Upon hearing the sound from outside, Nancy ordered Monisha, “Go and check it out!”

Soon, Monisha returned and reported that the guards saw a figure flash past. Suspecting that someone had infiltrated the compound, they had begun a search. The moment she heard the news, Arielle left in a flash. Having avoided the heavy patrols, she finally hid in the forest behind the compound.

All of a sudden, she felt a tap on her shoulder. Her expression tensed up as she whipped out her silver-plated needles to attack.

“Sannie, it’s me…” Only when Vinson’s voice rang out did she pull back.

If he hadn’t said something in the nick of time, he would have been at the receiving end of her needles.

“I thought I was discovered,” Arielle whispered.

Looking at him from the corner of her eye, she asked in a concerned tone, “Did you manage to locate Lorraine?”

Vinson shook his head. “No.” He paused briefly. “But I did find something else.”

“What is it?”

her ear, causing her eyes

“Drugs?”

nodded with a

drastically darkened, for drugs were something she utterly detested. Every year, there were plenty

is correct. The

leave. They had to think of another plan since Lorraine was nowhere to

***

a basement somewhere, Lorraine’s blood-covered body was being strung up. With her hair strewn all over, she

was sitting on a

an indifferent tone, “Who sent you

he felt sentimental over the fact that she had worked for him before. Unfortunately, she

at the Duke, Lorraine said plainly, “No one sent me. I just came

I’m sure you‘re aware of my

tone sent

sent me, really,” Lorraine repeated, staring at him. “I came

refusal to confess, the Duke got

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