The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

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"Father?" a furious voice demanded.

Benedict could no longer care that they were still in court. He stormed forward

without hesitation and stopped right in front of Gabriel, eyes wide with disbelief. "What Eliza said... Is it true?"

The ministers and even the King perked up their ears, holding their breath in

anticipation.

"It's not true," Gabriel hissed through gritted teeth and blatantly denied. "There is no illegitimate son. Absolutely not!"

He finally understood why he was so on edge earlier. Eliza had found out about the child swap all those years ago.

'It must have been Mary, that old nun! Who else could have told her?' Gabriel thought.

He was certain of it.

Back then, he had made sure to silence almost everyone who knew about the affair, including the child and that woman. The only person still alive who knew the truth was Mary.

Nevertheless, Gabriel was unfazed. Even if Eliza knew about it, she had no evidence. She could expose him right before the King, the Prince Regent, and every minister in this court, but he would simply deny it to his last breath.

"Eliza, how could you accuse your father of this?" Gabriel cried, his voice trembling." Yes, I made a mistake, but it was just that one time. Must you hold it against me

forever?"

As he spoke, a tear streamed down his otherwise stoic face.

Some ministers shook their heads in sympathy, thinking, 'If the Duke of Mowbay is a philandering man, why hasn't he had any mistresses? In a city where almost every nobleman kept multiple wives, he remained faithful to Caroline for over a decade after her death. To this day, he never remarried.

already admitted that his illegitimate daughter was the result of a one- time lapse

and persuade Eliza to forgive her

his throat and, with a serious expression, said, "Holy Lady, you cannot accuse your father without

she

especially intrigued by what Eliza had told him yesterday in the imperial study -about someone

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alike could they

from Nolan. He immediately stepped forward and said, "Yes, Your Grace. If what you claim is

Gabriel promptly bit their tongues. They figured they would wait and see. If

strip the Holy Lady of her title,

and said calmly," Your Majesty, the evidence is waiting outside. You may summon

furrowed his brow. Something

pick his sister in a heartbeat. That

outside. Gasps echoed through the hall. Benedict found himself unable to lift his head to look at the figure stepping through the

and take a look?" Eliza

like her question was

he saw the young man beside his sister, the sight of his painfully familiar face triggered a flood of

you understand why I

see the gravity

you're

truly done right by

"Mother, I've failed you!

the floor. Then, he ran out of the hall like a

way out, he bumped into a minister and stumbled, his head slamming into the ground. Yet, he didn't seem to feel a thing. Tears streamed down his face as he got on his feet and staggered away. "Mother, I was wrong..."

muttered under his breath, casting a sidelong glance at Benedict.

immediately straightened up, then respectfully dropped to one knee and

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