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. It was not his fault that they would all rather dance with their preferred partners and hardly spare him a glance despite the chaos he had caused by fighting the son of the Prime Minister in the dance hall. It wa

standing up for himself. If he knew his father, which he did, he was very certain that he was going to send an Inquisitor to punish him for daring to harm a Saint with his 'poisoned' hands. It didn't matter that he was the fucking Prince of the land, being a non Saint had made him below a slave which meant he didn't have rig

Domnica, Derek, Elswyth and Curtis. At first he ignored their shared absence after all they were all friends with

the Land, he was sure Derek had gone to comfort him or give him a pep talk, whatever it was he could do in order to prevent the very unpredictable Saint from doing anything ill advised. His missing sister however, that did not sit right with him. She had made it her

and an angry Edward was a recipe destined to make a bad cake, he hu

t mind an accident happening to him, not just some silly accident like losing a limb or going blind or something as petty as that. No they had always wished for more serious accidents like drowning, burning

though he knew very well how powerful his sister truly was, the other part of him wanted her to be unleashed against all the enemies he could destroy but shouldn't because of how fragile his political value was. Times like this when he had an enemy he wished to put down, he wanted

im in public. He could perhaps see him just being rude to him for a long time while they both resided in the Tower, he could see him continue to take every opportunity afforded him by

already been adopted all over Syera and had given the man not just wealth but fame even though the dude came from literal nothing. Dominic had tried to get a job as the old man's assistant but due to his stigma, the man had refused as did every single person in

of a deal that the entire student population would rather dance and laugh and drink than find a room to fuck their brains out? Or there was something afoot, so

to an abrupt stop when he heard hurried whispers from one of the classrooms in the hallway. He waited a moment to know if it was indeed a couple of horny teenagers about to do the nasty in one of the classroom but no further whispers came out, what he h

r could be happening within and simply gone on his merry way. However tonight was the night he w

d of the missing Saints from the party while also walking towards him as one approached a skittish animal about to bolt at any moments notice. There was something about the air, something about the body langu

that it was the body of Edward, and from the behaviour of the four witnesses in the room, he knew that one of them did it. He didn't have the time to begin to analyse who could have killed Edward, and frankly it didn't matter. It did not m

sister? That was not possible not even in any alternate time-line, his fathe

who knew the laws of the land. Frankly if anyone walked into the room and found them all there, questions wouldn't be asked, eyebrows wouldn't be raised because one glance in and they wo

hould not be found, it would be better if they suspected he was dead than to actually find him dead; better for him and his sister, who would never forgive

id to him while her fellow suspects looked

ot sure it was, the stab wound was in multipl

should report this, turn ourselves in and face the punishme

u." Dominic said in a precise voice. "What h

u mean?" Cu

way on a much needed vacation." Dominic said as he approached the body with

storm off the room before following him thereafter only for the Saint to wind up dead. Any Inquisitor in the nation would just call it an open and closed case and have him arreste

to ensure his sister was never seen as a killer as well as allowing him to leave this world peacefully; however this was not a normal day.

t an iota of doubt that his sister would rather have herself tried and executed for thi

nervously, obviously not willing to mention his sister among their

, I will make sure none of us get to die for this, or worse." Dominic said as he tore a p

re not friends and have hardly exchanged two words with

e said as he looked at Dominica who had not said a word since she had claimed it was

o loved him as much as he loved her would rather die than have him take the fall for something he didn't do, which meant that she would turn herself in before he woke up in the mornin

o me getting arrested and killed, which my sister would not want happening so get the thought of framing me for this out of your minds." He said with steel in his voice as he lo

never..."

u from acting on them." Dominic said as he once more looked at his sister who was still in shock. "The next way to get rid of the body is by water. We could drown him in the riv

ower." Elswyth said in understanding as she hugged herself tighter with

d into pieces. If his body is then eventually found in anyway, well, no one would ever think he was murdered by a human, thereby protecting us." He f

ged his father when his father had entertained the thoughts of sending Dominic to the army while sending his precious daughter to get an education. This girl looked freak

re worried than freaked out, it was almost as if they had watched her do so

idn't do t

cly humiliate you." She confessed with tears running down her cheeks so fast and freely that he had to pull her into a hug as she wept so hard he could feel it. "I'm

hurt her or turn her in for something like this, frankly he would say good riddance and kiss her in joy, but he could

t happened. One of them did it while the others were a witness, making them accessory to murder should they not report it as Derek had suggested they do. Dominic now had a very serious job to do, he had to protect his sister from the Inquisitor while al

one of them did it, good luck t