.

"I'll forgive you for lying, but the next wont end well for you." he warned. "what does the young master of house Mishka want from me?"

So he knew. Jaey thought and silently killed himself on the Inside.

But just as he escaped from Zeons previous question, another question had backed him into another corner.

"Hey, I'm still talking to you."

Zeon said taking a strand of hair from and Jaey playing with it without breaking eye contact. Jaey could feel his heart thumping rapidly in his chest. Whether it was from anxiousness and nervousness or from Zeons action, he didn't know.