The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 36

If Eliza hadn't known about Nolan's extreme

treme aversion to women getting too close to him, she might have misunderstood his slightly odd choice of

She cleared her throat. "Moming prayers are over, and there's nothing much to do until evening prayers."

"Alright, let's go then, Nolan said, turning to leave.

Eliza quickly followed but then hesitated, "Prince Nolan, could you go ahead? I need to put away the Bible first meet you there."

Tine.

, but don't take too long." he said before heading toward the back mountain.

Eliza nodded and hurried off to put her books away. About fifteen minutes later, she returned with two water buckets, planning to fetch water from

the uream.

But the moment she arrived, she sensed something was off

At the stream, Nolan wasn't alone-four Black Flag sokliers stood nearby, and a young woman knelt on the ground.

The girl had her back turned, but Eliza didn't need to see her

er face to recognize her-Sophie

Two Black Flag soldiers stood by Nolan, and the other two held Sophie down on the rocky ground, keeping her from getting up

As Eliza approached, carrying her buckets, she heard Sophie's mudled sobs. "Please, Prince Nolan, have mercy. I only came to visit Saint Grace Nunnery and got lost. I didn't mean to disturb you."

"Visi Nolan let out a short, cold laugh, as if she'd just told a joke. "Saint Grace Nunnery is closed to visitors for a month. So tell me, did someone

did you

My sister is the Holy Lady-Eliza, I'm

Nolan before her, unable to hide the pitiful yet resentful look in her gaze. "You must remember mr. You saw me the day you took Eliza

expression retrained indifferent. "Don't

She opened her mouth to protest, but before she could, Nolan glanced past her and said, "Since you claim to

Sophie blinked in confusion-then noticed the direction

head-just in time to see a

she saw Eliza standing over her, holding a wooden bucket. Before Sophie could react, the bucket tipped

Sophie säricked, her hair sticking to her face, her soaked clothes clinging to her body, making

cold shock faded, anger flared inside her.

haven't even settled the

lunatic? Weren't you

water on me first Sophar snapped, her teeth clenched. "Drenching someone out of nowhere-if that's not

sympathy with her pitiful look "Prince Nolan, look at how unreasonable Eliza is. I was

comuneng Inwead, he glanced at Eliza, who stood there with an icy expression, exuding nothing but

he se

her sister he thought, then dismissed the

aher Eliza saw him with Sophie that the wariness appeared. What exactly is she guarding against? Does the actually think I'd turn »gainst her

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Chapter 36

CHIC WOlan.

He might be sick, but he wasn't stupid enough to switch sides just because of a few words from

was that

believed that her fair and logical father, Gabriel, would

she had paid a heavy price

and Caleb... Every single one of them had

So now

standing with a man, she instinctively went on guard-even

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