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

or did you sneak

"It's my sister! My sister is the Holy Lady-Eliza, I'm Sophie, the Duke of Mowbay's

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

glanced past her and said, "Since you claim to be the Holy Lady's sister, why don't we

noticed the direction

time to see a

a wooden bucket. Before Sophie could react, the bucket tipped

to her face, her soaked clothes

cold shock faded, anger flared inside her. "Eliza,

internally, her whole body trembling with rage. 'I haven't even settled the scope from last time, and now she humiliates

set the bucket down, unfazed. "Who's the lunatic? Weren't you just calling

pesired water on me first Sophar snapped, her teeth clenched. "Drenching someone

her head, trying to win Nolan's sympathy with her pitiful look "Prince Nolan, look at how unreasonable Eliza is. I was just talking to you-l didn't even say anything bad about her-yet the

Eliza, who stood there with an icy expression,

he

dismissed the idea almost immediately. "No,

with Sophie that the wariness appeared. What exactly is she guarding against? Does the actually

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Chapter 36

CHIC WOlan.

made Nolan laugh. He might be sick, but he wasn't stupid enough to

was that

Eliza would have never believed that her fair and logical

had paid a heavy price for

Every single one of

So now

man, she instinctively went on guard-even if Sophie was currently forced to kneel in

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