The guard spoke, then cautiously glanced at the third floor as if afraid of being discovered by Margaery.
Russell was startled by the words a matter of life and death
“What has happened at the estate?”
He grabbed the guard’s hand, thinking something had happened to the Wallen family.
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Secing that Russell was still worried about home, the guard realized his heart was still with the Chancellor’s estate, so he told the truth, “Lady Tessa has been kidnapped, and the kidnappers specifically demanded that you bring Margaery over.”
Because Margaery had left the Chancellor’s estate, and it was widely known she was supposedly the midwife’s daughter, having usurped the estate for years, the guards of the Chancellors estate now addressed her directly by name.
Russell was stunned and frowned, “Tessa has been kidnapped, why do they want us to bring Margaery?”
Coming to his senses, he shook his head on the spot, “I’m not going!”
Tessa wasn’t his real sister, just a fake.
Anyone who wanted to save her could go, but it wouldn’t be him.
But just as he sat down, the spiritual scene he saw at Walter’s place that day suddenly flashed in his mind.
Tessa was kidnapped, and the five brothers, together with Dominic and Raul, dragged Margaery over and personally killed
her.
This was Tessa’s trap.
She wanted Margaery dead.
At this thought, Russell sprang to his feet.
No, absolutely not! This scene must not be repeated. I must protect Margaery!‘
Without hesitation, Russell stepped forward and knocked the guard unconscious with a palm strike, then rushed up to the third floor in haste to find Margaery.
“Margaery, Margaery!”
He called out as he ran upstairs, bursting into the room without a second thought.
Adam was caught off guard.
By the time he recovered and hurried to the doorway, Russell was already standing before Margaery.
Margaery was also startled, rising to look at Russell with a complicated expression. “Lord Russell, why are you here again?”
‘At this moment, what is he here for? To drag me to the Icy Pool she thought.
“Margaery!”
Russell looked at Margaery, who was sitting by the window drinking coffee, and tears welled up in his eyes. “You haven’t left yet. That’s wonderful.”
His heart, which had been pounding wildly, finally settled down for the moment.
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Margaery was stunned.
“What exactly do you want?”
She raised her eyes to look at him, a hint of impatience in her expression.
She was worried that Russell would ruin her plans.
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Russell was stung by the impatience in her eyes. Although it hur he still spoke the truth. “Margaery, if you still remember your previous life, then don’t go anywhere today. No matter who calls you, don’t go out, okay?”
His voice trembled slightly, and his gaze was sincere. “Just stay with the guards from Prince Dashnell’s residence. That’s the only way you’ll be safe.
Margaery frowned at his words.
She was shocked by the words “previous life” that Russell had uttered.
Has he discovered that she has been reborn?‘
What are you talking about? What previous life?”
Margaery feigned ignorance, her gaze falling on Russell’s face, filled with caution.
Previously, Russell had come to her, saying that he had seen various things from Walter, but he hadn’t said much, and she hadn’t taken it to heart.
However, Russell was acting strangely today.
No matter what he saw that day, it seemed he had taken it seriously.
Russell met her gaze, and for a moment, he was confused.
He wondered if she really hadn’t been reborn.
He also wondered, ‘Hasn’t she been disfigured before? Now, it seems the blisters on her face have already healed.
‘Could it be just my imagination?‘
Russell was dazed for a moment, but then he came back to himself and urged, “I don’t know if you can understand what I’m saying, but you must not go out today. If you do, you will definitely be in danger, do you understand?”
Margaery certainly understood.
But she was determined to go out today.
Seeing that Margaery didn’t respond, Russell became anxious. “Margaery, don’t ignore my words! Right now, Tessa wants you dead!”
“And Father and the others…”
Recalling his repeated but fruitless attempts to persuade Raul, Joshua, and the others, Russell could not help but say dispiritedly, “Most likely, they will still believe Tessa and hand you over.”
He lowered his head, and even his voice grew quieter.
Margaery looked at his dejected appearance, her feelings rather complicated.
In her previous life, she had desperately tried to win him back, but in the end, Russell became her executioner, and it was he
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who personally coaxed her to return.
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In this life, she had severed all ties, and it had been a long time since she regarded him “brother“. Yet now, Russell was eager to help her.
Indeed, the affairs of this world were truly unfathomable.
She couldn’t figure it out.
Margaery sighed, just about to say something.
At that moment, footsteps sounded outside, followed by the voice of the innkeeper.
“Are you Adam, the guard? Someone just delivered a letter to Lady Margaery and asked me to hand it to her.”
Margaery’s words were stifled.
She no longer paid attention to Russell, shifting her focus to the doorway.
Two shadows were cast on the window.
Adam took the envelope from the innkeeper, his voice sounded conflicted, “Give it to me.”
He truly had not expected that Margaery would foresee everything. Sure enough, the Wallen family sent a letter, intending to get her out.
After the innkeeper left, Adam walked in.
He glanced at Russell, his expression very complex.
Then he looked at Margaery, “Lady, Phillipa wrote to you, saying her father wants to marry her off. But she doesn’t want to. She doesn’t know what to do and feels upset, so she wants to talk to you.”
“She also said Lady Christina is present and has brought medicine for your throat ailment. They are waiting Peaceful Brew.”
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Margaery took the letter and glanced at it.
“Margaery, don’t go.”
Russell, suddenly anxious, stepped forward and grabbed her wrist. “This definitely wasn’t written by Phillipa. It’s Joshua imitating her handwriting!”
Margaery lowered her head, looking at the hand on her wrist.
Russell, the noble third son of the Chancellor’s estate, had suffered greatly these past days while out in the world. He had frostbite, his fingers covered in dense chilblains, and his body was mottled with bruises of blue and purple. No one knew who he fought with.
He had truly fallen from grace.
“I remember you once told me to
go back.”
Margaery broke free from his hand, looked at him, and said, “And, now you worry that your father and your good brothers might commit such utterly heartless acts?”
There was a trace of mockery in her eyes.
Walter was really a fairy.
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He could actually turn an executioner into a kind person, coming here to stop her from walking the path of death.
In her previous life, it was Russell who personally came to take her home,
Russell was rendered speechless by her retort. In the past, he would not have believed it, but this time….
Even an assassination had been arranged.
Besides, today they were going to rescue Tessa.
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Thinking of this, Russell knelt before Margaery, his trembling voice hoarse. “Margaery, you have every right to hate me, but today, please don’t go. Even if you no longer see me as your brother, I still see you as my sister.”
“Everything before was my own fault.”
“But today, I still… must stop you.”
“If you
wish to leave, then step over my corpse.” Russell clung tightly to her calf, refusing to let go.
Margaery took a deep breath.
Her emotions were at their most complex, but her mind remained clear. She looked at Adam and said, “Go, take her to the meeting. I’ll be there soon.”
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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.
