My Wife Is So Sweet (Natalia Dawson) novel Chapter 57

Chapter 57 Vengeance of the Whip

"I did it! But why? Why you have come to destroy me again?"

"Do you know how hard it was for me to become the empress? How much I had to endure to become an empress dowager?"

"Finally, I sat high above the masses, without being held in contempt. Why couldn't you allow me to indulge a little longer?"

Crying, shouting, Priscilla's tears finally let out.

Alanna didn't say anything.

Gazing at her once beloved sister for a moment, Alanna cracked into a smile.

"You said nobody loves you? When you were a child, you stole father's jade fan. Who was the one to get beat for you?"

"When you were ten years old, you fell into a pond and nearly drowned. Who risked the life to save you?

"When you were fifteen years old, we were escorted to the Kyrma Empire..."

There was a sudden break in her voice, as if she had been reminded of some terrible memory.

Those clear and cool eyes caught a scarlet, with deep disappointment and hatred.

"Who was the one who came in the way when countless tried to defile your innocence during the journey of a thousand five hundred kilometers towards the East? Who grabbed a knife and fought them to the death? Whose innocence was trampled on for your safety?"

Priscilla stood there dumbfounded.

She stared blankly at Alanna Nelson. Events of the past sprung to her mind following Alanna's claims.

They were still young at the time when trouble fell upon their family. Before Priscilla realized what was going on, she was escorted to the Kyrma Empire with her sister.

While on the way, Alanna taught her to rub mud on her face to conceal her beauty from bad guys.

However, she was too fond of her appearance. Although she said yes, she was not the least bit willing to follow her words.

Finally, while everyone was sleeping one night, she quietly washed away the mud on her face.

She combed her hair as she admired her beautiful face in the water.

But at that moment the soldiers behind saw her and rushed towards her as if they had found a rare treasure.

She was so frightened that she kept screaming as hard as she could.

In the end, her sister came out to save her.

She did not know what her sister had told the soldiers.

Later, the group of soldiers stopped pestering her and took her sister to the woods behind.

She resumed her beauty sleep. The next morning, her sister returned with bruises and wounds on her face. Although her clothes were tattered and her hands covered in blood, she never talked about what happened the night before.

Priscilla never gave a second thought but found it strange that the few soldiers had not appeared since then.

The young girl then may not know what had happened, but she was in her thirties now.

She already knew what had happened that night in the woods.

It was just that she was not willing to admit and face it, as if the truth that made her regret would not exist as long as she avoided it.

Priscilla looked at her sister and suddenly began to laugh.

And the laughter turned into tears.

It was like a wild animal's crying, with a shrill anguish and remorse.

A soldier came trotting up with a wooden box in his hand.

"Your Highness, the imperial jade seal is found."

Alanna picked it up and took a glance before nodding.

She led her men and walked away.

A sudden shrill cry was heard from behind.

"Sister!"

Alanna stopped in her tracks but did not turn back.

The setting sun radiating into the palace, veiling a golden shimmer on the young general, her straight back reminded Priscilla of the time when Alanna taught her how to use the spear.

"Sister, I was wrong! I was wrong! Please forgive me! We're sisters! You can't kill me. I'm your sister!"

She fell on her face and crawled all the way, with tears and snot mixing. She no longer looked like the Empress Dowager of Kyrma Empire.