The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

The man stepped into the room, tall and straight like a pine tree, steady as bamboo in the wind.

Dressed in a deep navy robe, his every movement exuded poise, his face striking and elegant-this was Benedict, the eldest son of the Duke. Eliza's eldest brother.

"Eliza, his voice was cold, cuning straight through the silence. "Do you even know what you've done wrong!"

Benedict's eyes locked onto hers with an icy sharpness that made it hard to breathe, like the air itself had turned heavy.

ly overwhelming.

She used to think it was just because he was tall, his presence naturally

But then she saw him crouch down to Sophie's level, listening gently to her complaints, really seeing her. That was when Eliza understood-in his eyes, she had always been lesser.

I'm sorry, Brother, I don't follow. I really don't know what I did wrong. Could you explain it to me?" Her tone was light, emotionless.

clenched in his hand.

word from him and I'm expected to confess? She narrowed her eyes, her gaze narning colder than

his patience fraying. "When did you become so willful? So out of control? You're being

don't know what I did" she said evenly. "And that alone's

still pretending you don't know?"

the gown to the floor at her feet. "Dylan said you cut

This used sering you now-your antude-it's

Fto be your

favorite gown.

of regret. "It's just an old gown

gown was custom-made for you-me and your other three brothers had it made together. You said you loved ji, cherished

"No one wants it." She

in a head-on fight with Benedict or the rest of the family. She had to

"You angry bow? Thinking of

whispering to hold back, the other screaming to finally let

fighting it and let it all spill out. If punishment was waiting for her, then so