Khan's POV “I didn't do it.” I cried out as I was being led to the chief magistrate’s house which was not so far from where we were.

I was getting beat up, moving closer to death than I thought possible. No one listened to me. No one bothered to check in to see if she was lying or not.

The marks on her body made it very believable, and my words fell to dust against the woman that makes the city bubble and keeps them happy.

She'd grin at me, and somehow I'd be the only one to see her. I should have just fucked her. I should have done what she wanted.

I felt a log of wood connect with the back of my head, and I immediately felt dizzy. The sharp pain that started in my head spread through my whole body immediately.

“Argh!!” I screamed as we arrived at the chief magistrate’s house. He had already walked out in a robe, probably hearing the commotion from afar.

If there's anything Lord Globber hated, it was his family time being intruded. His wife and kids rushed out with him in the same fashion of clothing, and it was obvious that by all means and possibility, I was fucked.

The person that principally held me, threw me to the ground, and kicked me by the side, leaving one of my ribs cracked. I gasped for air as I got dizzier by the second, seeing that my life was slowly ending whether I wanted it or not.

“What's going on here?” Lord Globber asked with his usual croaky voice.

Whilst gasping for air and coughing my brains out at the same time, I faintly saw Lady Charlotte stepping out, whimpering and shedding crocodile tears. They had gotten so obvious that any properly thinking human should have caught her. But they were all too blood thirsty.

“He raped me.” She cried, falling to the ground in her tattered clothes. How the hell did she even have enough time to do all that?

“I took him in and changed his life, and this is how he repays me.” She cried, sniffling before speaking. I grew up here, so I barely remember anything about my childhood that doesn't stem here.

“What happened?” Lord Globber asked.

“I was in my room when he came without being called.” She sniffled. “I asked him what he was doing in my room, and he just pounced on me, and forcefully had me.”

Again, I looked at myself, and I looked at her.

“Care to defend yourself, little boy?” Lord Globber asked, touching the shoulders of one of his sons.

“Why should he?” Someone in the crowd yelled. “He definitely did what they said he did.”

“He will get a fair trial just like anyone else. I've known this lad since he was a child, and he's not such a person to behave in such an irrational, evil manner.” Lord Globber said, and I saw a glimmer of hope for a second.

“Do you all really think I could have forcefully had my way with Lady Charlotte?!” I yelled, spitting blood on the ground. “I mean, look at her… and take a look at me!!”

There were murmurs through the crowd.

“What would be my endgame after raping her?!” I yelled, still on my fours. “Where would I run to? How the fuck would I live my life?!”

Lady Charlotte wasn't so big, but she had more weight than I could ever imagine to have. Never in a million years could I have had my way with her.

I struggled to rise to my feet, and I eventually did.

“I am Khan!!” I yelled, just in case everyone forgot. “I do not touch your kids even though I help them every single possible time. I respect everyone, and the one time you all tuckers are supposed to award me the same benefit, you fail!!”

There was silence all over the place like they weren't just clamouring for my death seconds ago.

“I was in the inn when a young boy came to call for me, asking that Lady Charlotte had asked to see me.” I growled, hoping that the young boy would just show his face.

“Was anyone there when this happened?” Lord Globber asked.

“Yes.” I coughed up a little blood. “Jeffery was there!”

There was a little bit of unrest on Lady Charlotte's face. I could only bank on hope, but it wasn't nothing.

“Where is Jeffery?!” Lord Globber called, and slowly, Jeffery made his way to the front. He looked scared and shocked like I had just sentenced him to death.

“Jeffery, can you corroborate what he has just said?” Lord Globber asked, and the whole city went silent, waiting for an answer.

It was so quiet that I could see Jeffery swallow hard. I looked at him, and he had locked eyes with Lady Charlotte like they had just made some sort of transaction.

I sighed as I remembered the words he used earlier.

“I'll take every insult, do whatever I have to do, so that when it eventually happens, it'll come as a total shock to everyone.”

“Erm…” He muttered, and Lord Globber grew impatient.

“Answer the question boy! We don't have all night.” He snapped.

“I… I… erm… I…” Jeffery stuttered, until he closed his eyes and came to a decision on what to do. “I wasn't really listening to anything he ranted about, but I'm pretty sure no boy came in while we spoke. And he seemed pretty angry and aggressive.”

Lord Globber sighed, looking to the ground and shaking his head. He probably knew that it was all a lie, but the only evidence I could have used against her, had turned against me. How could I really have thought that Jeffery would take my side? That damned opportunist.

Lady Charlotte laid the accusation, but Jeffery drove the nails that made them stick.

“As the laws of this land are firm against sex offenders. I suggest that he be thrown into a cell for me to come up with a suitable resolution.” Lord Globber muttered, but the people revolted.

There were shouts all around, calling for the capital punishment for a crime I didn't commit.

“Kill him! Kill him!!” They yelled.

“I sentence you to death by beheading…” Lord Globber eventually gave in to the wishes of the people.

As they carried me away to be slaughtered, my eyes caught Jeffery, but he wasn't looking in my direction. Lady Charlotte looked like she regretted what she had done.

My hands were tied, and a guard swung his sword skillfully before me, preparing to cut my head off.

“I didn't do it.” I kept growling, but no one listened. They were all clamouring and yelling. Some people were sad, especially the kids, but nothing bothered the others.

At that moment, everything slowed down. I could see everything clearer even if it was just for that moment.

My eyes caught a horse at the side, and somehow, everything slowed down even more.

The sword was making its way down, but I couldn't let myself just die a miserable death for a crime I have nothing to do with.

I grabbed a huge piece of stone hurriedly, swerved past the sword, and I hit the stone on the guard’s head. He winced in pain, and his sword slipped off his hands for a second.

I immediately grabbed his sword, and I ran towards the horse. He immediately tried to catch up with me, and I immediately stopped running, causing the sword to drive straight through his chest.

My eyes widened in fear, and everyone gasped as I had just killed someone. No one tried to come at me because they were scared. The other guards were running at me with speed.

I pulled out the sword, and jumped on the horse, cutting off the rope that held it bound. The horse neighed, and immediately I got out although I was being chased by several guards. I could feel my heart burning with every hump the horse made.

I had been plunged into living the life of a rogue.

I didn't look back for a second, although I could hear horses and guards chasing after me. I saw arrows fly past me.

Eventually, I lost them as the horse I rode didn't give in for a second.

Tired and about to give in to every bone in me that screamed for me to give up on the road, I approached a scene where a lady was fighting a guard, relentlessly. There was blood all over her body, and she looked like she was also about to give up.

“This shit keeps getting worse.” I groaned.