The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

The Silent 471

471 Chapter 471

471.Chapter 471

Thud. Sophie was jolted awake by a sudden sensation of weightlessness, followed by the cold, suffocating embrace of water closing in around her.

"He-help!" she gasped instinctively as she struggled to the surface, only to realize

a moment later that her feet were touching the bottom.

When she straightened up, the water that had nearly drowned her was now only waist-deep.

"What's going on? Where am I? How did I get here?" Sophie muttered in confusion, her body trembling violently in the chilly wind as she hugged herself, drenched to the bone.

As she turned to look behind her, she let out a scream, startled by three dark figures that loomed like ghosts in the pitch- black night. She fell backward into the water again.

"Ah! Who are you? Don't come any closer!" Sophie shouted, her voice filled with panic.

Eliza watched Sophie's terrified state with a mixture of amusement and satisfaction for a few moments before speaking in a soft, eerie voice. "Mrs. Nevill, you've committed so many wrongdoings, yet you have such a small heart. Are you really afraid?"

Sophie, who had been utterly terrified, suddenly recognized the voice. She jerked her head up toward the shore, her eyes darting nervously at the figure seated in the middle of the three shadows.

Upon closer inspection, Sophie finally saw Eliza, who looked perfectly at ease, along with the odious girl who had threatened her at the wedding, and another figure wrapped in black like a shadow guard.

"Eliza, so it's you playing tricks on me," she hissed, fury

toward the shore,

moment she

on earth do you want?" Sophie sputtered, having swallowed another mouthful

managed to catch her breath as she stood in the middle of the water, glaring at Eliza and her companions with a mix of

of the night just to drown me?" Sophie said,

sarcasm.

moment of watching Sophie's disheveled state. A cold, emotionless smile played

Eliza finished speaking, the two figures beside

eyes gleaming with excitement in the darkness. She pushed past Tina and strode into the water, quickly closing the

she realized the danger. She turned

swift motion, Renee leaped forward, grabbed Sophie by the hair,

father will never let you go- Sophie's threat was cut short as

underwater, Sophie's sense of suffocation, despair, and fear grew

on the verge of drowning, her head was yanked out of the water once more. This time,

down Sophie's face as she abandoned all dignity. All she wanted was to survive;

can help you. Do you want to go back to the Duke's estate? I'll beg my father. I can convince him if you don't kill me. What else? Caleb? You want to marry Caleb, don't you? I'll divorce him. I'll go

snapped, her brow furrowing slightly in annoyance at Sophie's wailing. Sophie flinched, quickly clapping a hand

Sophie in such a disheveled state. "I don't want any of the things you mentioned. I'm long tired of being the legitimate daughter

certainly sounds arrogant. Tired of being the legitimate daughter of the Duke's estate?'

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