Zachary scoffed in response. “The royal forces? Do you really think that would scare me?”

He then pointed his gun at the ceiling and fired several successive shots.

Bang! Bang!

The bullets struck the chandelier on the ceiling, sending crystals raining down.

Just then, the door to the study room burst open, and dozens of armed soldiers rushed into the room. More soldiers stood outside the window of the study room, and all of them trained their guns at Zachary.

Sherlyn entered the room last, flanked by more armed men.

 

“Put down the gun if you want to live, Zachary.” She had a gun pointed at him as well.

Louis exclaimed, “Mom, what are you doing?” He had never imagined that his mother would cause such a scene.

 

While he pointed his gun at Zachary to protect Charlotte, his mother’s actions represented the Laurents’ declaration of war against the Nacht family.

wholly unnecessary

think you

ignorant of the danger ahead. “Such insolence! Even if you’re not scared of our soldiers, there’s still the Lindberg family, and we have Mr. Lindberg’s best men with

stop it,” Louis pleaded

sheltered for far too long. I pity your ignorance about the evils of

soldiers outside the window suddenly crumpled over just as

bodyguards from the Nacht family stormed into the study

stuttered

and he immediately apologized. “Zachary, please have mercy

good terms

he kept his piercing gaze

down and have a

to have a peaceful talk, but Lady Sherlyn is being impolite. This gun belongs to your

wanted desperately to tell off his wife right then and there, but the urgency of the situation

my deepest apologies over Sherlyn’s and Louis’ behavior. On account of our families’ good relationship and the sake of your

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