The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

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.

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

had heard rumors about him detesting women getting too close

the next day, they were all found dead,

Eliza wasn't about to

to her. He only gave her a brief glance, then withdrew his hand and

really does hate

already entered the palace, suddenly turned around and looked at her. His gaze lingered on the marks of injury on her back, and for a moment,

had run into

Nolan repeated,

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

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

waved a hand. "Not anymore. The

ago, the Duke of Mowbay had brought a daughter back from somewhere, claiming she was

and the Duke. Everyone was thinking. Abenefactor's daughter? Please. If she weren't his