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.

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

toward the shore,

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

earth do you want?" Sophie

middle of the water, glaring at Eliza

the night just

sarcasm.

you here wouldn't be such a bad idea," Eliza replied after another long moment of watching Sophie's disheveled state. A cold, emotionless smile played on her lips

as Eliza finished speaking, the two figures beside

in the darkness. She pushed past Tina

realized the danger. She turned to flee, but

leaped forward, grabbed Sophie by the hair,

harm me, my father will never let you go- Sophie's threat was cut short

threat of death overwhelmed her. With each dunk underwater, Sophie's sense

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

all dignity. All she wanted was to

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 back and divorce him right now.

in annoyance at Sophie's wailing. Sophie flinched, quickly clapping a hand over

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

certainly sounds arrogant. Tired of being the legitimate daughter of the

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