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.

she'd already noticed the gown clenched in his hand. She knew exactly why

still.. just one word from him and I'm expected to confess? She narrowed her

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

evenly. "And that alone's enough to set you off? Calling

pretending you don't know?" he snapped, his

to the floor at her feet. "Dylan said you cut this up yourself.

used sering you now-your antude-it's hard not

Fto be your

favorite gown.

"It's just an old gown no

your other three brothers had it made together. You said you loved ji, cherished it. Now it's trash

firm. "No one wants it." She kept repeating the words to herself, "Stay

head-on fight with Benedict or the rest of the family. She had to endure. Just hang on. Until

bright and almost defiant. "You angry

split in two-one part of her whispering to hold

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