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CHAPTER 31
Trudging down the lane in a rapid speed, the horses were running in full speed, the driver hitting the horses again at Nicholas’s sharp command.
“Ride faster, we have to get to the Stone mansion now, damn these turnoff roads, there are so many bumps and ditches, they really are a death sentence”
The carriage suddenly lodged into a ditch, the horses neighing loudly
“Damn these roads” Nicholas cursed under his breath,
He stepped out of the carriage to observe the wreck to the carriage, squeezing his face up in a twist, just one of the horses remained standing, the others lay dead, blood splashing out from their body. Nicholas was bewildered, it was just a small ditch, the horses should at least have been injured not dead. What was going on?
Allan was also nowhere to be found. He noticed as he looked about bewilderedly “What joke was this? What game was that boy playing?” Nicholas mused, alarmed at the situation.
He freed the
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