The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

Chapter 209

The Silent 209

Chapter 209

Chapter 209

Sophie's eyes shimmered with tears as she looked up at her three older brothers, her expressión pitiful, almost fragile

"Benedict, Matthew, Anthony," she said softly, voice trembling. I know you don't believe me right now, but I swear-I didn't do it. I didn't take her body!

Benedict frowned, his tone cold. "And yet people saw the ones who took Mother's coffin. They were your people, Sophie How can you still claim you had nothing to do with it?"

Sophie faltered for a second, but quickly shifted tactics. "You're right... it was related torme. But when I said it wasn't my doing. I meant that I didn't order it directly. The three men you saw were my mother's old retainers-people she left behind to protect me. They didn't follow me to Hasen City because Father had already brought me to the Stonor estate. They stayed behind.

Her voice turned gentle, careful, calculated. "After I was beaten... I was upset, hurt. In a moment of weakness. I wrote to them

just to ask them to come and protect me. I never imagined they would overreact like that. When they heard what happened, they got angry on my behalf... and took your mother's body as revenge. I swear, if I'd known they would do that never would ve sent that letter."

she spoke, the image of vulnerability and grief. Even Benedict,

would Eliza say you ordered them to steal our mother's corpse? That you planned to desecrate it- out of

found out what they'd done, I panicked. I told them to return the body immediately, I swear I did. But before they could, Eliza captured me. She beat me, poisoned me-I was terrified.

cut in at once, as if

desecrating the body-that must've been

felt something was off. Her story seemed

glanced to the side-and suddenly realized that

eyes. "Father," he asked carefully, "did you know about this? Do you believe Sophie's telling the truth?" Gabriel hesitated. He looked at Benedict, paused a moment longer,

was Gabriel's illegitimate daughter. He knew that now. And if Gabriel had chosen to protect her, then it didn't matter whether she was guilty or not-he would

the more Benedict felt certain Sophie was lying.

the servants to keep anyone else

was their mother. Even if you hated Eliza, how could you sink so low as to defile a corpse Don't you realize if this gets out, you'll be branded as

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