Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"Oh lord! Leo.. he.." Evan covered the mouth of Eli and shook her head with fear filled in her eyes.

"No one should know about it." she said with a shake of her head with so much fear that Eli stopped and stared at Leo again.

He was burnt just a few minutes ago. But now he was … fine?

"I want you to help me in taking him home. I will explain your letter." she pulled her dress and Eli nodded.

She could feel the fear and the strange look in her eyes.

"Let me call Andrew. We can trust him, alright." Evan wiped the tear off her eyes and nodded her head.

Eli patted her shoulders and then walked out of the room.

The physician was standing on the other side of the room. He walked towards his office but Eli stared at Andrew and shook her head.

For a minute he was confused, but he stopped the physician at the end.

"Wait here. I will go first and bring Evangeline out." the physician paused and nodded his head when Eli held his hands and dragged her in.

"Did something happen?" He was smart enough to understand the fear of Eli who was sweating and looking at the door again and again.

Eli pointed at the bed toward Leo when he frowned.

"I know that he is injured, Eli. he will be fine with some time. You have to trust the physician. He.." Andrew stopped when she pointed at Leo again with a shake of her head and he was stunned to see that Leo's face, which was charred back with his flesh, was fine.

There was no mark of injury or any kind of..

"Oh jesus!" his eyes were still filled with shock but a look of relief took them.

"How in the world.."

"I do not know. but this could not be explained to anyone. I want you to take him back to the palace and no one should know about it." Andrew paused but then nodded his head.

"Then we need to cover his face. You should take him from the back door while I will explain to the physician that Evan wanted to take him back and she will take the responsibility of his treatment. We will hire another physician from the town later who has not seen his condition yet." nodding his head with a relieved look, Evan hugged Andew who signed but patted her back.

He once again looked at the body but still could not believe his eyes.

Once he was taken away by the back door with the help of Ian, Eli and Evan, Andrew walked out and talked to the physician.

"Do you think it is the right choice?" asked Eli with worry. They were already placing Leo in the carriage with the help of knights.

"Yes, you have to trust me in this." Eli could only nod as they took the carriage and it started towards her palace.

Hannah was already standing on the door. The moment she had heard about the explosion, she was not able to stay silent for a moment.

If his majesty decided to attack it would only be a matter of time when he would come to her. She was his biggest pawn and she was the one who betrayed him. She was sure that he would not let the matter go.

Ethan had tried to calm her but when he felt, he had left for the palace to look into the matter.

When the maid told her that Evan was coming back with Leo and was already near the entrance, she had ran to the door in spite of getting reminded that she was pregnant and she should not run that fast.

She saw how the door opened and Evan took Leo out of the carriage with the help of the knight.

He was unconscious but he did not look that injured as the rumors were saying.

She stared at Leo for a few more seconds before taking a breath of relief.

"Phew! I must say that the news was too exaggerated. I heard that brother Leo was fighting to the death." she said with a look of reliance on her face when she felt Evan was looking at her strangely.

"Oh, I mean, there were fools who were spreading false rumors. I will ask Ethan to look into the matter and punish them accordingly." she said with a serious face when the face of Evan turned paler.

She held Leo tightly as if someone was snatching him and walked in making Hannah embarrassed.

"It would be better that you do not talk about his condition with anyone. I am sure his majesty would have spies around. It was done intentionally to make him think that Leo was dying." Oh! Hannah nodded her head in understanding.

It must be a political move she was not aware about.

Eli held Renee in her arms as she followed Evan to the room and closed the door after her.

"Now would you explain what is happening here?" asked Eli as she placed sleeping Renee in her cot and stared at Evan who was taking off the shirt of Leo to see the wounds.

There were still many wounds but they did not look as serious as before.

"Oh, I do not know how to explain it to you. But I have a way to show it to you." Eli frowned when Evan walked to the cot and picked the sleeping Renee.

She hugged her daughter tightly before pinching her hard on her arms. The baby started to cry loudly but it was not enough Evan kept pinching her until tears started to fall out of her eyes.

Eli wanted to stop her but she was shocked to see that Evan was placing Renee in a way that her tears fell directly on her wound of Leo and surprisingly the wounds where the tears were falling started to.. Heal!?