Chapter 310


    She must be lying! “Enough lies.” Arthur sneered. “I won’t fall for your tricks.”


    Elspeth thought Arthur was acting weird. She saved him and he knew it was her, and yet he refused to


    admit it. “Fine, have it your way.” Elspeth stretched her arms and snickered. “You’re not the same


    chubby kid you were. You’re nothing but a dark, evil snake now.”


    Incensed, Arthur barked, “There’s no way you’re that girl.” A part of him was screaming at him that


    Elspeth was indeed that girl, but he couldn’t believe it. He couldn’t believe the woman he had helped


    for so many years wasn’t the same one who saved him all those years ago. Something in his heart


    broke.


    “Wait. You think Emma was the one who saved you?”


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    Arthur’s face fell. “Enough.” Arthur shook his head and ran off into the distance so Elspeth couldn’t ask


    him any more questions.


    Elspeth saw him off, and she sighed. I shouldn’t have saved him. If I had known he would turn out to be


    someone so evil, I would have cheered those bullies on. She looked in the direction he ran off to, and


    then she returned to her courtyard.


    …


    The next few days, Elspeth spent the mornings at her mother’s ce, talking about her condition.


    When it was night, she would go through the escape n with Harper. When she had free time, she


    would call Gilbert and chat with him. Those were some leisurely times.


    Then came the day of the wedding. Elspeth was unceremoniously woken up at five in the morning and


    dragged out of her bed. Then it was time for makeup, which took a long time. After that, the servants


    changed her into all-red attire. They would have gone for a more modern wedding, but Michael wanted


    to go with their tradition, so they settled on a traditional wedding ceremony. Elspeth was donned with a


    crimson cape and a golden crown, then her head was covered with a red veil.


    She was escorted to the carriage and would be taken to the new courtyard the Dawsons bought in


    ydal. Everyone thought it was a merry asion; everyone but Elspeth.


    Since there were people around her, Elspeth kept her voice low as she talked to her ring. “Where are


    you?”


    Gilbert was released a few minutes after the carriage had gone off. Now, he was outside the Joneson


    Residence, rolling his wrist around. “Released. Once I rendezvous with Harper, we’ll bust you out.”


    Elspeth rolled her eyes. The ornaments on her crown nged against each other. “Tell Harper to keep


    the fighting to a minimum. You saw the Joneson Family guards. They’re as powerful as we are.” If


    Harper’s n fails, I can never escape.


    Gilbert nodded. This was serious, so he stopped his usual wisecracking. “We’ll bust you out safely.”


    Elspeth cut off contact and lifted her veil to look outside.


    The whole of ydal was witnessing the wedding of the century. It was the marriage between the


    Jonesons and the Coles after all. The streets were packed with people celebrating the asion.


    Elspeth wondered if the escape would be sessful. Michael must have his guards around, and


    Harper would find it difficult to save her. Yet, she must try. She refused to marry Edmund just like that.


    The carriage was moving stably, though slowly, as it was held up by humans. That should buy Harper a


    lot of time.


    Nearly an hour had gone by since then. Elspeth’s mind was in chaos, but then the carriage came to an


    abrupt halt all of a sudden. Elspeth fell forward and bumped her head into the carriage. She clutched


    her head and gasped in pain. Just when she was wondering what was going on, a familiar voice spoke.


    “Hand her over!” Harper shouted.


    Elspeth lifted her veil and opened the curtains to see what was going on outside. Harper was in full-


    ck attire, and he had a mask covering his face. Standing beside him was another man in ck,


    though he was taller. That man’s eyes were shining brightly. Obviously, it was Gilbert.


    “Who are you people? This is the Jonesons’ wedding.” The man in charge wondered why these people


    would challenge the Jonesons.


    Harper didn’t answer. Instead, he said, “Get the woman in the carriage and ignore everyone else.”


    The men in ck quickly defeated the people in front. Just when they were about to snatch Elspeth,


    the rest of the escorts whipped out some needles and speared the men in ck. Harper frowned and


    told the men to retreat, but it was toote. The moment the needle pricked them, the men in ck


    started howling.


    “The needles are poisoned!” Gilbert noticed their men falling around them. We can’t win. “Retreat!”


    That was not a decision he wanted to make, but he had to.


    “We can’t!” Harper protested. “This is our only chance. If we can’t save her, then she’ll have to marry


    that b*stard!”


    Gilbert took a deep breath, and then he snapped, “If we don’t retreat, ourrades are going to die.


    What’s more, the Jonesons’ men are on their way. If they get here, then all of us are going to die!”


    Harper opened his mouth, but he had no idea what to say. Gilbert grabbed him by his cor and


    dragged him away. “Trust her. She can get out of this. She’s Elspeth.” There was determination in


    Gilbert’s eyes.


    Only then did Harper leave. Gilbert looked at the carriage onest time and saw Elspeth looking at him.


    She was wearing a beautiful crown, and perfect makeup adorned her face. She was gorgeous, or she


    would be if she weren’t rolling her eyes at him.


    Once Harper and the gang were gone, Elspeth pulled the curtains down and tried toe up with n


    B. Thatmotion didn’t affect the procession that much. Soon, the crowd jumped back into a


    celebratory mood. They shouted and hollered in delight, but Elspeth balled her fists, tightening her grip


    on the dagger she was holding. Guess I have to count on myself, then.