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Chapter 2023 - Chapter 188: Afterword to Volume 5 – The Young Queen (9_2)

"Releasing you is not impossible. Unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless you do as I say."

"You say..."

What Joy Bennett spoke of was the last request Barbara had made on her deathbed.

"No, I can't, I won't do that," said Damon Earl.

"Won't do it? Fine, I'll kill you right now." As she spoke, Joy Bennett swiftly pulled out the dagger pinned to Damon's left hand.

A surge of immense pain returned to Damon's numb hand, followed by a spray of blood. Unable to endure it, Damon let out a cry of "ah," his hand still resting on the table, occasionally twitching.

Joy Bennett slapped the blood-stained dagger across Damon's face, then slowly dragged the dagger down, finally pointing it at Damon's heart, saying, "A stab here, and you'll be dead soon. The only explanation at the crime scene would be that Duke Barbara was killed resisting your disgraceful acts, and in her last moments, she pulled the dagger from her chest and stabbed it into yours..."

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