Chapter 194
Russell recognized that voice.
“Sullivan from Lakeburgh?”
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He turned around at the bottom of the stairs, looking up in astonishment. “Why are they here? Who are they trying to kill?”
His intuition told him that this group was here for Margaery.
But he could not bring himself to believe it.
Sullivan of Lakeburgh were Clyde’s mentors, essentially part of the Wallen family.
If they were to act against Margaery, wouldn’t that mean it was the will of the Wallen family?
Even a tiger did not eat its cubs.
And yet, they actually…
“No!”
Russell’s heart pounded wildly. He turned and rushed toward the third floor, desperate to intervene. “Stop! I said stop!”
However, no one paid him any
attention.
The sounds of fighting erupted upstairs, unusually fierce.
Russell was gasping for breath as he ran, about to draw his sword, when someone on the third floor cried out, “Someone’s poisoned us!”
Immediately after, Solon’s voice rang out. “Surprised? Since you’re here, don’t think of leaving.”
He let out a cold snort.
Then, the sounds of battle resumed.
Margaery rose and slowly walked to the doorway. As she looked at the flashing blades and swords outside, a chill crept down her back, coldness surging within.
On a night like this, if Solon and Adam weren’t by her side, would she have any chance of survival?
To leave the Chancellor’s estate and sever ties with those people sounded like such a simple thing.
But now, it seemed this path was drenched in blood and storm.
It was not something she could do just because she wished it; the so–called severing of ties was never so simple.
A father was the backbone of his child.
As long as Raul was unwilling, she could not leave.
If she wanted to leave, it would have to be as a corpse.
Thinking of this, her pupils trembled slightly, blood and snowflakes scattering within them like the fireworks of hell.
Brilliant, flamboyant, yet deadly.
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On this snowy night, the sounds of close combat outside grew ever more intense, murderous intent palpable.
Wayne deliberately suppressed his martial arts.
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He did not want to reveal that he was one of the Thirteen Shades of Stormshade Hall, so as soon as the group charged in, he poisoned them immediately.
The poison was Energy–Dissolving Powder.
Soon, Sullivan of Lakeburgh’s inner strength collapsed. Alarmed and realizing they were outmatched, they turned to flee. “Don’t get bogged down. Retreat!”
But it was already too late.
“You came and now you want to leave? Do you think my lady is easy to bully?” Adam snorted, leaping down to block their
way.
When Russell came up, Wayne’s sword was just slicing across the necks of the six Sullivan of Lakeburgh.
The set of sword techniques was not particularly fast.
However, it was more than enough to deal with people who had lost their internal energy.
With a crisp snap, as the long sword returned to its sheath, the heads of the six Sullivan of Lakeburgh rolled one after another onto the ground, spreading dark pools of blood across the snow.
The scent of rust, carried by the cold wind, ravaged the air between breaths.
Margaery felt nauseated, standing by the railing, her body trembling slightly.
“Margaery!”
Russell rushed over, looking her up and down, cold sweat forming on his forehead and freezing into crystals, his voice hoarse as he asked, “Are you alright?”
Margaery shook her head, her gaze falling to the snowy ground below.
This was the first time she had seen someone else’s corpse.
She should have been very frightened.
But after experiencing her own tragic death, she no longer felt much. If anything, it was cold and disgust.
Cold that seeped from inside out, chilling to the bone, and disgust that surged from the depths of her soul.
She was disgusted not only by the corpses, but also by the sordid and cruel hearts of the Wallen family, and the unfathomable nature of humanity.
Adam’s cold laughter echoed from below, “Well done. Are the people of Lakeburgh tired of living, coming to assassinate the Star of Fortune? Are they trying to rebel?”
“Call for someone from the magistrate’s office.”
Wayne nodded and quickly left.
Hearing Adam’s words, Russell felt his heart skip a beat, a chill and a sense of guilt surging within him.
It really was Sullivan of Lakeburgh.
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This was trouble.
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He hated Raul and Joshua for treating Margaery this way, and also feared they would end up destroying themselves.
“Margaery, go back inside, it’s cold out here.”
His voice trembled, not daring to meet Margaery’s eyes.
Margaery looked at him, already understanding his predicament, but no longer cared whether he chose to stand by her side.
‘Whatever. She withdrew her gaze and turned back into the house.
Russell felt ashamed of his own thoughts.
But thinking that other members of the Wallen family might get into trouble because of this, he could not help but worry In the end, he could only turn around and hurriedly rush to the Chancellor’s estate.
On a night of heavy snow, he forgot the cold.
He only felt cold sweat pouring down.
He wanted to ask who exactly brought Sullivan of Lakeburgh here.
Margaery saw him running frantically through the street, her eyes lowered slightly.
“What’s Lord Russell rushing off to do?”
Amber was so frightened by the recent assassination and the corpses downstairs that her face turned pale, tears welling in her eyes as she trembled, “If it weren’t for Adam and Solon, we would have died.”
She clung tightly to Margaery’s arm.
With no outsiders around, Margaery spoke, “He went to find the Wallen family. Maybe he truly has had a change of heart toward me, but he also wants to protect the others.”
As Margaery spoke, a faint, cold smile appeared on her face.
If she and the Wallen family were irreconcilable and only one side could survive, she wondered whom Russell would choose.
The Wallen family loved to talk about the ‘greater good!
When the time comes, between one person dying and five people dying, Russell surely knows what to choose.
This truly was a sorrowful matter.
With past lessons learned, she would never trust anyone from the Wallen family again.
Margaery engraved this thought firmly in her heart.
She sat down at the table and picked up her medical book again.
Adam returned, standing guard at the door, and asked her, “Miss, were you… terribly frightened just now?”
Margaery gently shook her head, “No.”
She had died so tragically in her previous life.
Compared to her, the way Sullivan of Lakeburgh died was truly much easier.
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Margaery took a slow, deep breath, forcibly shaking off the lingering pain and despair in her heart.
Soon after, footsteps sounded outside once again.
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Nathaniel, accompanied by Nolan and Warren, hurriedly came upstairs, asking in astonishment, “What happened downstairs?”
“Why have so many people died?”
Both men looked rather grim.
After all, this was Sinderin City.
With six people died in the street, all decapitated, what kind of hatred could drive such violence?
If they came to assassinate the Star of Fortune again, it would be even more of a spectacle.
Nathaniel’s expression was even more complicated than Warren’s.
He was truly afraid, his face as pale as a sheet.
Adam looked at him, feeling somewhat nauseated, and sneered, “Reporting to Your Highness, it was the Sullivan of Lakeburgh who just attempted to assassinate Lady Margaery. We killed them.”
Nathaniel’s face stiffened, and he instinctively glanced toward the Chancellor’s estate.
It was well known that Clyde learned swordsmanship from the Sullivan of Lakeburgh, and the corpses downstairs were his
mentors.
‘His mentors came to kill Margaery. Had the Chancellor’s estate gone mad?‘ Nathaniel thought.
‘What exactly is Raul trying to do!”
Suddenly, Nathaniel realized that cooperating with Raul might not be so wonderful after all.
“Are you certain? Can you confirm it was the Sullivan of Lakeburgh?”
Nathaniel repeated the question, feeling a chill down his spine.
An intangible danger seemed to be closing in on him. He couldn’t quite identify it, only feeling as if he were caught in a whirlpool, tangled and confused.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
