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.
It was wholly unnecessary and out of line.
Zachary burst into laughter. “Did you think you could stop me with dozens of soldiers?”
Sherlyn remained painfully 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 us. There's no way you'd be able to escape!”
“Mom, stop it,” Louis pleaded nervously.
“Lady Sherlyn, it seems like you've been sheltered for far too long. I pity your ignorance about the evils of the outside world.”
The soldiers outside the window suddenly crumpled over just as Zachary finished his sentence.
Dumbfounded, Sherlyn could only watch as bodyguards from the Nacht family stormed into the study room before neutralizing her men.
“Y-You,” she stuttered in disbelief.
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