Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Chapter 221

Meanwhile, there were twelve women inside the vehicle including Winnie and Greta.

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.”

with so many rooms

spot that was brightly lit. “The place that’s crowded is probably filled with their own men. Hence, the people you’re looking for should be on the opposite. With only two rooms having their lights on, it shouldn’t

Winnie nodded. “Let’s go.”

wall, Greta reiterated, “Ms. Garland, if anything untoward happens, you should ignore me and run

“Mmm-hmm.”

their way forward, they soon arrived at the first

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

of her, Winnie and Greta instantaneously

heard, the woman

out to dump some water, the two ladies breathed a

until they heard the noises from the room again that Greta whispered to Winnie, “Ms. Garland, did you get a good look at the woman? Is she the person you’re

cannot let our guard down, for the people I’m

the highest levels of vigilance, both of them arrived at the next room and hid underneath

pried open the window and took

Ms. Garland. The person

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

circumstances, there was no time to dwell upon

immediately pulled out a hairpin and began lockpicking the

a lot to be desired,

“Do you not know how to

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

took the hairpin

Greta and pried the lock

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

smile before

as she stepped into the room, she saw a wooden club as thick

Greta blocking her retreat, Winnie had no place to

for Greta’s hand had suddenly reached out from behind to

grabbed the neck of the person wielding

stop! Granny, put down the

behind the door in the ambush was none other than

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

too, realized they had

Jacinta almost forgot to

voice, reminded, “Granny, not

acknowledgment, Jacinta swiftly locked the door and closed the curtains. After that, she led Winnie and Greta into

of following them inside, Greta hid behind the curtain

Winnie’s hand, the teary-eyed Jacinta sat her down at the table. “Winnie, why

her grip on Jacinta’s hand in an attempt to comfort her. “Granny, I’m here to take you home. You must have suffered

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 at all. Also, the

who was lying in bed, she could see

on her face deepened. “I’ll take her to a proper doctor

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

were in infiltrating this place? Hence,

won’t be able to walk, making it very

calmly. “Look, there’s two of us here. Greta is really strong and

no other choice. I’m

to do with

Jacinta held her tongue

throwing the groggy Rachel a glance, she looked out the window. “In

more hours

Winnie explained,

to slip out. But for now, it’s too

“We’ll

trickled by painfully

everyone was sound asleep, it was Winnie and her companions’ chance

led

had to first go back to the way they came

about to enter the banana plantation, a gunshot rang

Winnie and

“Can it be that Captain Manfield and the others have

men. The more chaos there is the better, for it’ll make our escape much easier. Nevertheless, we should hurry up. If they were to come here,

picked up her pace

be shooting at them the moment they

getting a

else trying to escape who has gotten to our

there were in the banana plantation, they had

they ran into the Horton family’s

a traitor, the

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

impossible to escape tonight. If we force the matter, it would only mean certain death. Thus, we have

and escape. I’ll take Rach back to where we were,

right. Let’s get out first, as tonight’s mission is a failure. It will be bad if they were to conduct

had Greta spoken than two men came

Winnie turned around and saw them, she instructed Greta, “In that case, you should take them

safe. There’s no way I’m letting you out

be a burden if you come with me. Besides, in your line, aren’t you supposed to just follow orders? Now, stop wasting

in Winnie’s words,

direction while creating a diversion. Before she knew it, she

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