The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

The Silent 195

Chapter 195

Back inside the pocket farm, Eliza marched straight to the iron cage and dragged Sophie out."

She'd been lying low, trying to recover some strength and wait for a chance to escape. What she hadn't expected was for Eliza to return so soon-like a lioness unleashed, radiating fury,

Tm going to kill you, Eliza growled, then slapped her hard across the face. "This is your last chance. Tell me where is my mother's body?"

Sophie coughed, struggling against her grip, then grinned through the pain. "Dream on. You can kill me right now and I still

wouldn't tell you"

Caroline's body was her last card, her only bargaining chip for survival. There was no way she'd hand that over easily. No she was going to make Eliza beg for

it.

Fine, Eliza said coldly. "Then let's pick up where we left off last night."

She hauled Sophie up to the second floor and forced her down on the preparation table, tying her tightly before shoving a pre-prepared dose of poison straight into her mouth.

Sophie coughed again, eyes wide with alarm. "What did you just make me take?!"

Last night's torment had already left its mark. And now, as the drug slid down her throat, a chilling tremor passed through her entire body. Her instincts screamed at her-this wasn't just a sedative.

You think if you keep your mouth shut long enough, I'll run out of options? Eliza stared down at her, cold as a butcher above a slab of meat. "Don't worry. By the end of today, you will talk."

It didn't take long. Sophie's body began to tremble. Her vision blurred. She felt her thoughts slipping away into the dark. But her eyes remained open. Her pupils unfocused. She lay still-slack, obedient.

Tell me your name," Eliza ordered.

"Sophie."

"Who are your parents?"

"Gabriel... and Zoie Case"

had suspected for a while that Sophie was Gabriel's illegitimate daughter, but Zoie's

new

never heard of them in Hasen City. Either

voice sharp. "When did you steal my mother's body? And where is it now?" "Over twenty days ago... Father had me whipped-fifty lashes. I was furious. So I summoned Nonus Ophidian. I told him to dig up your mother's body so I could flog the corpse to

trembled with fury. "You vile, disgusting creature. You don't

so she desecrated the dead? Even animals had

decency.

again, her voice

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it. Tell me

didn't make it is time. I was

froze. That meant Sophie had sent him just one day before she'd been kidnapped. If she hadn't

tightened. "Who is

always been there. Since I was born... he and

the others! Eliza's

of a group?

wasn't the only one Eliza

Nonus was here

she recovered Caroline's body, Sophie had to

you

is. But

began to

knew-the drug

chill. "So they come when you need them, do they?...That makes things easier." With a plan now forming in her mind, she dragged Sophie bark to the cage and locked

sent a message

at her courtyard, whistling as he strolled in. "What's the rush? Couldn't wait to see me? he teased, eyes

me

you missed me."