Angelica sat near the window and stared at the horizon, watching the sunset. The women dying in her town seemed to stop for some time and then start again. She didn't only have the townspeople to worry about now but also a killer roaming free and killing women her age.
She wasn't safe anywhere. Hopefully, soon she would be married and move to the other side of the town, where Lord Scott lived. Natasha would let him know she agreed to the marriage.
The door to the room was opened after a knock, and Natasha stepped inside. She had a frown on her face. "Sir Shaw is here looking for you," she said.
Sir Shaw? Why could he be looking for her?
Did he perhaps change his mind?
Angelica left her window to see why he was there.
When she arrived at the parlour, she saw that he wasn't alone. He came with another man. Angelica had seen the man somewhere, but she couldn't recall exactly where.
Perhaps she had seen him with her father?
The man introduced himself as Lord Green. He was a business partner of Sir Shaw's father. Angelica got a bad feeling as she sat down to speak to them.
"Lord Green has been doing his business outside the kingdom. He came back recently and found out about your father's death. Your father owes a lot of money to him." Sir Shaw explained.
Oh. Things could get worse.
"How much did he borrow?" Angelica asked.
Lord Green pulled an envelope out of his pocket. He opened it and then handed her the paper with the information. Angelica's eyes widened when she saw the sum he had borrowed.
"Seven crowns?"
"Yes, My Lady," Lord Green replied.
That was a fortune. More than her brother's inheritance. What was her father doing with this amount of money?
"I don't have this much to pay you back." She said, shocked.
"Then you know what you need to do," Lord Green said.
Oh no! They would take everything she and her brother owned: all the properties and wealth, including the inheritance.
"You pay off with everything you have, and the remaining will remain a debt that you need to keep paying off," Lord Green explained.
Angelica looked at Sir Shaw. She knew very well that he could quickly pay off her debt or not seek to get any payment back. The man and his family had so much wealth that it ran out of their pockets. His father, together with this partner of his, was one of the leading businessmen in the kingdom.
Sir Shaw still looked at her with that lustful gaze. She knew he still wanted her but couldn't ruin his reputation. His father was also known to be the cruellest man. Even if Sir Shaw wished to marry her now, his father would be against it. Father's always controlled their sons with inheritance, and one thing Sir Shaw wanted more than she was money.
And now that she wasn't only a traitor's daughter but also had a considerable debt to pay off, even Lord Scott wouldn't want to marry her.
She lost her chance.
"I don't have a job, and as you know, marriage is almost impossible for me, so I don't know how to pay you back," Angelica said.
"Then you know what that means, Lady Davis. You have to work for me." Lord Green said. "And where is your brother? He will need to work for me as well."
Her brother. Oh no! She was somehow happy she sent him away. "My brother is in a military camp on His Majesty's orders." She said.
He nodded. "Then you will have to come with me."
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Heart Of Darkness
FanfictionThey whispered in town about him. They called him a beast. They called him cruel. They called him ugly. People were repulsed by his face. They treated him like a deadly disease, avoiding him like the plague. They didn't dare talk to or in front of h...
