The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

The Silent 274

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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.

look at yourself. What the hell you doing? Why are you acting like some scared little

and glared at him. "Mind

ignore you when you've clearly been bullied to tears? What kind of brother would

longer busy with her concoctions, sat calmly at the edge of the stone platform, watching them both

she spoke up, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Yeah, he was

could finish the sentence, a sudden spasm wracked his body, and he

leapt up, panic in his voice. "Matthew?! What's

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

Eliza replied coolly. "That was just

stood and strolled over, leaning in to observe Matthew through the bars. "Actually... not bad. Looks like my little poison brew is

brothers said in

know the details to realize it was nothing

Matthew spat, only to immediately spit another mouthful of

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

be so dramatic This little trick is something I whipped up just for you- custom-made, inspired by none other than

It's more of a... behavior correction tool. If you keep your mouth shut and speak nicely, it's

I can't guarantee

trapped, his rage useless.

Successfully unlocked!

seething, shaking with fury, but t Dylan, still supporting

it wasn't that Eliza hadn't splashed the drug on him, Dylan realized,

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lip, lowering

a trembling finger at Eliza. “You-just wait! You'll