Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1426

“She’s never flirted with any man except Kendrick!”

“She’s never done a single thing to betray Kendrick! She’s been loyal to him from the very start—not once has she ever strayed!”

“So who the hell are you all to insult her? To curse her? To slander her?!”

Soren’s voice shot up, practically echoing off the hillside. He was beyond furious now.

“If we weren’t living in a country of laws, I’d have put a bullet in you all myself!”

“Elizabeth doesn’t deserve a spot in the Bradford family cemetery? Go ahead, drag out every Bradford ancestor you’ve got. Besides Kendrick, which of them can hold a candle to her honor?”

“She’s a hero—she sacrificed everything for her country. Which of your precious ancestors ever did something that selfless?”

“Elizabeth joining your family’s cemetery? That’s your ancestors’ privilege, not hers!”

Soren’s shout thundered through the foot of the hill, the echoes ringing for ages.

If there really were such things as ghosts, you could bet every last Bradford ancestor was hearing him loud and clear.

Soren’s pent-up rage and frustration burst out all at once. He’d said more in these few minutes than he had in the last two days combined.

Ever since they’d left the border, racing back toward Jindale City, he’d barely spoken. Even last night, holding vigil for Elizabeth at the old chapel, he hadn’t said a word—the words had all been stuck inside him, rolling around in his heart.

When he finally saw Tarquin and the others this morning, he’d barely greeted them.

But watching Allegra and her crowd stirring up trouble—insulting and slandering a woman as kind, upright, and brave as Elizabeth—he just couldn’t hold it in.

A pack of bitter, selfish women, sniveling and shouting at someone who’d given everything for others—it was sickening.

Allegra was stunned by Soren’s outburst. She’d never seen him this angry, and she definitely hadn’t expected him to hold such a high position.

Commander of the military district? Just the title alone was intimidating.

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