Zachary scoffed in response. “The royal forces? Do you really think that would scare me?”

He then pointed his gun at the ceiling and fired several successive shots.

Bang! Bang!

The bullets struck the chandelier on the ceiling, sending crystals raining down.

Just then, the door to the study room burst open, and dozens of armed soldiers rushed into the room. More soldiers stood outside the window of the study room, and all of them trained their guns at Zachary.

Sherlyn entered the room last, flanked by more armed men.

down the gun if you want to live, Zachary.” She had a gun pointed

doing?” He had never imagined that his mother would cause

at Zachary to protect Charlotte, his mother’s actions represented the Laurents’ declaration of war against the

wholly unnecessary and out of

think you could stop me with dozens of

ignorant of the danger ahead. “Such insolence! Even if you’re not scared of our soldiers, there’s still the Lindberg family, and we have Mr. Lindberg’s

stop it,” Louis

for far too long. I

outside the window suddenly crumpled over just as Zachary finished his

Nacht family stormed

stuttered

arrived home just then, and he immediately

“Please accept my apology on behalf of my wife; she doesn’t know any better. Our families have been on good terms for many years, especially

Zachary asked, though he kept

olive branch. “Let’s sit down and have a talk over

gun in his hand to Robert. “I wanted to have a peaceful talk, but Lady Sherlyn is

his wife right then and there, but the urgency of the situation demanded

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