The Silent 403

403.Chapter 403

Clutching her wounded arm, she glanced at the bodies in the alley. A bitter laugh escaped her lips as she sneered, "So, survived Tell me, Fletcher, what exactly were you trying to achieve with all this?"

"Were you planning to sell me off again? she wondered.

Isabelle clenched her fist, a dangerous glint flashing in her eyes, her gaze brimming with hatred

Then, she thought Forget it. At least I managed to use this mess to escape. No matter whether Fletcher still wants to use me as a pawn or not, I'm going to Hasen City"

With that thought in mind, Isabelle bent down and picked up the dagger with her uninjured hand. Step by step, she walked out of the alley, her slender figure soon swallowed by the darkness of the night.

Meanwhile, back at the Prince Regent's estate in Hasen City

Nolan was lying in bed to rest. But less than an hour after falling asleep, his eyes snapped open.

It had been three or four days, yet the bloodshot redness in his eyes remained.

These past few days, he found it more difficult to sleep for more than a few hours at a time.

fleeting fragments, at most four hours, at times barely one, before he'd jolt awake

tonight was no

wasn't that Nolan didn't want to sleep. But every time he closed his eyes, the

discovered that his mother had been betrayed

City with Eliza, he had been

person he suspected the most was

even craftier than Gabriel, Duke of

matter how hard Nolan tried, he couldn't uncover anything incriminating,

royal banquet on First Moon Day when Fletcher offered the flower, that Nolan finally

Fletcher wasn't originally from Bortenland, his elusive background suddenly made perfect sense,

dressed, and threw on his

the door

you feeling unwell again?" Ross asked, his face full of

calmly. He knew Ross was afraid he was relapsing, but

street-ready outfit. With one fluid motion, his long legs carried

sure to get Basque Cheesecake, the fresh kind. Pick a few other flavors

immediately understood what Nolan was planning and chuckled, “Got it. I'll buy the

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