Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"Ha.. do you think.. Woosh, explode.. Boommm!" Before he could mock her further and kill him the sound of explosives filled his ears and his eyes widened.

He froze and his head snapped back towards the window.

The large spark and the fire of explosives could be seen from the glass of the window.

The smirk had started to fill around him when he took a step back.

"What are you waiting for? Go and see who is at the door?" he shouted  at the men he had hired by paying a lot of money.

He had sold his palace to any of them for a good amount or else no one was ready to go against the family of the duke.

"There are too many people at the door. We have to fight a war and we are not sure if we will win." warned the man when Geroge cursed.

He should have known that and should have already killed them or took them away to a different place.

"They must have realized your trap. They had come prepared for the war." said the head of the mercenary who knew what was going to happen well when the eyes of George narrowed.

"There is no need to fight with them for now. We have other plans. Abandon this place first!" he shouted and took a step back when they stared at each other but nodded their heads.

They ran from the window towards the other side.

When they opened the door, the knights were waiting for them there too.

The mercenaries started to fight with the knights when George took a step back. He hid behind the dark areas and ran from there.

Hannah held Ethan close to her chest as she wept and tried to save him from the fire but the door of the inn opened and Andrew and Eli came running towards her.

They were shocked to see so many wounds on the body of Ethan. He looked half dead.

They ran to her and Eli held her while Andrw took Ethan in his arms.

"We are very sorry! We had never thought that it would happen." Eli rubbed her shoulders but Hannah did not respond to her words.

She kept crying and looking at Ethan whose eyes were closed now.

"You do not need to worry. We will save him." Eli tried to assure but her voice was quivering as if she was not sure herself.

She was looking worried as she looked at the dazed and crazy state of hannah. As if Hannah could not hear or see them.

She kept staring at Ethan only.

"Take her to the carriage, we do not have much time." The voice of Andrew was worried and urgent when Eli nodded and started pulling the dazed figure of hannah.

"Hannah! Ethan didn't have much time left. We need to hurry." The words brought the woman back to her senses as she nodded her head hurriedly.

They all walked towards the carriage with hasty steps.

"Ride faster as much as you can! And only stop when you find a physician. Did you get that?" asked Andrw in a cold and loud voice when the coachmen nodded his head with a solemn look on his face.

He entered the carriage while holding Ethan and Hannah and Eli followed.

Hannah stood beside Ethan, keeping his head in her lap as she kept running a hand in his hair.

Andrew had taken out the curtain and stripped it into small bandages to cover his wounds while looking at the pool of blood in that room. He was sure that Ethan had lost a lot of blood.

Now only a miracle could save him.

"Drive faster, will you?" he shouted at the coachman who tried his best.

"This is all due to me. If only I had benn…``Hannah started to cry in a loud voice when Eli shook her head.

"He was worried for you. That is why he had come to save you. I am sure if he was given another chance, he would still do it. So you do not need to worry. I am sure that he will not want you to blame yourself.

You should not cry this much. It will affect your child. Whatever had happened, everything would be fine." Eli tried to assure her though she knew that it was difficult.

Andrew did not say a word as he kept tying the bandages.

Soon the carriage stopped in front of a building and Andrw held Ethan again as he ran out of the carriage.

His urgent steps were telling how tense he was!

As they entered the physician was already awoken by the guards.

He took out his medicines but looking at the condition of Ethan, he was shocked and his heart sank.

"Do you need any ingredient or any help from another physician? I do not care what you need, but treat him right away!" shouted Andrw as he held the collar of the man who looked shocked.

"I am working right away! Right away if you let me go!" he said with his hands high in the air as a signal of peace when Andrw finally let him go.

The man checked the wound and then sighed.

"Dear, my assistants had all gone home. Will you help in cleaning his wounds and applying medicine in it while I concoct a medicine for feeding him?" he asked Hannah who nodded her head readily and Eli followed too.

He asked one to warm the water and clean his wound while asked the other to make the ointment for his wounds.

When both of them worked diligently he signaled Andrww to follow him whose eyes narrowed.

"Your highness i know who you are and i even know not following your orders would end up in me getting dead. But.. I will not lie to you. Saving him is an impossible task! I will try my best but please do not keep high hopes."