The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Before this, due to her significant blood loss, Eliza had barely been able to stand in the Imperial Palace for more than a moment.

As she left, dizziness overtook her. Despite this, she gritted her teeth and forced herself to maintain composure in front of the King, planning to rest once she boarded her carriage.

But the moment she stepped outside the palace, everything went black. Unable to see ahead, she collided with someone.

She was caught just in time. Eliza bit down on her tongue hard, the sharp pain snapping her back to her senses. As she looked up, her heart skipped a beat.

The man who had caught her had a striking, coldly handsome face, but it was his silver hair that immediately gave him away.

Everyone in Bortenland knew that hair-it belonged to the notorious and ruthless warrior, the Prince Regent, Nolan.

"My deepest apologies for my lapse in manners, Your Highness Eliza quickly straightened and gave a respectful bow.

her uneasy wasn't his fearsome reputation-after all, Bortenland owed its peace to his

had heard rumors about him detesting women getting

were all found dead, their hands severed.

these rumors might not be entirely true, Eliza wasn't about to take any

didn't seems to pay much attention to her. He only gave her a brief glance, then withdrew

out a quiet sigh of relief. It's trac-he really does hate women.

turned around and looked at

who Nolan had run into and asked, "Uncle Nolan, did you bump into Eliza

Stonor?" Nolan repeated, clearly

knowing his uncle had only just returned from years of warfare and wasn't familiar with people in the capital, explained, "She's the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Mowbay, Caroline's

an eyebrow. "Ah, so she's the Duke's

hand. "Not anymore. The

had brought a daughter

could see the resemblance between her and the Duke. Everyone was thinking. Abenefactor's