It had been nothing but chaos after everyone saw the guard hanging from the balcony.
Aria’s sobs never stopped, and men from all over, both guards and lords, volunteered to get the man down.
They tried to pull him up with the rope, but that only resulted in his entire body falling splat onto the floor, while his head hung from the rope.
A bellowing scream escaped Aria’s lips when she saw this, and she immediately buried her face in Chad’s jacket to rid her sight from the gruesome image.
However, Chad only stood in his with his eyes glued to the mess, as guest upon guest scurried away.
On such a day like this—on Aria’s birthday, Heather had the gall to do something like this.
It made him sick.
Her point was clear now. She wanted to show them all that she had full access to the c
