Awakening Love Reborn to Be His Duchess (Elowen Hale) novel Chapter 669

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Chapter 669 He Came for Her

Inside the carriage, Mua kept murmuring to herself as through rege the words co somehow steady her nerves. “Iris is going to be all right. Her Grace we

her back safely… nothing’s going to happen to her

Scarlet gave a faint nod but stayed silent:

Her thoughts felt tangled beyond reason, and no matter how hard she tried inexplicable unease continued pressing heavily against her chest.

Something doesn’t feel right.

The carriage had only just turned into a narrow stone lane when ashrill whistle carddenly ripped trong the air outside.

Then came the unmistakable hiss of a bolt cutting through the wind,

Before Scarlet could even react, Mira lunged forward and shoved her down hard against the cura throwing herself protectively over her at the exact moment a crossbow bolt blasted through the carriag wall.

The iron-tipped shaft tore over their heads before embedding itself violently into the opposite panel withs a heavy crack, the wood splintering around it while the bolt continued trembling from the force of impact

“Assassins!”

The driver’s panicked shout exploded from outside the carriage.

Almost instantly, the entire lane descended into chaos as steel collided against steel, horses shrieked in terror, and somewhere nearby someone let out a horrible scream of pain.

Scarlet’s heartbeat pounded so violently she could barely think. Her fingers locked desperately around Mira’s sleeve while her mind went completely blank.

Mira, however, had grown up at Hale Manor and had witnessed scenes like this far more often than Scarlet ever had.

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Even now, she managed to stay calmer.

“They probably came for His Grace and Her Grace,” she whispered quickly, relief briefly surfacing in her expression despite the chaos outside. “Thank God we were the ones inside the carriage instead

Then she lowered her voice further. “Scarlet, we can’t stay here. It’s too dangerous. We need to get out before they break through…”

She never finished the sentence.

The carriage curtain was violently ripped open.

A blade flashed downward toward them.

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Chapter 664 Came for Her

3carlet instinctively shut her eyes and threw herself over Mira without thinking.

But the strike never landed

A tremendous crash shook the entire carriage sideways as another weapon slammed hard against the doorframe instead.

Scarlet opened her eyes.

A tall figure stood directly before the carriage entrance, a longsword braced in his hands as he blocked the assassin’s killing strike head-on.

He stood with his back toward her, broad shoulders filling the doorway beneath the gray afternoon light spilling into the lane.

Part of his sleeve had already been sliced open during the clash, exposing hard muscle beneath the torn fabric, yet his stance remained completely unmoved.

Scarlet recognized him instantly.

Draven.

“Don’t panic.”

He never turned around while speaking, but his voice carried the kind of steady certainty that instantly calmed the fear spiraling through her chest.

Emotion struck Scarlet so suddenly that her eyes burned.

Watching him standing there between her and death, the terror clawing through her finally seemed to settle.

“Find somewhere hidden and stay there until this is over.”

The instructions came quickly.

Then Draven tightened his grip on the sword and charged back into the fighting before either of them could answer.

Mira finally scrambled upright. “Scarlet, come on.”

Scarlet forced herself to steady her breathing before nodding quickly. “Right.”

Even to her own ears, her voice sounded dangerously close to breaking.

Outside, the narrow lane had already become a battlefield.

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Steel flashed cold beneath the cloudy daylight while Draven cut through the assassins with brutal precision, every strike carrying enough force to send grown men crashing onto the stones.

But there were simply too many of them.

And worse, these men clearly had no intention of leaving alive.

hirten grands had accompanied Cassian and Elowen earlier that day: leaving only the carnage guin dod attendat behind. Though they could defend themselves well enough under

wollenn fighting without fear of death.

uickly overwhelmed against enem

veryone there. Draven w

casily the strongest fighter.

Even so, the man could only do so much alone.

Especially now.

The injuries Roger Hall and Maud Hall had left on him several days carber had barely begun healing before fresh wounds opened across the same battered body all over again.

Still, he never stepped back once.

Because Scarlet was behind him.

Hidden in the shadows beside Mira, Scarlet found herself unable to look away from him.

She had no idea how he had arrived in time.

She only knew that if Draven had not appeared today, she would already be dead.

And now he was bleeding for her.

Tears slowly filled Scarlet’s eyes.

He already knew about her past. So why was he still risking his life for her like this?

Is he completely out of his mind…?

At that exact moment, one of the assassins lunged from the side.

Draven twisted away quickly enough to avoid the killing blow, but the blade still sliced across his arm, cutting through cloth and skin before blood immediately spread across the torn sleeve.

He grunted through the pain before driving his own sword straight through the attacker in the same motion, sending the man collapsing onto the stones.

Scarlet’s chest tightened painfully at the sight.

No.

She could not just hide there watching this happen.

No one was invincible. Not even Draven.

If this continued, he was going to die.

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