The Abandoned Empress - Chapter 316
The masked men surrounding the woman with crimson hair turned when they heard someone approaching. The moment one of them, clicking his tongue, was about to cut the woman, Sir Monique charged toward him and struck down his sword. Because of Monique’s timely intervention, his sword barely struck past her hair.
My eyes turned to the cut crimson hair falling off the floor. The eyes of the woman looking at Sir Monique in surprise shone like a jewel… I was fascinated by her.
He chuckled at her when she asked in a trembling voice, then beckoned to Gillian, who was standing at a distance. Then, after taking his sword and handing it to the royal guard, he opened his mouth again, “You seem to undermine the intelligence of the empire.”
“No, I didn’t mean that.”