The Silent 509

509 Chapter 509

509.Chapter 509

"G-got it." Matthew felt a chill run down his spine and immediately clamped his mouth shut, not daring to utter another

word.

Anthony, who had been about to speak up for Sophie, glanced at the whip mark and silently thanked his lucky stars. If he'd been quicker to open his mouth, that whip would have landed on him instead, and there was no way he could have dodged

1. it.

Still, Anthony couldn't shake his confusion. 'What could Sophie have done to make Father this furious? he wondered.

gaze shifted back to Sophie Stonor. The whip in his hand dangled ominously in

was as cold and

she was suffocating inside. It wasn't that she didn't want to speak; it was

she tried to tell Gabriel that Eliza had poisoned and threatened her, her mouth felt as

had concocted a poison that

nothing short of defiance, a direct

Sophie again. "Fine," he snapped. "If you won't

the whip cracked through the air and landed on Sophie again, each strike heavier

crossed a line, and he showed no trace of fatherly affection as he struck her. This time, he unleashed all

her sprawling across the floor, her anguished cries echoing

was wrong. I know I was wrong. Please, stop hitting me. I beg you, stop. If you keep going, I'll die. Father, please,"

uncontrollably from the pain. Tears and snot streaked

right now." Gabriel's voice was sharp and unrelenting, his anger

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