The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

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274.Chapter 274

The air in the attic fell deathly still.

Dylan said nothing more. He simply stared at Eliza in silence, tears slipping soundlessly down the corners of his eyes. Half an hour later, Eliza approached the iron cage with a vial in hand, the antidote nearly finished. Without a word, she uncorked it and splashed the contents directly onto Matthew's face.

Moments passed. Then, at last, Matthew slowly stirred awake.

He thought, 'The place is still the same. Has father still not found us?'

He sat up in silence and quickly spotted Dylan sitting blankly in the corner of the cage. That, he could've brushed off. But what made him do a double take was the faint trail of tears on Dylan's face. Was it a hallucination caused by the drug?

Rubbing his eyes and blinking hard, Matthew looked again-nope, not a mistake. He frowned in disbelief. "Dylan... are you crying?"

Did Eliza drug him too? Maybe even tortured him after Matthew passed out?

Just as Matthew turned toward Eliza, ready to explode in anger, Dylan seemed to anticipate his thoughts and cut him off coldly. "It wasn't Serenity. She didn't do anything to me."

Somehow, that only made it worse.

He would've rather Eliza hit him, drugged him, poisoned him-anything to get it over with. That kind of retaliation, he could handle. But this silence? This indifference? That stung more than any wound.

And yet... was that precisely why she did it? Because she knew it would hurt him more?

Dylan cast a hopeful, cautious glance at Eliza, as if searching for a sliver of meaning.

"Dylan, look at yourself. What the hell you doing? Why are you acting like some scared little puppy? What exactly are you so afraid

around and glared at him. "Mind your

"Trust me, I'd love to. But how can I ignore you when you've clearly been bullied to tears? What kind of brother would I be if I just sat here and said

at the

their bickering, she spoke up, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Yeah, he was just so

but before he could finish the sentence, a

panic in his voice.

the cage. "Serenity, you said the antidote would keep him

Eliza replied coolly. "That was just a bit of

in to observe Matthew through the bars. "Actually... not bad. Looks like my

The two brothers

to know the details to

are you?!" Matthew spat, only to immediately spit another mouthful

his face turned a shade paler. Gritting his teeth, he growled, "What the hell did you do to

I whipped up just for you- custom-made, inspired by none other than your filthy mouth. I can't stand that trash you

the kind that takes over your mind-these bugs are dead. It's more of a... behavior correction tool. If you keep your mouth shut and speak nicely, it's as harmless as

I can't guarantee you'll survive

trapped, his rage useless.

Successfully unlocked!

seething, shaking with fury, but t Dylan, still supporting him, sank back into

splashed the drug on him, Dylan realized, but that he hadn't insulted her, and

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bit his lip, lowering his head in quiet

struggling to stay upright, pointed a trembling finger at Eliza. “You-just