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,

with their own men. Hence, the people you’re looking

Winnie nodded. “Let’s go.”

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

“Mmm-hmm.”

soon arrived at the first room that was

inside. Following that, a woman walked out slowly from

sight of her, Winnie and Greta instantaneously hugged the wall

the

came out to

Greta whispered to Winnie, “Ms. Garland, did you get a good look at the

extremely certain. “Although there’s only one room left, we cannot let

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

her head, Greta pried open the window and took a

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

Rachel

no time to dwell upon

pulled out a hairpin and began lockpicking

a lot to be desired, as the

knitted her brows. “Do you not know how

Greta was already covered in sweat. “This

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

down beside Greta and pried the lock open

her head awkwardly and murmured, “That’s really impressive, Ms.

with a faint smile before gently

into the room, she saw a wooden club as thick

surprise and with Greta blocking her retreat,

pain she was bracing for never transpired, for Greta’s hand had suddenly reached out from behind to

grabbed

put down the

turned out that the person hiding behind the

Jacinta took a moment to regain her senses before putting down her

then, Greta too, realized they had

Jacinta almost forgot

with her lowered voice, reminded, “Granny, not so

the door and closed the curtains. After that, she led Winnie and

of following them inside, Greta hid behind

teary-eyed Jacinta sat her down

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

largely all right but Rach’s 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

lying in bed, she could see how the

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

to escape?” Jacinta was brimming with concern. “Not only does the

in infiltrating this place? Hence, we naturally have a plan to escape. Also, there’re

given Rach’s condition, she won’t be able

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

choice.

“This has nothing to do with you,

to speak, Jacinta held her tongue when she decided to

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

more hours

Winnie explained,

to slip out. But for now,

“We’ll do as you

trickled by painfully as they

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

back, the agile Greta led Winnie and Jacinta as they attempted to

back to the way they came

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

being momentarily stunned, Winnie and Greta

to worry. “Can it be that Captain

The more chaos there is the better, for it’ll make our escape much easier. Nevertheless, we should

agreement, Winnie picked up her

at

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

under her breath, “There must be someone else trying to escape who has gotten to our position ahead

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

retreat, they ran into the Horton

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

choice but to dive to the side. Unfortunately, Greta’s leg was hit by a

no!” 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 the matter, it would only mean certain death. Thus, we have no choice but to take both of them

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

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

sooner had Greta spoken than two men came running in

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

There’s no way I’m letting you out

you’ll just be a burden if you come with me. Besides, in your

logic in Winnie’s words,

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