The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

The Silent 402

402.Chapter 402

Isabelle was stunned instantly upon hearing those words.

Step by step, she retreated toward the mouth of the alley, her voice trembling as she asked, "W What do you mean? Didn't you say my father paid you two thousand dollars to escort me back to Hasen City?"

"That's right, Fletcher did pay us. But he also gave us another order," the man in black said, his eyes cold as he saw through Isabelle's movements and began walking toward her.

"What order?" Isabelle asked, her gaze locked on him.

"He said his daughter knows too much. So, Miss Henderson, you'd better keep your mouth shut forever, the man sneered.

As soon as he said that, Isabelle turned and bolted without hesitation.

But she had barely taken a few steps when several figures appeared at the alley's exit, dressed identically to the man in black. It was clear they were his accomplices.

Caught between a rock and a hard place, Isabelle, who couldn't leave the alley, had to stop.

about time. If we drag this out any longer people from the Duke of Noganlul's estate might catch

his command, the group immediately closed in on

pulled something from her sleeve and swung it forcefully toward

she scattered something into

men could react, they clutched their throats, their eyes wide as blood spilled

moments, these

even brought poison!" The black-clad man behind Isabelle

sword in a flash and

caught on the corpses littering the ground. She stumbled and fell, narrowly avoiding a fatal strike.

She let out a pained grunt, her eyes flashing

handful of the poisonous

Isabelle moved, he stepped

still want to use that

sentence, a gleaming dagger sliced through the cloud of powder and plunged into his abdomen: 1 came prepared with more

up blood, his eyes wide with disbelief as he stared

expected his group to fall into the hands of a mere