Forgotten Wife Let the traitors kneel Down (by Patricia Maradiaga) novel Chapter 147

The Enemy’s Face

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Before chaos erupted in the ballroom, Maya had seen a strange shadow on the ceiling. She had gone to investigate, struggling a bit to climb due to the uncomfortable dress she was wearing, but she made it to the ceiling. There was a man wearing a thick hood despite the heat, and she yelled,

“Hey! What are you doing here?”

The mysterious man dropped a small bottle that fell in the middle of the ballroom, and a grotesque creature emerged from it. Immediately, Maya threw one of the daggers she had hidden inside her dress, piercing his arm. He tried to escape, but she was quick, jumping to block his path.

“Who are you? Show me your face.”

“Get out of the way if you don’t want to die.”

A rough voice spoke from within the hood, and Maya drew a few knives and said.

“I don’t think that’s going to happen. If anyone’s going to die, I promise you it won’t be me, so

surrender.”

The man looked around for an escape route, but whenever he moved to the right or left, Maya threw a knife at his feet. She said to him.

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way, and in all of them, you’ll be the only one losing. What’s it gonna be?”

The man lunged at Maya, and they both began to struggle. He tried to knock her down several times and throw her off the ceiling, but even with the large dress Maya was wearing, it wasn’t easy for him. She blocked all his attacks, and in the middle of the fight, she removed the hood from his cloak. Maya was very surprised to see that the man had red hair just like Abril. He took advantage of the moment to knock her down and flee.

Maya reacted quickly and threw a knife at him, but he used a teleportation scroll and disappeared into thin air.

“Damn it, he slipped away.”

The screams of terror could still be heard in the ballroom. Maya decided to return to try to help somehow, but when she arrived, Abril had already taken care of all the monsters.

Cassian, seeing Maya approaching with her dress torn and disheveled, ran towards her very

worried.

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“Maya, are you okay? Are you hurt?”

“I’m fine.”

“Well, it looks like you’ve been in a fight.”

“That’s because I was.”

Maya pointed to the ceiling and said to them.

“When you went to get me a drink, I saw a strange shadow on the ceiling, so I went to investigate.”

“You climbed up there?”

“Yes, although it wasn’t easy. This dress isn’t very practical, but as I was saying, I saw a man wearing a thick black cloak. He dropped a small bottle from the ceiling, and that creature that attacked you emerged.”

“Where is that man?”

“After fighting, he escaped, although I injured him in the arm.”

Maya looked at Abril and said in a low voice so only Cassian could hear.

“That man had red hair just like Abril.”

“Are you sure?”

“In the struggle, I removed his hood, and tonight the moon is shining brightly. I’m absolutely sure of what I saw.”

“Don’t tell Abril.”

“Alright.”

Maya looked at Cassian, who was a mess, covered in dust. She brushed his hair a little and

said,

“I think you should go take a bath. You look a mess.”

Cassian looked around. The entire ballroom had been destroyed in the battle, and the guards were lifting the wounded off the ground. He said to her.

“The bath will have to wait. I need to help here.”

“Then I’ll help too. The more, the merrier.”

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“Thank you.”

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Abril looked around; there were a lot of injured people. She wanted to help them, using her magic to heal their wounds, but Alessandro stopped her.

“Don’t do it.”

“But don’t they need help?”

“It’s dangerous, Aby. The healers will take care of them. You’ve already done enough.”

“But…”

“Please, Aby.”

“Okay.”

Although Abril had already used her magic to destroy the creatures attacking them during the height of the battle, he hoped no one had noticed. That’s why he didn’t want her to continue using it.

Alessandro asked several guards to escort Abril back. He and Cassian stayed behind, organizing the soldiers and helping in any way they could.

When all the wounded were treated and the ballroom was completely empty, Cassian approached his brother and said,

“Maya saw the person who brought these creatures.”

“Where is he?”

“He escaped. She couldn’t catch him, but she saw his face. Although that’s not the most important thing, that man had red hair, Lessan.”

“Are you sure about that?”

“Completely. That man is part of the Venobich family. Maya said he had a young face, so it must have been Prince Enzo.”

“This is a declaration of war.”

“That’s right. We can no longer remain silent; we have to fight.”

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