The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

The Silent 401

401 Chapter 401

401.Chapter 401

"No Isabelle screamed.

Even the bravest souls would have been scared out of their wits if they stumbled upon such a sight in the dead of night.

Isabelle was no exception. She shrieked, stumbled backward, and fell to the ground with a loud thud. Her head smacked against the edge of the table, sending a sharp jolt of pain through her skull

The commotion immediately drew the attention of the guards stationed outside:

"Bang!" Several quards and maids burst into the room and asked, "What's going on? When they found Isabelle sprawled on the floor, they looked around the room, but nothing seemed out of place.

"Well. There's a ghost. On the roof" Isabelle stammered, her voice trembling as she pointed a shaky finger toward the ceiling. She was too terrified to look upward again.

But when the guards and maids tilted their heads to check the roof, they saw nothing unusual.

A few guards even stepped outside and climbed onto the roof to check, but they found nothing.

The maids and guards, tasked with keeping a close watch on Isabelle, immediately assumed she was trying to play a trick to escape their surveillance. Their expressions turned icy.

"Miss Henderson, you'd better cut it out, one of the guards said coldly. "If you try another stunt like this, we'll follow Lord! Valencia's orders and tie you up. Don't think you can keep living comfortably here.

"No! I was not lying. I swear I saw it. There was something there." Isabelle's voice rose in desperation. But no matter how much she pleaded, the maids and guards refused to believe her. After another quick sweep of the room, they slammed the door shut with a loud bang and left without another word.

that she wanted to smash something but she'd already wrecked everything breakable in the room. In the end, she settled on kicking the leg of a

she kicked, her face twisting in pain. "Ouch! My foot! It hurts so

intense that it felt like she'd nearly broken her

Please get me a doctor. I need a doctor

how she yelled, the hallway outside remained dead

her teeth in fury, Isabelle cursed under her breath. "Useless servants. One day, I'll

to call and no doctor in sight, Isabelle had no choice but to clutch her aching foot and awkwardly

just sat down when, still shaken, she glanced up again. That one look

was because those eyes

eyes in fear. She was about to scream, but the maid's earlier

mind.

quickly reached out and covered her

to calm down and check what was on the

turned out it wasn't a ghost

When the figure saw Isabelle had

looked like a

After the note floated gently to the floor near her bed,

thousand dollars to hire us to escort you back

in shock.

the figure was gone, and the tiles were in their original

the note still clutched in Isabelle's hand, she might've convinced herself the whole

lowered her gaze, her eyes falling

focus lingered on the first line, her mind wandering. For a long moment, she remained motionless, lost in