"If it weren't for you, so many people wouldn't have died. Your sins are great and numerous, and you will face punishment!" Elisa's fury was incandescent. Betrayed and lectured, she was livid, yet powerless to retaliate.

Myst seized Elisa's hair, dragging her toward Dustin. Pain brought tears to Elisa's eyes as she struggled. Myst flung her at Dustin's feet.

"Kneel!" Myst roared.

Elisa, her face livid, refused to move. Myst, without further warning, slashed Elisa's cheek, leaving a deep, bloody gash. Elisa shrieked.

"Kneel, or I'll give you a hundred cuts!" Myst sneered.

Humiliation seared Elisa as she fell to her knees. For a moment, death seemed preferable. Then, a fierce will to live surged within her.

"How does it feel, Elisa?" Dustin asked.

Elisa remained silent. The bitter irony was not lost on her; she, who had treated Dustin with such disdain, now knelt before him, her life hanging by a thread. The rage and bitterness were almost unbearable. She glared at him, breathing heavily.

"How dare you glare at him?" Myst, enraged, slapped Elisa to the floor. "My Liege, allow me to kill this wretched woman!"

Panic seized Elisa as she heard Myst's words. "Don't kill me! Dustin, please, don't kill me!" she begged, struggling upright. "My father, Lucas, saved your life and raised you. You owe the Wyatt family more than you can repay. Will you repay his kindness by killing me?"

Dustin scoffed. "I won't kill you," he said icily, "but expect no mercy."

He turned to Orville. "Where do we send our worst prisoners?"

"My Liege, we have four locations. The harshest is the Far North," Orville replied respectfully. "It's icebound year-round. Prisoners wear thin clothing and toil in the snow and ice, risking death from exposure or exhaustion. It's a form of extreme physical and psychological torture."

Dustin smiled. "Send Elisa to the Far North," he said indifferently. "But ensure she doesn't die."

Elisa went deathly pale. Born into privilege, she had never known hardship. Survival in the Far North seemed impossible.

"You will live out your life there," Dustin stated.

"No, Dustin… you can't do this!" she cried, but he ignored her, gesturing for her removal.

"Keep this quiet," Dustin commanded. His plans against the rest of the Wyatt family remained intact.