23- (Originally Chapter 22- Tortured II)
Venz's POV
She's barely kneeling and her back is full of open wounds due to the lashes. My eyes landed on the whip used only for vampires. My brows furrowed.
The servant whose Blade is dragging like a dog whimpered when she saw her friend barely hanging on with her life.
"What is this?" I coldly demanded an answer from the guards.
I narrowed my eyes at them when I saw they hesitated to answer.
"S-She asked us t-to whip her i-instead, King."
I look at Merylle. Her eyelids are struggling to maintain open and I can clearly hear her heavy breathing.
"Stop whipping her and whip the servant," I commanded.
"I will be glad if both of them were whipped," Blade commented.
I understand his rage. Neither of us is thinking rationally here. The inve
