Chapter 224: She was the Target!

Chapter 224: She was the Target!

She had always thought the stories were exaggerated.

Legends passed down by cowards who wanted to make their enemies seem larger than life.

But now… Now, she could see the truth for herself.

And it was far worse than she had ever imagined.

She tore her gaze away from the bloodshed, trying to silence the panic creeping into her chest.

Think.

There has to be a way out of this.

But then, another voice broke through the chaos.

The queen.

For the first time, Nnenna saw something she had never seen in her mother before.

Terror.

Queen Chioma’s hands, usually adorned with elegance and grace, trembled as Abuchi supported her seeing her unsteadiness.

“If they’re here…” she whispered, “if the Black Veil was sent…” Her breath hitched.

“Then that means someone paid them to kill us all.” The realization sent a ripple through the room.

The Black Veil did not act on whims.

They did not kill out of hatred, revenge, or personal grudges.

They only moved when a contract was sealed in blood.

Which meant… Someone, someone powerful, had ordered the complete annihilation of the Lionara royal family.

Nnenna’s pulse pounded in her ears.

If the Black Veil had been hired, then their fate had already been decided.

The only question left was who had betrayed them?

Her stomach twisted as fear clawed at her chest.

If these assassins were as unstoppable as they were described, then… they were all going to die here.

Her breathing grew uneven.

Why?

assassins of this level be sent

that they’d go to such extremes, hiring a group so deadly, so

Her thoughts spun wildly.

isn’t cheap… A contract with them would cost

the most powerful kingdoms in this continent would

spend that much money just

But why?

of grudge

didn’t

that the situation was

dying, one by one,

Black Veil’s assassins moved through them like ghosts,

filled the

were getting

Closer to the king.

to the royal

hard, her throat

as she looked toward the royal hall, where her father and the others

see it now, the

who had ruled with unwavering strength, looked

of the soldiers that had

like a death sentence, reinforcing the two who

It was a massacre.

the once pristine marble floors, the air thick with the metallic scent of

by the sickening sound of blades slicing through flesh and the

one could handle such a

king, a man who had seen countless battles in his

his knuckles white, but even he could not mask the

barely dared to breathe as she observed the carnage from her

trying to steady her shaking hands, something happened,

assassins turned to

she thought it was a coincidence, maybe he

But no.

locked

Directly.

through her disguise, as if the veil she

caught

time, an expression flickered across his usually unreadable

His eyes widened.

said something in a low, urgent

completely composed even in the face of slaughter, turned to her all at

The shift was immediate.

the assassins were cutting down soldiers without

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