Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"Your highness!" William frowned when he heard the sudden knock on the door. It was still dark and he was sure it was the middle of the night!

Three deep lines formed on his face and a dark light flashed in his eyes when a thought formed in his mind and he stood up with a jerk and ran towards the door without even caring to wear the slippers beside the bed!

He even forgot there were two knights standing at the door and they would open it just with a command as he ran and opened it himself!

"What is it?" With a face full of worry and gloomy eyes, he stared at his aide and knights who were surprised to see the unpresentable condition of his master!

Just how stressed was he to come out like that personally!

"Your highness, may I come in?" Although they were in his inner chambers, he still remembered that there was a spy between them and he did not want them to hear about it!

William's eyes narrowed but he turned and went in without saying a word as the man followed and closed the door.

"They were attacked. Weren't they?" it was not a question, as William already knew the answer! He held the corner of the chair so tightly that his knuckles turned white as he tried his best to keep his anger in control.

"A group of mercenaries tried to kidnap Lady Evangeline but master Leo handled the situation well and imprisoned all the attackers on time!

They all were brought to the underground prison but all of them had commtied suicide in the wagon except the one who was knocked out by young lord personally!

We have tried him from a chair so that he would not be able to do anything when he gains his consciousness back!

But both of them were still out. Our men are still following them. I came personally to inform you in case you want to interrogate the man before the young lord will come back and take the case in his hands!" The man knew that his master was hiding something and this was not as simple as a threat to kill Leo or Evan!

"Yes! We will go now!" picking up his outer robe, he walked out of the room without waiting for the response of the knights!

His eyes had already turned darker and black aura had started to emit from him. He was looking like a devil that was coming out from the depths of hell to take his revenge!

His brisk and quick steps had so much pressure that the knight was having trouble in keeping his breathing even and a neutral face as he was afraid that the duke would kill the assassin before they could get any information from him.

"I want all of you to leave!" As he entered the underground prison he scanned all the knights who were stunned to see him there in his night robe.

Though the duke was the head of the family. He had mostly concentrated on the administration part while Leo had taken care of these kinds of things.

But to see the duke personally visit the attacker as soon as he was brought that also in a night wear which showed that he did not have patience to each wear presentable clothes, stunned them!

Just who were these attacks and how had they offered both his highness and young lord!?

Though confused and curious, knights knew better that they did not have any rights to ask questions. So, they bowed their heads and left the room when William finally stared at the unconscious man!

His body structure was similar to the old man who was blackmailing him! Could it be that he was the one who had come to meet him in the woods!

If that was the case, he had to return the favor and show his kindness.

Without waiting for the man to wake up or throw water on his face, he walked towards the section where all kinds of weapons were kept and picked a sharp dagger in his hands.

With a nefarious smile on his face, he held the dagger in his hand and spice on the other!

Walking closely he sat down and held his hand and started peeling it as if he was peeling vegetables in the kitchen!

"Arghh" even in his sleep, the man shrieked and tried to struggle but William's grip was too tight as he continued to peel his skin meticulously. Once he was done, he picked up the spice and started applying a layer on the freshly made wounds as if he was preparing the vegetables for cooking!

"Arrrghhh! Let go!" The man started shouting and withering in pain as his struggle increased and he came back to his consciousness with widened eyes.

"Aahh.. you are awake! It is still early though! If you want you can take a nap while I start working on your other hand then I can fry both of them together!" The eyes of the man widened so big like a saucer while staring at the nonchalant duke who was talking like he was cooking a few dishes for him, not him instead!

"Let me go! What are you doing? It is against the law!" the man hollered as he tried to threaten the man who chuckled!

"Tsk! I am the law here so whatever i do is legal, you do not need to worry about it!" with that he rotated the dagger in his hands and started peeling the skin of another hand.

The man tried to struggle but he was tightly bound and the pain was affecting his senses that he was not able to react or understand!

"Just stop that! I will tell you everything you want to know but let my hands go first!"

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