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.

she realized what was happening. "Eliza, so it's you playing tricks on me," she hissed, fury coursing

knew it was just people scaring her, Sophie splashed out of the water again and stormed toward the shore, intent on confronting

in black, kicked out at Sophie the moment she scrambled onto the

want?" Sophie

barely managed to catch her breath as she stood in the middle of the water, glaring at Eliza and her

in the middle of the night just to

sarcasm.

Sophie's disheveled state.

as Eliza finished speaking, the

in the darkness. She pushed past Tina and strode into the water, quickly closing the distance

face drained of color as she realized the danger. She turned to

motion, Renee leaped forward, grabbed Sophie by the hair, and dragged her

let you go- Sophie's threat was cut short as Renee yanked her

each dunk underwater, Sophie's sense of suffocation, despair, and fear grew stronger. Her mental defenses crumbled under the relentless

was on the verge of drowning, her head was yanked out of the water once more. This time, she dared not make any more threats. She sobbed and pleaded through her

All

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 back and divorce him right now. I'll give you anything you want. Just

Sophie's wailing. Sophie flinched, quickly clapping a hand over her mouth and staring at Eliza in

want any of the things you mentioned. I'm long

Tired of being the legitimate daughter of the Duke's estate?'

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