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.

people from the Duke of Noganlul's estate might catch up, one

the leader ordered, and at his command, the group immediately closed in on

something

she scattered something

wide as blood spilled from their mouths. One by one, they collapsed

moments, these men

even brought poison!" The black-clad man behind Isabelle froze in shock, not expecting her

sword in a flash and

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

out a pained

that man could react, she grabbed another handful of the poisonous powder and

was prepared. The moment Isabelle moved, he stepped back swiftly, dodging

to use that trick? You must be

gleaming dagger sliced through the cloud of powder and plunged into

eyes wide with disbelief as

hadn't expected his group to fall into