The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

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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.

Her hand accidentally pressed against something on the desk, and suddenly, a sharp click

the middle, revealing a narrow gap. As the wall slid open, a small hidden chamber, barely large enough for a person, came into

up instantly. She jumped out of

immediately landed on a ledger sitting at the very edge of the chamber. She flipped it open, and there it was- the

the ledger, Eliza would have no choice but to hand

the contents of the room, she suddenly noticed that, apart from the

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

had never given Zoie

these pieces of jewelry belong to other women?' she wondered. The realization hit her like a slap to the face, and anger surged through her veins. 'Could it be Caroline? Damn

entire life devoted to him, even dying in childbirth to give him a child. And yet, in Gabriel's heart, there was

the more her fury grew. Without hesitation, she reached

remembering was Zoie, my mother, not the woman who had stolen everything from my mother and left me to grow up as an illegitimate

it to the ground. The crash was deafening, shattering

Sophie out of her fury, puli Successfully

the

amounts, and in smaller doses, it could stir emotions, pushing them to extremes. Her anger had spiraled out of control, fueled by the powder's

glanced outside. She couldn't afford to waste another second. Clutching the ledger

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for the

shadow guard sprawled lifeless on the

had done its job, drawing the nearby shadow guards

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