Chapter 325

That night, a figure slipped past everyone in the Duke’s estate, silently entering Anthony’s room.

Standing by the bed, Tina fixed her gaze on Anthony lying there, her dagger pressing soundlessly against his neck.

The cold, razor–sharp blade barely touched Anthony’s skin, yet a thin line of blood appeared on his neck.

It seemed that if a little

a little more force were exerted his throat would have been slit clean.

However, Tina finally held back

“Killing them is easy, but I don’t want it to be that simple. My revenge has always been about making them suffer worse than death.”

Eliza once told Tina that. Tina didn’t fully understand, but it didn’t matter. She would obey without hesitation if Eliza, her mistress, said

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Tina withdrew the dagger and pulled out a palm–sized spider, placing it on Anthony’s body.

The spider crawled over Anthony several times before finding its mark. It climbed onto Anthony’s neck and sank its fangs deep.

Anthony seemed to sense something even in his sleep. His body twitched slightly, but he soon fell into a heavy s

slumber.

Satisfied that her target was marked. Tina retrieved the spider and disappeared into the night without a trace.

Tina arrived outside Sophie’s courtyard in no time.

just as she was about to step inside. She

second later, a black–clad figure appeared in the spot she

didn’t notice anything unusual. After a while, he returned to Sophie’s courtyard to continue his watch.

stationed in her courtyard? Is he one of the Duke’s estate

next morning, Eliza woke up and heard Tina’s

Duke estate’s newly trained shadow guards are far too weak. But the shadow guard’s skills

“How does he

steadily. “We haven’t confronted each other head–on. Judging by his reactions, I’d say

Tina? thought Eliza. Her

top ten shadow guards trained by

never encountered another shadow guard who could rival Tina since Tina

side in the Duke’s estate was no ordinary figure.

brought him in from outside, or Sophie’s backers had sent someone

narrowed her eyes slightly, recalling the two individuals named Nonus Ophidian and

that one of those Opludian stakes had shown up? thought Eliza.

That

guarding Sophie’s courtyard the entire time. I couldn’t find a chance to

a bowl of spaghetti was

grinning as she set the

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your favorite spaghetti this morning before she went to bed last night. I even added two eggs and a spoonful of meat sauce–just the way you

didn’t eat meat but never imposed her dietary choices on Renee and Tina.

returned to their usual diets after Eliza playfully knocked on their heads and told them

stared at the bowl of spaghetti, piled high and

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