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.”

do. However, with so many rooms here, how we are going to

Hence, the people you’re looking for should be on the opposite. With

Winnie nodded. “Let’s go.”

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

“Mmm-hmm.”

soon arrived at the first

opened from the inside. Following that, a woman walked

and

splash was heard, the woman returned to

woman just came out to dump some water, the two ladies breathed

Greta whispered to Winnie, “Ms. Garland, did you get a good look at the woman? Is she the person

cannot let our guard down, for the

levels of vigilance, both of them arrived at the next room

Greta pried open the window

the ground and reported, “This is the place, Ms. Garland. The person you’re looking for is here. However, I only saw the

is Rachel alone?

those circumstances, there was no time to dwell upon the

hairpin and

desired, as the

her brows. “Do you not know how to do

was already covered in sweat. “This

sigh, Winnie took the hairpin from Greta’s hands. “Let me do

sooner had she spoken than the knelt down beside Greta and pried the

her head awkwardly and murmured, “That’s

with a faint smile before gently

stepped into the room, she saw a wooden club as thick as someone’s arm bearing down upon her

Greta blocking her retreat, Winnie

never transpired, for Greta’s hand had suddenly

hand grabbed the neck

put

person hiding behind the door

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

realized they had

delight, Jacinta almost

voice, reminded, “Granny, not

locked the door and closed the curtains. After that,

inside, Greta hid behind the curtain and

her down at

an attempt to comfort her. “Granny, I’m here to

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

Rachel, who was lying in bed, she could see how the latter’s face had

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

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

course!” Winnie reassured Jacinta with a smile. “Can’t you see how successful we were in infiltrating this place? Hence, we naturally have a plan to escape.

condition, she won’t be

a solution to every problem,” Winnie replied calmly. “Look, there’s two of us here. Greta is really strong

“I guess there’s no other choice. I’m

Winnie disapproved of victims blaming themselves. “This has nothing to do with you,

Jacinta held her tongue

Rachel a glance, she looked out

few more

Winnie explained,

asleep at dawn, we’ll use the opportunity to slip out. But for now, it’s too risky

“We’ll

by painfully as they

time it was three in the morning when everyone was sound asleep, it

agile Greta led Winnie and Jacinta as they attempted to

go back to the way they came from before scaling the wall where the

plantation, a gunshot rang out

momentarily stunned, Winnie and

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

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 they were to come here, we

humming in agreement, Winnie picked up

did they expect someone to be shooting at them the

getting a good aim. Hence, no

her breath, “There must be someone else trying to escape who has gotten to

they had no choice but to back off. It didn’t help that they had an elderly and an

their retreat, they ran

the emergence of a traitor, the men in pursuit were going to

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

cars, it would be impossible to escape tonight. If we force the matter, it would only mean

Jacinta immediately suggested, “Winnie, both of you should hurry up and escape. I’ll take Rach back to

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

two men came running in their

she instructed Greta, “In

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

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

logic in Winnie’s words, Greta nodded

diversion. Before she knew it, she

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