The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

The Silent 249

Chapter 249

Matthew sat by the bed voice full of concern as be gently coaxed her. It's all right now. Sophie. You're home. No one's going

to hurt you again"

Sophie was still curled up eyes swollen and dazed from crying, clutching Anthony arm like it was her last lifeline. She turned to Matthew with a choked voice, trembling as the asked. "Really Tm I'm really home now? I don't ever have to go back to the palace again

"That's right. Don't worry," Matthew rushed to reassure her "The King said it himself—you won't be chosen as a consort"

But what he didn't dare tell her was the exact wording of the King's decree-

Sophie is unruly, uneducated, and utterly unfit for palace life. She lacks the grace and wisdom required of a consort

The King's words had already spread across Hasen City like wildfire. The part that truly made Sophie infamous was the phrase “utterly unfit to be a consort”

It didn't just kill any chance of her returning to the palace- crushed all hope for a respectable manage. With those eight words alone, what noble family would ever dare bring her through their doors

Matthew gritted his teeth. "The King was too cruel

Anthony was livid. "Who does he think he is Just because he doesn't want Sophie doesn't mean he has to ruin her future!

Both brothers were fuming. When they brought Sophie back from the palace, they had practically carried her in-pale. disoriented, and whimpering in pain. The fury in their hearts nearly made them spit blood

Gabriel slammed a palm onto the deck, his face like thunder. "He did it because he's the King. That's all the reason he needs. Matthew snapped. "But the King's never humiliated the Stonor family like this before. What-just because of the Prince Regent, he thinks he can walk all over you now

Gabriel's voice tumed cold. "He holds command over hundreds of thousands of troops. What do you think?"

"Nolan has enough power to stage a rebellion if he wanted to. But no-he insists on playing the loyal guard dog." He laughed bitterly. "It's pathetic"

If only his martial talent had matched his ancestors. Gabriel believed the military authority of Bortenland would be his by now. That throne wouldn't be held by some half-grown boy-and today's humiliation would never have happened.

Now, with Sophie lying there, groaning that her whole body hurt barely in her right mind... Matthew and Anthony had half a mind to tell their father to just rebel and be done with it.

coldly. "Don't

didn't have to speak-Anthony laid it all out with ruthless clarity. "You want to expose them?

visible wound on her. No scars, no bruises. Nothing that

people are too clean." Anthony said grimly. "Even if we found something, do you really

to quietly hand Sophie over to the Empress Dowager's care. Even if evidence surfaced, the

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then what? The King walks free,

95%

personally supported the young King's

by the Prince Regent, they'd still claw their way into the palace

family couldn't afford to blow this up. Not only would it do

that best of

deep down, he knew this all started

long before the entire city learned that the Stonor family's

worse: that the illegitimate daughter had

of sin wasn't just scandalous-it

they had to

We'll look outside-there are still wealthy

in the room, Sophie's

Out of Hasen City?

out

was just dust and peasants, What did prosperous towns'

Hasen City Civilians?

He wants

was Lady Sophie of the Stonor family. Even if she couldn't become Empress, she could still be

the official heir-if only he would name me the rightful daughter-then none of this

There were

of noble sons in Hasen City. All she needed was the title, and they'd

wouldn't. He never

how much she tried, her mother had never