Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"Did you not hear what i said?" George banged the table hard with full force. The whole room trembled due to his rage.

He was shaking with anger as his chest heaved up and down but he still was staring hard at the crown prince as if he wanted to kill him that instant. There was not a single trace of warmth or fatherly love when he looked at Andrew.

But Andrew was equally unaffected. He did not raise his head or reacted to the anger of his father. He took another sip of his tea with a calm look on his face.

"We had two Regina's as the candidate of the empress. Elizabeth and Adelaide, but Adelaide has already disappeared for a long time.

Not only was she the fallen princess of another empire but a suspect of being an enemy too. Now that she is gone, do you want me to search for her and still marry her?" Andrew titled his head and stared back at his father. Though he was not shouting like him, his face was saying "you have gone completely crazy!"

"Who cared about her! If she is gone, then she only deserves to end up in prison after getting caught."  he said with a shrug of her shoulders. "But that does not mean that I am going to accept Elizabeth as the empress. She is not a noble anymore. She did not have noble blood. Who would take the orders of a commer?"

There was a look of disdain on his face. He looked like he was nauseated just by thinking about it.

"Andrew, I am your father! I will never want you to be hurt if humiliated. You deserve the utmost request, my son. I am only thinking about your welfare." his voice softened but Andrew did not move even a bit.

His face was still cold and indifferent,

"I did not care about the world, and if you are worried about my welfare, then do not be. I am an adult and i am wise enough to take my decisions." George's eyes turned colder. His grip on the glass tightened until his knuckles turned white.

"Are you going against me, now?" His voice has a low threat. As if he would kill him if he said yes.

Andrew raised his head, there was a cold gleam in his eyes when he looked indifferent as if he did not know the person at all,

"I am only supporting the love of my life."

"Ha! Hahahah! Love! Do you think the crown prince has the right to fall in love?" he scoffed hard, "the only love of the crown prince is throne. And if you would love it, you have to make a lot of sacrifices.," Andrew just laughed at him and then shook his head.

"I only love Elizabeth and i am ready to sacrifice throne for her." he placed the glass back on the table and then wiped his face with his cold fingers holding the napkin.

"Now if you will excuse me." he said as he stood up, bowed his head and left.

George threw the glass on the floor with a bang. His face was uglier.

He stood up and then smiled, "I have thought that I would let her live but if you want her to die that badly, then I will surely oblige." His eyes had an evil glint and then he looked back at the knights who were listening to the whole discussion.

"You know what you have to do, right?" he asked as he tilted his head when the night nodded his head. The desire to kill was clear in the eyes of the man.

"This time you must not fail. It has already been six times that the mercenaries sent to kill Evan have come back without result." his face turned ugly just by thinking about it but he was not the only one.

The knight looked ugly too as if he had chewed something bitter. He had lost so many men in killing Evan, yet she was alive and even walked on the roads with that arrogant look on her face.

"I will personally go this time to make sure that we did not fail, your majesty." he bowed his head and took a few steps until he disappeared in the dark again.

A cold smirk formed on the face of George who looked out of the balcony on the cold night. This was going to be one hell long night.

The knight that had left was not alone. He had one of his subordinates standing there blankly. It was taught to them to not speak until they were called as if they were dead.

He was not going to make a noise but his eyes were glinting wildly.

"You know what you are supposed to do right?" asked the knight and the other nodded, "I will personally kill her, all you have to do is lure her to a desolate place.

Write a fake letter from the name of the crown prince that he had invited her for a meeting in the ruby palace's garden." the knight nodded and bowed his head and he left from there.

But instead of writing the letter, he walked to a secret path that opened in the palace of Andrew who was sitting in front of the fireplace.

His eyes were staring at the flames of fire that were reflected in his eyes. He looked no less than a demon who could suck the soul of anyone around him.

There was no warmth on his face. He tried his head when he saw the knight entering stealthily in his room.

"Your highness, you were right. Since they were not able to kill lady Evangeline, they are targeting lady Elizabeth now. The goal is to break that family and keep you in control at the same time.

I have been assigned to fake your writing once again and sent a letter to lady Elizabeth. What are your orders now?"