Chapter 295 Isabella Must Have Been Bitten to Death by the Tiger!
Isabella had no idea how long she'd been asleep, but when she woke up, she was a bit hungry.
She touched her empty stomach...
She was really fed up with that jerk Ollie. Was his goal to starve her to death in here?
But she figured she probably wouldn't starve to death. If Gwyneth discovered she was missing, she'd definitely come looking for her. After all, she still had the Powell family's crest ring on her, so Gwyneth would surely find her.
"Whatever, I'll just keep sleeping. Who knows when I'll get out of here - better save my energy." Isabella touched her empty stomach and lay back down.
Hearing this, Pippa used her paw to push the basket of fish that Isabella had brought right in front of her.
Isabella looked at the fish in the basket, her eyes lighting up. "I almost forgot! We have fish!"
The cave was lit by candlelight, so there was no shortage of fire. Isabella pulled some grass and branches from Pippa's nest, smashed a few wooden crates that were sitting around for who knows what, and built a fire to start grilling fish.
Isabella grilled two fish and handed the bigger one to Pippa, but Pippa glanced at it and pushed it back, indicating she should eat it.
"Pippa, aren't you hungry?"
Pippa shook her head.
Isabella tried to persuade her several times, but Pippa insisted on not eating. Isabella had no choice but to eat both fish herself. After eating her fill, she fell asleep right there using Pippa's belly as a pillow.
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Inside the castle.
Kismet was eating fruit and pastries, looking completely carefree.
"Kismet, did you really have Ollie lock Isabella in there with that tiger? Won't Isabella die horribly?"
Being eaten alive by a tiger - how gruesome would that be?
Kismet curled her lip, looking completely unconcerned. "Horrible? What's so horrible about it? Finnegan, have you forgotten how my hand got bitten off? I'm just giving her a taste of her own medicine!"
"What if people find out you had Ollie lock her in there and she got bitten to death..."
"So what if they find out? Isn't it justified?" Kismet's expression darkened as she said coldly, "She's just trash. If she dies, she dies. Who cares!"
Isabella deserved to die.
She died as she should, she deserved it!
Just as Kismet finished speaking, a disbelieving voice came from the doorway. "What did you just... say?"
Yasmin stood at the door, looking at Kismet and Finnegan with some shock, hardly able to believe what she'd just heard.
"You locked Isabella in there with that tiger?"
Seeing Yasmin, Kismet's face immediately turned cold. "It's nothing. You heard wrong."
Yasmin walked over, frowning at her. "I just heard it. You said you locked Isabella in there with that tiger. Kismet, how could you do this?"
Hearing this, Kismet's expression also grew somewhat dark. "What I do is none of your business. Yasmin, why do you like speaking up for her so much? I really don't understand - why did you save Isabella back then? If you hadn't bothered with her, wouldn't she be dead now? Having her rescued just makes me upset."
"You shouldn't have shot her with that arrow in the first place," Yasmin said. "And now you've locked her in there with that tiger. That tiger has gone crazy - she'll definitely get bitten to death. Kismet, why must you kill an innocent person?"
Yasmin couldn't reason with her, so she turned and ran toward where the tiger was being held.
Watching her retreating figure, Kismet angrily smashed the fruit plate in front of her. "Even if you go now, it's pointless. Isabella must already be dead from the tiger's attack!"
It had been almost a whole day now - she didn't believe Isabella could still be alive.
Yasmin ran breathlessly to the cave entrance and said to Ollie, "Open the door quickly!"
Seeing it was Yasmin, Ollie was stunned. "Ms. Yasmin Powell, what are you doing here?"
"I told you to open the door! Did you hear me?" Yasmin said urgently.
"But, Ms. Yasmin Powell, there's a dangerous beast inside that hurt people. I'm afraid I can't open this door."
"Ollie, don't think I don't know - you colluded with Kismet to lock Isabella in there. You better pray she's okay, otherwise I'll tell Gwyneth everything you and Kismet have done!"
Hearing this, Ollie's expression changed slightly. He thought for a moment and said, "Ms. Yasmin Powell, Isabella didn't belong here in the first place, and she caused Ms. Kismet Powell to lose a hand, so she should pay with her life for Ms. Kismet Powell."
"Do you think Gwyneth would allow you to do this?" Yasmin countered.
Ollie pressed his lips together, not knowing what to say for a moment.
However, the tiger had already missed two meals. Based on his estimate, Isabella should already be dead by now.
Just then, Kismet and Finnegan also arrived.
Kismet gave a cold laugh and said, "Since she's asking you to open the door, then open it."
It was too late anyway.
Ollie pressed the mechanism and opened the stone door.
The candlelight inside the cave was dim.
They couldn't see clearly what was inside.
"You lead the way!" Kismet said coldly.
"Yes."
Ollie and several guards led Kismet, Finnegan, and Yasmin inside.
Kismet looked satisfied, and Finnegan also had a cold smile on his lips. They were both eagerly anticipating seeing Isabella gnawed down to just bones.
However, when they walked in, the scene before them left everyone stunned.
Isabella was leaning against Pippa like she was a leather sofa, holding grilled fish and eating it, while the tiger had a completely permissive look, eyes half-closed, lying there quietly with an extremely docile expression.
Seeing people arrive, Isabella immediately stood up. To say she wasn't angry would be a lie. She said to Ollie, "You locked me in here on purpose, didn't you? Is this fun? I'm asking you, was it fun to starve me for two meals? You made it so I couldn't eat anything except grilled fish. Ollie, you're really vicious!"
Ollie: "..."
Kismet: "..."
Yasmin: "..."
Ollie stood there frozen. He didn't know why things were completely different from what he'd expected. Why was Isabella perfectly fine? Why hadn't the tiger hurt Isabella at all, and had even given all the fish to Isabella?
Pippa also slowly got up from the ground. Its gaze suddenly turned to the arriving people, immediately showing an extremely fierce expression and letting out a roar.
Kismet, Finnegan, Ollie and the others were so scared they immediately turned and ran.
Isabella also ran out with them.
They were scared, and Isabella was scared too - not of the tiger, but that Ollie, that dog, would lock her back inside again.
Running to the cave entrance, the group was panting heavily.
Only then did Isabella notice Kismet, and she said coldly, "You know how to be scared? If you're so scared, why did you come? You're the one who colluded with Ollie to lock me in there, aren't you?"
Kismet was still shaken - she'd already developed psychological trauma from this tiger.
Hearing Isabella say this, she snorted coldly. "And you still didn't die - you're really lucky!"
Dropping this line, she turned and left.