Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

For some reason, many of them had veils covering their faces which inadvertently helped Winnie and Greta’s cause.

That way, their foreign faces wouldn’t stick out as much from within the group.

As Manchernius’ topography was largely made up of low mountains and rolling hills, a proper road could barely be seen. All the roads available were largely formed from well-traveled tracks.

After a bumpy forty-minute journey, their vehicle finally arrived at an expansive plain.

There, Winnie and the others were ordered by the innkeeper to alight.

Upon exiting the vehicle, they were surrounded by nothing but trees. The innkeeper subsequently led them around a bend before their destination came into view.

Instead of the luxurious mansion they were expecting, a massive base greeted their eyes.

Security was tight with armed men guarding the entrance. When Winnie and the others entered, everyone’s bodies—including that of the innkeeper—were searched.

Winnie, who wasn’t naive, naturally didn’t carry a gun with her.

Nonetheless, the weapon she brought was in the form of the necklace she was wearing. On top of that, she had an ornamental hairpin stuck in her hair.

The hairpin—brought from Chanaea—was custom-made. When pulled out, it would turn into a sharp weapon capable of piercing through any threats that she faced.

Once the ladies were determined to be unarmed, they were ordered to form a line.

Subsequently, their veils were all removed to reveal their faces.

On Winnie’s left was Greta; on her right were two meek-looking girls who looked very young still.

Both of them—already crying while inside the vehicle earlier—were now trembling in fear.

After walking past to inspect all of them, the guard stopped abruptly in his tracks.

Scrutinizing Winnie and the others, he instructed the innkeeper, “Mr. Horton prefers fair-skinned women. Thus, I’ll choose two to be sent to him. As for the rest, you can take them to the backyard as usual.”

“All right, all right,” the innkeeper responded obsequiously. “I know what to do.”

While bending forward and nodding his head, the innkeeper snuck a glance at Winnie.

She’s the fairest and most beautiful among them all. If she’s sent to Mr. Horton, the plan would go up in smoke.

Meanwhile, Winnie too, knitted her brows, especially when the guard stopped in front of her.

Fortunately, he didn’t choose her. After sweeping his gaze across her face, he turned his attention away.

The reason was that Winnie had purposely used her makeup to make herself look uglier.

In the end, the guard chose the two girls beside her. “You and you. Follow me!”

After sighing in relief at the close call, the innkeeper added to the guard, “Good choice. Those two are virgins who have just been sold over. With their porcelain white skin and beautiful features, I’m sure Mr. Horton would be a very satisfied man.”

“Mmm-hmm,” the guard grunted in response before leading the two girls away at gunpoint.

Meanwhile, Winnie furrowed her brows tightly as she watched the girls being taken away.

At that moment, she resented the innkeeper along with everyone there. The only emotion she felt was the urge to burn down the filthy place.

Unfortunately, she wasn’t in a position to act upon her desires. As her rational mind cast away the rage and hatred in her eyes, she quickly caught up with the innkeeper with Greta following closely behind her.

The innkeeper whispered, “I’ll be taking you to the backyard. That’s where all the men sleep at night. If you go further back, you’ll find the women’s and children’s quarters. However, I have no idea in which room the people you’re looking for are held. You’ll have to find them yourself. Now that it’s dark, you should use the opportunity to fall behind and slip away.”

Winnie simply grunted in acknowledgment.

While they were passing through the yard that had a banana plantation, she suddenly rushed to the side and began vomiting.

Greta, who was behind her, knowingly rushed up to her side to pat her on the back.

As for the rest of the women, no one dared to look their way. Only one or two with wandering eyes threw them a glance before retracting their gazes.

As for the innkeeper, he pretended to bark at them. “Stop dilly-dallying and hurry up!”

As Winnie continued her charade, Greta gave him a cursory response. “Got it. We’ll be right there.”

Once the group was far ahead, the two of them quietly disappeared to the side.

As darkness had already fallen, the lamps on the ground only illuminated the small area they were placed in, while the moon glowed with a silvery hue from the night sky.

Nevertheless, the light was just enough to help Winnie and Greta navigate their way around and not too much to expose them to their enemies.

Pointing at a man-made hill diagonally opposite them, Greta suggested, “Do you see the wooden door? That’s where the women and children live.”

Winnie nodded firmly before following Greta from behind as both of them began creeping around.

Soon, they managed to slip in and found a secluded corner to hide.

In a soft but stern voice, Greta reminded Winnie, “Ms. Garland, even though they’re only women and children, you shouldn’t underestimate them, let alone show them any mercy. Otherwise, a single mistake would cost you your life.”

worry. I know what to do. However, with so many rooms here, how we are

at a spot that was brightly lit. “The place that’s crowded is probably filled with their own men. Hence, the people you’re

Winnie nodded. “Let’s go.”

to move forward with their bodies hugging the wall, Greta reiterated,

“Mmm-hmm.”

soon arrived at the first room that was

door was suddenly opened from the inside. Following that, a woman

of her, Winnie and Greta instantaneously hugged the wall

heard, the woman returned to

out to dump some water, the two ladies breathed a sigh

until they heard the noises from the room again that Greta whispered to Winnie, “Ms. Garland, did you get

let our guard down, for the people

the highest levels of vigilance, both of them arrived at the

Greta pried open the window and took a peek

the ground and reported, “This is the place, Ms. Garland. The person you’re looking

out a frown. Why is Rachel alone? Did they lock Granny

those circumstances, there was no time to dwell upon

a hairpin and began lockpicking

lot to be desired, as the door remained unopened

“Do you not

Greta was already covered in sweat. “This isn’t my forte compared to

sigh, Winnie took the hairpin

knelt down beside Greta and pried the lock open in

was heard, Greta scratched her head awkwardly and murmured, “That’s really impressive, Ms.

acknowledged her with a faint smile before

saw a wooden club as thick as someone’s arm bearing down upon

her retreat, Winnie had no place to

was bracing for never transpired, for Greta’s

other hand grabbed the

put down

hiding behind the door in the ambush was

saw that the intruder was Winnie, the shocked Jacinta took a moment to regain her senses

too, realized they

Overwhelmed by delight, Jacinta almost

with her lowered voice, reminded, “Granny, not

in acknowledgment, Jacinta swiftly locked the door and closed the curtains. After that, she

Greta hid behind the curtain and

teary-eyed Jacinta sat her down

in an attempt to comfort her. “Granny, I’m here to take you home. You must

being shot in her leg, she only had her bullet removed today. During the entire journey here, she fell into a daze after being stricken by a fever. Despite taking some fever medication, it was of no help

who was lying in bed, she could see

frown on her face deepened. “I’ll take her to

are we going to escape?” Jacinta was brimming with concern. “Not only does the rule of law not

Jacinta with a smile. “Can’t you see how successful we were in infiltrating this place? Hence, we naturally

she won’t be able to walk, making

two of us here. Greta is really strong

guess there’s no other choice. I’m

themselves. “This has nothing to do with you, Granny. Zyon was

Jacinta held her tongue when she decided to continue keeping the

she looked out the window. “In

few more

Winnie explained,

dawn, we’ll use the opportunity to slip out. But for

nodded. “We’ll do as you

painfully as

it was three in the morning when everyone was sound asleep, it was Winnie and her companions’ chance to

her back, the agile Greta led Winnie and Jacinta as

back to the way they came from before scaling the wall where the banana plantation

banana plantation, a gunshot rang out in the air, followed by a second

Winnie

began to worry. “Can it be that Captain Manfield and the

have happened between the Horton family’s men. The more chaos there is the better, for it’ll make our escape much easier. Nevertheless, we should hurry up. If

up her pace with

at them the moment they

prevented the shooter from getting a good aim. Hence, no one was

be someone else trying to escape who has gotten

in the banana plantation, they had no choice but to back

they ran into the Horton

ignited by the emergence of a traitor, the men in pursuit were going to shoot first and ask questions

the rest had no choice but to dive to the side. Unfortunately, Greta’s leg was hit

Greta exclaimed. “Now that they have turned on all the lights including that of their cars, it would be impossible to escape tonight. If we force

should hurry up and escape. I’ll take Rach back to where

Ms. Garland.” With her leg wounded, Greta’s movement was now hindered. “Your grandmother is right. Let’s get out first, as tonight’s mission is a failure. It will be bad if they were to conduct a search later and don’t find your grandmother in

spoken than two

saw them, she instructed Greta, “In that case, you should take

to keep you safe. There’s no way I’m letting

you come with me. Besides, in your line, aren’t you supposed to

in Winnie’s words, Greta nodded before

in a different direction while creating a diversion. Before she knew it, she had managed to capture the attention