Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 953

White nudged him with its little head, sensing his gloom, trying to offer comfort.

Evan said, "White, you don't want him to be sad, do you?"

White flicked its forked tongue out at him in response.

Evan chuckled, "Good boy, White! Let's head back, and I'll treat you to a feast! We've got to nail this mission to keep him from being down in the dumps. Let's go, off to find Grandma!"

Finding Grandma's ashes without him knowing was the plan. If he didn't know where they were, it wouldn't break his heart.

Evan leaped gracefully to the top of the garden wall and then jumped down into the yard.

Following the route he had scoped out earlier, he quietly moved several hundred meters forward until he reached the forbidden area's gate.

The red-brown wooden gate was securely locked. No getting through that.

Evan decided to scale the wall to get inside.

pitch-black, not a single light,

night breeze rustled through the leaves, creating a

Turning on his flashlight,

off his shoulder, leading the

through an archway into a

four corners stood a temple, each housing a fierce, wide-eyed statue brandishing weapons,

the courtyard was a well, its mouth wide, covered

were engraved with cryptic runes that were

circled the well, returning to Evan's side,

well? This has got to

voice came

are right beneath your

but the well cover is chained. Can I just break the lock?" "No, we can't be 100% sure the ashes are Grandma's. We've got to be sneaky; we can't

plan was for Evan to stealthily retrieve the ashes

learned that Gideon had Grandma's ashes, Tarquin assured them he

was all

weren't Grandma's ashes, then he'd continue to deceive Gideon as 'Alpha Thorne' until they