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.”

do. However, with so many rooms

with their own men. Hence, the people you’re looking for should be on

Winnie nodded. “Let’s go.”

Greta reiterated, “Ms. Garland, if

“Mmm-hmm.”

forward, they soon arrived at the

from the inside.

sight of her, Winnie and Greta instantaneously hugged the wall and

was heard, the woman

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

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

“Although there’s only one room left, we cannot let our

vigilance, both of them arrived at the

pried open

“This is the place, Ms. Garland. The person you’re looking for is here. However, I only saw the young lady whose leg

Why is Rachel alone? Did they lock Granny up

circumstances, there was no time to

pulled out a hairpin and began

left a lot to be desired, as the door remained

you

in sweat. “This isn’t

a gentle sigh, Winnie took the hairpin from Greta’s

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

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

a faint smile before gently pushing the door

wooden club as thick as someone’s arm bearing down upon her

surprise and with Greta blocking her

for Greta’s hand had suddenly

other hand grabbed

put down

the door in

the shocked Jacinta took a moment to regain her senses before putting

too, realized they had

Overwhelmed by delight, Jacinta almost forgot to keep her

voice, reminded, “Granny,

locked the door and closed the

them inside, Greta hid behind the curtain and

her down at the

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

condition isn’t good. After 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

lying in bed, she could see how the latter’s

“I’ll take her to a proper doctor once

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

successful we were in infiltrating this place? Hence, we naturally have a plan to escape.

Rach’s condition, she won’t be able to walk, making it very

there’s two of us

a sigh. “I guess there’s no other choice. I’m sorry

themselves. “This has nothing to do

opening her mouth to speak, Jacinta held her tongue when she decided to continue keeping the

groggy Rachel a glance, she looked out the window. “In that case, when are

few more

Winnie explained,

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

“We’ll do as

trickled by painfully as they

in the morning when everyone was sound asleep, it was Winnie and

Greta led Winnie and

back to the way they came from

enter the banana plantation, a gunshot rang

Winnie

that

replied resolutely. “There’s no way they would do something suicidal like this. Something else must 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

humming in agreement, Winnie picked up

be shooting at them the moment they entered the banana

of the moon prevented the shooter from getting a good aim. Hence,

else trying to escape who

Greta were unarmed and they couldn’t tell how many enemies there were in the banana plantation, they had no choice but to back off. It didn’t help that they had an elderly and an injured person

retreat, they ran into the

traitor, the men in pursuit

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

all the lights including that of their cars, it would be impossible to escape tonight. If we force the matter, it would only mean certain death. Thus, we

thought, Jacinta immediately suggested, “Winnie, both of you should hurry up and escape. I’ll take Rach back to where we were, so just leave us. As long as you’re out, we’ll still have

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

Greta spoken than two men came running

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

my priority is to keep you safe. There’s no

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

the logic in Winnie’s words, Greta nodded

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