The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

The Silent 240

Chapter 240

"Archers, ready!" Ross barked, his voice sharp as steel the moment that agonized scream echoed from the woods

Over a hundred Black Flag soldiers instantly drew their bows, arrones aimed squarely at the treeline

"Wait-wan! We surrender! We surrender"

Panicked voices rose from the underbrush. The ambushers clearly hadn't

expected to be discovered before the party had even entered the forest-let alone have one of their own already pierced clean through

With arrows already nocked and a storm of death just heartbeats away, the would-be attackers wasted no time

en fools!" Ross thundered. You dare lie in wait and lunch an ambush on the road? Get out here-now-before we cut

all down!"

Terrified, the would-be ambushers scrambled out from the woods, some crawling on hands and knees, white-faced and shaking

Nolan narrowed his eyes at the sorry lot. "Which hill did you crawl down from?

The bandit leader dropped to his knees and sobbed, "We-we were once from Onyxgrave Bastion. But the stronghold was attacked, our leader slaughtered, most of our brothers killed. Only a hundred or so of us survived. We were starving. desperate-we just wanted to steal some food, not lives. Please, have mercy-we swear we'll never try this again!"

The man's voice cracked with fear, eyes locked on the corpse behind him-his comrade who'd been skewered through the chest by Nolan's warning shot. That arrow had missed him by mere inches. He was lucky to be alive and knew it

Nolan listened in silence, then nodded slightly toward Ross.

Ross's eyes gleamed coldly as he bellowed the single word: "Fire."

Screams erupted. The remaining bandits scattered in all directions-but the Black Flag archers were faster. Arrows flew like hail. In mere seconds, the entire bandit group lay dead.

handle the bodies, Nolan said calmly, as if ordering the

Mr. Bradford have a good

over as swiftly as

just happened. But as their carriage rolled forward. and passed through the killing ground, they saw it-the bodies, the

the curtain in fear. Even Isabelle's eyes widened for a beat, but

panic," she said coolly.

Prince Regent is terrifying Miss Henderson, are you really going through with this plan? What if he

that's the price I'll pay Isabelle said through gritted teeth. "But if I don't try. I'll end up married off to that disgusting pig, crawling as a

She would gamble everything.

the Henderson family and stay near Eliza forever. Eliza might hate her now, but she didn't care. She would pave the road to Regent's Manor in Eliza's name-even if

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Eliza beshe main wife-she'd happily be the

feelings. Sooner or later, he

men. Men had always had wandering hearts, and even the most ordinary would take three i four wives. What could you expect from someone like

Better to disillusion her early-so that if Eliza did return to the mortal world and enter his manor, she wouldn't be crushed by

would be there, her sword and

under her stepmother and half-sister-cruelty, scheming, the subtle art of survival. Eliza was too soft. Too innocent. She didn't know

But Isabelle did.

flanked by guards.

Isabelle smiled sweetly.

Isabelle smiled sweetly.

away and pulled the curtain shut without

then let out a low

are you smiling like that?" Aria asked,

longed for was something no one

stitch again.. "Miss,

her own world,

even when the needle pricked her

the time they reached Plutonville,