His Dark Desire: Tales of a Yandere

Wake

"Queen Mary," she looked at the person who just entered her tent. It was her uncle, the grand duke.

"Uncle," she looked straight into his panicked eyes as he came near her.

"Let's get away from here my queen. I shall bring you back to the palace," he avoided her eyes and offered his hand to her.

Mary nodded calmly and followed him to the carriage waiting for them outside. There was no hesitation in her movements nor does her face betray her emotions.

As she finally settled in her seat and the duke sat beside her, she spoke.

"Why are you here uncle?" she asked the one who has acted as her guardian ever since her parents' death.

The old man gulped down and was unable to answer. He asked for the coachman to start their travel.

"You didn't have to kill the innocents if it is me you wanted," she told him point-blank, making the old man feel bitterness in his tongue as he told her the truth.

"It wasn't me who wanted you dead, it was the whole of the royal family. You can't blame them, for practicing witchcraft and starting an affair with a lowly barbarian. Do you deny any of these charges?" he spoke with a vile in his voice.

"I don't deny any. I have practiced the forbidden arts because I had no choice at the moment. You were about to die uncle, you were the first recipient of my learnings. I had to continue when an unknown sickness began to take the lives of our people. How can I not do what I must to save their lives?" she said calmly, without urgency.

In truth, she had lost any hope that she will come out of the carriage alive. This conversation is happening but she knows she cannot sway her uncle.

"And what of the barbarian?" his uncle spoke in a dead calm tone. He has made up his mind no matter the way she answers.

"I love him. He is not just a barbarian... he is a knight. He is my knight," she corrected him as she spoke.

"I will order the ceasefire between your lover's tribe and the crown once I have reached the castle," the duke assured her as he handed her a flask.

"This is a potent poison but it won't distort your beauty, it won't make you suffer... it will be a painless death," he continued as she took the flask from him.

"I will drink this, only I have a request," she looked at him, seeing a father figure who has betrayed her in the end.

"What is it?" the duke asked, feeling a sense of pity for his ward.

"Leave the carriage here. Let him find me, because I fear he won't rest until he do. I want him to be the one to have me in the end. He is the only one worthy to stay by my side, and the only one I want to be beside me. I beg you to grant me my last desire," she met his eyes and kissed his cheek.

She finds no bitterness in her heart. Even she guessed how everything will end once her crimes were found out.

She has no regrets, either of becoming a witch or becoming his.

The duke nodded as she smiled and drank the liquid. She felt a sense of sleepiness afterward as the carriage halted and the duke boarded out, leaving her behind.

"Dominus..." was the last word she uttered before she closed her eyes.

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Dominus's face lit up as they finally reached Selene, at last, they didn't meet with any trouble.

He urged his stallion forward and peaked at the carriage's window only to order the caravan to stop right away.

He wrenched the door open and grunted as he felt the cold body of the queen.