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Chapter 944 Being Tortured And Questioned (Part One)
When Douglas woke up, he found himself tied to a tree trunk. Felton, on the other hand, was leaningagainst another one not far from where he was, his head tilted to the side. Douglas didn't know if hisbrother was alive, but immediately felt his blood run cold when he saw the man and woman sitting sideby side by the fire.
"Your Highnesses, what are you doing? We are family, remember? Why did you tie me up?" SinceDouglas knocked out by Matthew the time he saw him, he had no idea what the couple did to the restof the Qin Clan. As for him, he initially thought that they kidnapped him mainly because they wanted touse him to threaten his clan and save Felton. Now that he realized that Felton was already saved, hebecame confused as to why they still took him.
"You're awake," Harper said as soon as she noticed Douglas had already come to his senses. "That'sgood. You're here because I want to ask you a few questions. If your answers satisfy me, there will berewards. If you fail to do so, you will be punished," she continued as she roasted hare meat on theraging fire.
"Princess Harper, we are cousins. You can ask whatever you want to and I will tell you everything Iknow. But can you untie me first?" Douglas pleaded.
This plea seemed to fall on deaf ear because instead of responding, Harper just started askingquestions. "What is the purpose of the Qin Clan?" she asked, her eyes deep and her facial expressionundecipherable.
"Purpose? Is there any other purpose other than trying to remove the curse its members inherited?You've seen Felton. If things go on like this, he will be the first one to not survive," Douglas said with agrin.novelbin
Harper turned to look at Douglas, her stare piercing. As she looked away, she sent a potent surge ofher vital energy towards him, leaving him a huge gash on his shoulder.
Douglas screamed at the top of his lung because of the pain. The pained shriek was so loud that itstartled and disturbed the birds within a mile radius. It took him a good while to calm himself down, andwhen he did, he glared at Harper as tears welled in his eyes. He was shocked that she dared treat himlike that.
Harper ripped some roasted hare meat from its bones and fed it to Patrick, which was sitting next to herlike a guard intent on protecting its master. It seemed to be enjoying the treatment it was being given,looking fully satisfied.
"Next time, think thoroughly before you answer. I'm not into sarcastic, annoying responses. Try thatagain and I promise you your forehead will be my next target." Harper's voice was so sweet and soft,and her smile hadn't left her lips. The sharp contract between the threating words she just said and herangelic demeanor was enough for anyone to tremble in fear.
Matthew wasn't meddling with his wife's business. While all of this was happening, he was just carefullycutting the roasted hare meat into tiny pieces and feeding it to Harper. He would occasionally eat some,but just seeing his little wife torture a bastard was already satisfying to him.
"I'm just telling the truth!" Douglas murmured in between his gasps for air. With his arms tied, hecouldn't tend to his injury, so he was trying to stabilize himself by taking in deep breaths.
"I decide whether you're telling the truth or not. If I think you're lying, I'll continue cutting up your fleshlike it's this hare meat. Again, try not yelling out dumb answers. I would enjoy them if I was in a goodmood, but unfortunately I am not. That first attack was just the tip of the iceberg—I have more ways totorture you than you'll ever learn. And if you think I'd hesitate to kill you, don't. Most of the members ofthe Qin Clan died twenty years ago. Adding you to that list would not be a big deal. Get it?" Harper saidcoldly.
Douglas' jaw dropped. Harper was not bluffing—she would kill him!
"What do you want to know?" Douglas said exasperatedly. He was starting to feel uneasy, andhonestly, scared. At that moment, all he was wishing for was that Felton would wake up soon. He knewwith him around, Harper wouldn't be as vicious as she currently was.
Instead of answering, Harper put a bone directly into Patrick's mouth. Patrick seemed displeased withthis, but with Matthew around, it didn't dare act up. It gnawed the bone resentfully as it stared atDouglas with its bright green eyes, thinking, 'If you annoy my master once again, I, too, would leave agash on your body!'
"I know the Qin Clan works with so many people. Name them all." Harper asked straightforwardly. Shethought the Qin Clan had the courage to battle against Matthew in public because their backgroundwas strong enough to compete with him.
Douglas was confused and asked, "Aren't you the one who cooperates with us?"
Harper rolled her eyes. The next minute, Patrick shot out like a flash of lightning, followed by a shrillscream. Patrick drew out its sharp claw, on which there was still blood dropping, but Douglas was sopainful that his face was distorted and his eyes were widen out of anger. If he could move, he woulddefinitely risk his life to fight Harper.
"Douglas, it seems that you haven't learned your lesson. If I am the one who cooperates with the QinClan, do you dare to oppose me like this? Do you think I'm easy to fool?" Harper said slowly.
With the veins on his forehead standing out, Douglas ground his teeth in anger. After a long while, heopened his mouth and called, "Darren."
The resentment was burning in Harper's eyes. Before Douglas could say something to stop it, Patrick,which was standing on his shoulder, clawed him again with its sharp nails piercing into his collarbone. It
was so painful that he couldn't help but tremble. This woman was not a human being. His life wasworthless in her eyes.