The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

The Silent 577

The sorcerer Rayden had proven unreliable. It was time to call for another one. After all, if there was one thing the Malone family had in abundance, it was

sorcerers. But just taking care of that young sorcerer wouldn't be enough to deal with Nolan.

He needed leverage. He needed to catch the Holy Lady of Walden.

Only by capturing her could he force Nolan to back down.

Jefferson plotted his next move, unaware the person he wanted dead and

planned to capture were, in fact, the same.

Jefferson thought using Eliza as a hostage might work, but Nolan had outmaneuvered him.

"Bring him in," Nolan ordered, his tone calm but commanding.

He barely glanced at the emptied secret chamber, showing no interest in the so- called "evidence" that had been removed.

waved his hand and said, "Forget it. Take him to the next room. Let him have

think? What is that supposed to mean?' At that moment, Jefferson had no idea what Nolan was

and from the next room, he heard

"Let go of me!

you even know who I am? You'll regret

fumed internally. 'How dare they lay hands on someone as

nothing but a bunch of uncivilized

I'll make sure every single one of you pays for

could finish her rant, a sharp

was tied to a rack, her struggles futile. A Black Flag soldier grabbed a whip studded with iron thorns from the stone platform and lashed it across her back

shoulder, which was mangled and bleeding. Blood trickled down, staining the cold stone floor

screamed in pain, "Ah! It hurts so much! Father, where are you?

snapped open, blazing with fury as he

my

'Let my daughter go!'

desperate to catch Nolan's attention. Yet, Nolan sat there

it "interrogation" wouldn't be quite