Ruelle's eyebrows furrowed as her mind struggled to process what she'd just heard. Her sister had murdered June? This was the person who wasn't capable of killing a fly, let alone a person, without shrieking.
"M—Murder?" Caroline's voice came out strangled with her face white and looking like she was about to throw up blood.
"What rubbish is this?" Mr. Eustace interrupted them. His bewilderment quickly turned to anger. "This is MY slave. I bought her for six thousand gold coins and I am taking her with me."
But the officer didn't flinch. He instead pulled out a rolled parchment from his coat and handed it to Mr. Eustace which carried an official seal. He then said,
"As you can see here, she has been found guilty and it has been ordered to take her." Soon a long chain with metal rings were placed on Caroline's wrists.
