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.

to live, Zachary.” She had a gun

what are you doing?” He had never imagined that

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

was wholly unnecessary and out of

you think you could

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 best men with us. There’s no way you’d be able

it,” Louis

Sherlyn, it seems like you’ve been sheltered for far too long. I pity your ignorance about the evils of the

the window suddenly crumpled over

only watch as bodyguards from the Nacht family stormed

stuttered

and he immediately apologized. “Zachary, please have

families have been on good terms for many years,

he

need to bring death into the equation.” Robert hastily changed tack and offered an olive branch. “Let’s sit down and have a talk over this, shall we? We shouldn’t exchange arms at all costs. Please accept my

wanted to have a peaceful talk,

gun belonged to Sherlyn. He wanted desperately to tell off his wife right then and there, but the urgency of the situation demanded

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