The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

"Eliza Stonor, what in the world are you doing? Are you completely out of your mind?!" Sophie's voice rang out, filled with fury.

She had hoped there might still be a way to fix things, was now both fiarious and sumned. Her voice trembled with emotion, as if Eliza had just torn apart her own clothes.

Eliza kept the scissors in her hand, waving them around with a carefree smile. "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm cutting the gown. Didn't Dylan and you are it with their own eyes? Why all the drama?"

Dylan's eyes nearly shot fire. "You're seriously asking me that? That gown was custom-made for your coming-of-age ceremony, by me and Benedict! And you're just chopping in up like it's nothing?!"

Because no one

no one wants it anymore," Eliza said coldly, snipping again. "I don't want it, Sophie doesn't want it, so if no one wants it, it's gotta go"

Her icy demeanor made Dylan feel like he was looking at a complete stranger,

"Who says I don't warn it?" Sophie nearly screamed, rage bubbling over.

Shrid only turned the gown down to keep Dylan from suspecting anything, but she never expected Eliza to go this far.

she'd planned to wear the gown for her coming-of-age ceremony, but now, it was ruined-all because of Eliza,

This was the most expensive, most exquisite gown in all of Hasen City-there wasn't a second one like it.

Sophie felt a sharp pang of regret, as though her heart had been ripped out.

"When did you ever say you

you ever say you didn't want it?" Dylan demanded, his anger growing "Didn't you say you loved it? Didn't you treasure this gown!"

Liza didn't even flinch. "I don't like li

She said it slowly, emphasizing each word "Maybe I liked it once, but not anymore. I don't want anything that's not mine."

ruined-completely shredded. Just like her relationship with Dylan

had tried to salvage it, but if she'd cut ties earlier, maybe it wouldn't have come

and turning away Her tone was full of impatience as she ushered them out of her way Dylan stood there, rooted in the spot, staring at the shredded pieces of

slae doing this Is it because

this her fault in the first

"This is all Benedict's fault He spolled you roisen, and now look at you Trampling

huh? Are you planning to

words would hit horse with Eliza, but she

her back to him, she didn't spare him a single glance,

Dylan gritted his teeth, practically seething. "So now you think

wan. I'll go get Benedict and the others, and they'll see just how out of

the crown Sophie Stonor had just picked up from the floor, along with the torn fabric and scattered

Sore Dylan

Saphir barely had time to

and stormed out, the ragged crown

a final, frustrated look, hesitated for

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Chapter 5

fell silent as they left, so quiet that you could almost hear

Lord Dylan and Lady Sophie running out of Lady Eliza's room!" "Yeah, I

If I'd known. I would've

Eliza again. She must've done something

You

to get close to her after hearing that? What if one day she turns on

the case, who'd want to

emotion, her expression unreadable. One voice in

the same maid who had once kicked Eliza hard in the secret chamber to please Sophie, and who had helped Sophie betray her, was now

ally.

up trouble among the servants, turning them

cold spark flashed in Eliza's eyes. She'd never

and the Stonor family had done to