The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

The Silent 507

507.Chapter 507

Since Gabriel kept her in check, Sophie wouldn't hesitate to deal with his shadow guards without mercy.

"I'm here to see Father. I didn't find him when I was with Benedict earlier. Are you sure he hasn't come this way?" Sophie asked, her tone casual as she subtly inched closer.

The shadow guard shook his head. "Lord Mowbay hasn't been here tonight, nor is he in the study."

"Oh, I see. Alright then. I'll head back first," Sophie said, turning around. Under the cover of her sleeve, the poison powder she had just hooked under her fingernail was quietly scattered away.

The shadow guard's nose twitched slightly, but he didn't notice anything unusual.

Sophie walked away at a steady pace. Once her figure disappeared around the corner, the shadow guard prepared to leap back onto the roof. But just as he was about to move, his body suddenly froze. His expression shifted drastically, and in the next moment, he collapsed to the ground with a dull thud.

Hearing the sound, Sophie, who hadn't gone far, immediately lifted her skirt and rushed back.

Seeing the shadow guard lying unconscious on the ground, Sophie smirked, knowing her plan had worked. Without wasting a moment, she pushed open the study door and stepped inside.

"The ledger? Where is it?" she murmured. Time was running out, so Sophie wasted no time and began tearing through Gabriel's study the moment she stepped inside.

She uncovered plenty of ledgers, but none of them were the damned Padilla family ledger Eliza had demanded.

Soon, 15 minutes passed. Sophie had practically turned her father's study upside down, yet the ledger Eliza wanted was nowhere to be found.

"What now? Could Eliza be messing with me? Maybe the ledger doesn't even exist. Was this all just a setup?" With time slipping away, Sophie grew increasingly frantic.

accidentally pressed against something on the desk, and suddenly, a sharp click echoed from

wall split down the middle, revealing a narrow gap. As the wall slid open, a small hidden chamber, barely large enough

up instantly. She jumped out of the

a ledger sitting at the very edge of

weight lift off her chest. 'Now that I have the ledger, Eliza would

small secret room again, but as her peripheral vision swept across the contents of the room, she suddenly noticed that, apart from the ledger closest to the edge, most of the other items inside were

are women's things doing in Father's secret study chamber?' she wondered. 'And not just any

never given Zoie anything like

her like a slap to the face, and anger surged through her veins. 'Could it be Caroline? Damn it. Father is still

had spent her entire life devoted to him, even dying in childbirth to give him a child. And

about it, the more her fury

memories of Caroline? The one he should be remembering was Zoie, my mother, not the woman

the jewelry and hurled it to the ground. The crash was deafening, shattering

her fury, puli Successfully unlocked!

it. It's the poison powder I

amounts, and in smaller doses, it could stir emotions, pushing them

She couldn't afford to

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507.Chapter 507

for the

passed the doorway, her gaze fell on the shadow guard sprawled lifeless on the ground, black blood seeping from

commotion in the study had done its job,

barely fled when Gabriel arrived at the study's entrance. His eyes flicked to the dead shadow guard, his expression hardening as he