Chapter 709
Chapter 709
“pale, since you’re taking my sister away from Hasen City, why didn’t you inform me, her elder brothar? Or were you simply tos cowardly to speakquote
Adeline had been instructed by Dale that matters concerning the Marquis’s estate must never reach Gabriel’s ears.
So ever since the incident, she never even considered telling Gabriel about it, let alone seeking him out.
Adeline was stunned. Her family had left Hasen City for a full day, yet Gabriel suddenly caught up with them.
‘No. Did Gabriel catch up to us? Or had he been waiting here for us all along with his men?‘ Adeline wondered, her mind racing.
Adeline suddenly remembered the inn attendant outside their room. ‘Wait… Could he have been one of Gabriel’s men all along? The thought sent a chill down her spine, and she dared not let her mind wander any further.
She was trembling with pain and looked at Gabriel opposite her with a pale face.
“Gabriel, why… are you here?” asked Adeline.
Adeline still clung to a sliver of hope at that moment.
Adeline desperately hoped her fleeting suspicion just now was wrong.
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However, Gabriel merely gave her an indifferent look and said nothing. Then he turned his gaze to Dale.
Dale was on high alert, his expression tense and vigilant.
Dale narrowed his eyes and said, “Cat got your tongue, Gabriel?”
Gabriel gave a faint, mocking smile. “Dale, you should know I once held you, my brother–in–law, in high regard. For that very reason, I even confided in you many matters. Yet knowing so much, you still guard against me like this. How utterly unbecoming.”
Dale sneered. “What’s there to say? Lord Mowbay, you love playing hypocritical games, but that’s not my style. Whether it was genuine regard or calculated exploitation, we both know the truth. Why keep up this charade?”
Gabriel’s feigned smile gradually faded at Dale’s words, his expression turning ice–cold once more.
“You’re right,” Gabriel said coldly. “Now that you’re no longer Lord Dale, you’ve lost all value to me. There’s truly no need to keep up the act with you anymore.”
As he finished his words, a deadly tension instantly filled the air.
The sworn warriors of the Nevill family gripped their swords, poised for deadly combat at any moment.
At that moment, Gabriel turned his icy gaze back to Adeline and uttered two cold words, “Come here.”
His voice was so cold that Adeline couldn’t help but shudder.
She looked up, her eyes brimming with tears. “Gabriel… What in God’s name are you trying to do?”
“You dare question me?” Gabriel’s tone turned icy, his face darkening with displeasure.
Adeline’s voice trembled as she stared at Gabriel. “Do you think I’m questioning you, Gabriel?”
Adeline’s eyes were bloodshot, her voice trembling uncontrollably. “Gabriel, all I wanted was to know the truth! I’m your sister! Dale is your broth law, and Caleb was your nephew! We only wanted to leave Hasen City and return to Fotidia, but we were suddenly ambushed tonight! My son was just blown to pieces here a moment ago! And you…
Chapter 709
“Why are you here? Why did you bring so many people? Why is every last one of them armed with bows and bladest in God’s name, any
Adeline lost control, her voice shaking as she screamed hysterically at Gabriel, “Was all of this your doing? Did you arrange the bombing that kredita, son? I just want the truth. So tell me, Gabriel, yes or no!”
“Yes,” Gabriel replied bluntly
He didn’t even have any change in his expression, as if he didn’t feel the slightest bit of guilt for what he had done,
Gabriel remained utterly unmoved even after blowing up his nephew just moments ago.
“Adeline!”
Dale rushed to steady Adeline as she nearly collaps
gripping her hand tightly.
eline, hold on! I’m here for you!”
The shock hit Adeline so hard that she nearly blacked out.
However, she forced herself to stay conscious when she heard Dale’s voice.
Adeline tightly clasped Dale’s hands, her voice choked with anguish as she sobbed, barely able to speak. “Dale… I… I failed you… I’m so sorry… Caleb…
She never expected the one who would end up harming her family would be her brother!
No.
Adeline suddenly recalled those words Dale had told her back then.
Adeline thought, ‘Perhaps my brother had been systematically persecuting the Marquis’s estate ever since it started with Sophie.
‘Otherwise, my husband would never have resigned, my son would still be alive, and the Marquis’s estate wouldn’t have come to such ruin!”
“Adeline, please don’t cry. None of this is your fault. Ever since the Marquis’s estate betrayed its word, this day was destined to come,” said Dale.
Back then, they failed the Padilla family and betrayed their oath to them.
At a critical juncture of the Padilla family’s life and death, they should have come to their rescue. But for the sake of profit, they sided with the Duke’s estate and turned a blind eye to the Padilla family’s pleas.
They stood by and watched as the Padilla family was massacred.
Now, the tables have turned. The day of reckoning had finally fallen upon the Marquis’s estate.
Even though Dale had resigned and chosen to retire, Gabriel still had no intention of letting his family go.
Dale gripped Adeline’s hands, closed his eyes for a moment, and then reopened them. He fixed his gaze on Gabriel. “She’s your sister. Spare her.”
Gabriel sneered, “Do you still have the luxury of worrying about such things?”
Gabriel sneered, “Since she bears the name Stonor, I’ll naturally take care of her. But you… You should know what to do, shouldn’t you?”
Dale understood the veiled threat in his words all too well.
Dale had to die if he wanted Adeline to live.
Dale drew his sword in a flash. He pushed Adeline away with one hand and put the sword to his throat with the other.
Adeline cried out in anguish, “No! Dale, don’t do this!”
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