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Eliza stood stone-faced, her expression cold as ice as she stared into the cage where Sophie was on the verge of being bittent to death by the venomous spider. "That's enough. Come back." Eliza said calmly.

The spider immediately retracted its fangs and scurried off Sophie's body, crawling obediently back to Eliza's side. She reached out and gently tapped it with her finger. "Go build your nest. I won't be needing you for now."

This spider was one of several poisonous creatures Gilbert had sent her-not just this one, but many others. After being fed with spiritual water, they had all submitted to her and made their homes inside her pocket farm, just like Simba, the venomous centipede.

"My patience is limited, she said flatly. "If you don't want to die choking on your own blood, you'd better hand over my mother's body"

Sophie trembled as she crawled up from the floor of the cage. Her face was contorted with pain and terror-but beneath it, a deep, burning hatred for Eliza simmered in her eyes.

Suddenly, she laughed twice, then gritted her teeth and mocked Eliza in a vicious snarl. "My patience is limited too. So tell me-what if I never go back? Do you think my people might destroy your mother's corpse instead? You know, like

dismember it... grind the bones to ash?"

Without a word. Eliza grabbed Sophie by the hair and slammed her head into the iron floor of the cage. Once Twice. Again and again-until blood ran down Sophie's forehead and her screams echoed off the walls. Then, and only then, Eliza yanked her up by the hair

"You think a threat like that's going to save you?" she said coldly. "You want to gamble? Fine. Let's see whether your bones break first... or my poison wins.

Sophie's nose was already bleeding. She was in agony-but she refused to yield. She couldn't lose. Her mother had lost to Eliza, but she wouldn't Even if it killed her, she would drag Eliza down with her.

"Fine," she sneered. "Let's gamble."

The entire second floor was filled with poisons.

How convenient.

The next morning, Eliza emerged with dark circles under her eyes and a sour expression. She hadn't slept all night.

hadn't expected Sophie to be

her nearly beyond recognition, but

If Sophie wouldn't tell her where

prayers-wait, what happened to you?" Mary's voice faltered as soon as she saw

her clothes. "It's not

something Mary muttered in relief. "But your

Of course she

had stolen her mother's body? 11:44

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"you'd better tell me. If I find out you're hiring

mountain ever

bit her lip. And under Mary's relentless gaze, she finally relented and

body might have been stolen, her face went white. She

rushed forward and caught her just

expected such a violent

pocket farm and

calm down. You

streamed down her face as she shook with fury and grief. "How dare they do that

Caroline?"

against her own chest. "Those monsters-they should rot in hell. I'll

we have to confirm where my mother's body is. I want. to

Stonor family-go to the ancestral tombs

mother's grave had

had...

you," Mary

that Lady

let me see... Yeah,

'Lady Eliza' of the Stonor family anymore. She has no

the pair approaching and immediately moved to

"You're not allow

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