True enough, the Shadow Guard was focused on The Golden Tower's assistant.

Seeing that the banknotes given from Willowbrook Estate's account room weren't enough, the Shadow Guard searched the shop assistant's body at the gatehouse. The shop assistant was only let go after the Shadow Guard didn't find anything.

The shop assistant felt insulted but didn't dare speak up. He found it strange-The Golden Tower had been in business for many years, and many customers had outstanding debts. Usually, after collecting the debts, the master of the household would even offer refreshments.

No one had ever searched a shop assistant like this before.

The Shadow Guard reported this to Nicholas. He thought that since they had already searched the shop assistant and had been keeping an eye on things at The Golden Tower, it wasn't too important.

After all, Chaya always found ways to make Hayden buy jewelry for her, showing she was a greedy

woman.

Nicholas had observed Chaya for a long time and felt she had no real cunning. She loved food, drinks, entertainment, and especially gold and jewelry. However, she didn't care much for fancy clothes-she was too overweight for them to look good on her.

Chaya fit the role she was here for perfectly. She was meant to accompany an old man just to get money. The Shadow Guard, who was now dead, had heard her conversation with Hayden, where she had said she would accompany Hayden to death in the future.

After living a long life, Hayden had been fooled by a young woman-spending every day either taking her out for food and fun, or buying her gold and jewelry.

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Did he really think that a young woman would stay with him as he grew old and died? Hayden was too naive.

After surviving the assassination attempt, Carissa still went to the Capital Guard headquarters every day. But today, the rain was too heavy. Kyle stopped her, so she didn't go out.

According to the plan, there was likely to be a major battle tomorrow, so it didn't matter whether she went to the Headquarters today. She had already given the necessary orders.

When Nathaniel arrived at Hell Monarch Estate, Carissa was there. Hearing the details, she immediately opened the letter.

After reading it, her face turned ashen.

Kyle saw her reaction, took the letter, and looked at it with Jacob. After they both finished reading, they both clenched their teeth and exclaimed in unison, "It's him?!"

"The letter is very important. William and I only read part of it. We didn't read it all-there's no need to silence anyone, right?" Nathaniel said.

"Of course not." Jacob immediately calmed his expression and bowed to Nathaniel. "We should thank you for braving the heavy rain to deliver the letter, Mr. Judd. Could you tell us again what happened? Don't leave out any details."

Nathaniel had only mentioned that Chaya had left behind a letter without going into further detail. At Jacob's request, he began to recount everything-how Hayden and Chaya, along with the so-called bodyguard, had entered the shop.

"Did the bodyguard keep his eyes on Prince Hayden the entire time?" Jacob asked.

"Yes. He only glanced at Ms. Kingsley a few times. When he saw her carefully selecting items, he withdrew. As for when Ms. Kingsley took out the letter, she wrapped it in a handkerchief. William thought she had simply set the handkerchief aside and forgot to take it with her When she left. When William picked it up to return it, he was pricked by the sharp shard inside, which is when he opened it."

Carissa's chest rose and fell, her anger raging within her like a storm. After a moment, she calmed herself. She knew that even if it wasn't the Sinclair family, it would have been the Sullivan family. Spies were silent and stealthy in planning the assassination, and they had a high chance of success.

But still, this involved the massacre of her family. How could she not be enraged?

The fire in her heart transformed into a thirst for vengeance. Tomorrow, she would stop at nothing to crush Nicholas.

That traitor!

After sending Nathaniel on his way, Kyle stepped forward and comforted her, "Don't be upset. Tomorrow will be the reckoning. Sage Everett is already outside the city, and Eustace is disguised as Clifford. When the battle begins, Nicholas will have no way out. All the grudges will be settled then."

Carissa clenched her fists, her eyes full of anger. "I don't understand why destroy the Sinclair family?" Hayden hadn't provided a reason in the letter, but after a moment of reflection, Kyle realized the answer.noveldrama

"Since he planned to ally with

Westhaven," he said, "he must first cut off Westhaven's spies in the capital. By slaughtering the Sinclair family, the Mystic Army will

eliminate those spies. Without them, Westhaven will be powerless in Starhaven, and Nicholas will have

the upper hand in negotiations."

He saw the pain in Carissa's eyes and drew her into an embrace. "The revenge you seek is within reach. There is no need for sorrow now."

Bringing up the destruction of her family once more felt like a fresh wound to her heart, but Carissa held back her tears and said, "I'm fine."

Jacob's eyes were filled with deep hatred and anger. "To him, lives are as worthless as ants. A man like that becoming king will bring nothing but suffering to the people."