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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?

would assassins of this level be sent after the royal

much that they’d go to such extremes,

Her thoughts spun wildly.

contract with them would

of the most powerful kingdoms in this continent would struggle to afford

someone really spend that much money just to wipe out

But why?

grudge could justify

why didn’t even

that the situation was

dying, one by

Black Veil’s assassins moved through them like ghosts, swift and efficient, leaving

scent of blood filled the

were getting

Closer to the king.

the royal

swallowed hard, her

her ears as she looked toward the royal hall, where her father

could see it now, the

the king, a man who had ruled with unwavering strength,

of the soldiers that had been resisting

death sentence, reinforcing the two who were still cutting through what little

It was a massacre.

the once pristine marble floors, the air thick with

of steel had faded, replaced only by the sickening sound of blades slicing through flesh and the final,

handle

who had seen countless battles in

on his sword tightened, his knuckles white, but even he could not mask the

to breathe as she observed

trying to steady her shaking hands, something happened, something that made her blood run ice

of the assassins

was a coincidence, maybe he was just scanning the

But no.

locked

Directly.

was as if he could see through her disguise, as if the veil she had carefully worn to blend in as a

caught in her

first time, an expression flickered across

His eyes widened.

in a

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

The shift was immediate.

assassins were