Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

The four nodded and gestured for him to take a seat.

Charles dove straight into the matter at hand, "A few days ago, Elijah hit me up online, inquiring about a newspaper in Karl Town called Alerasia. You got any beef with them?"

Tarquin frowned, choosing honesty, "The murderer of my parents is likely connected to that newspaper. My mom used to work there."

"Do you know what your parents did for a living?"

"I always thought they were just ordinary writers."

The elders exchanged glances before Charles spoke up, "When Elijah asked me about it, I had no clue about your ties to the Hawkins family. I just warned him that the newspaper was no simple affair and it'd be best to steer clear."

"Yeah, Elijah mentioned that, but it's about my parents' death. I have to dig deeper!"

lead on the security system for that place, but I don't know much. Just that the newspaper is a front for something much bigger. There's a massive secret lab beneath it, with

tightened, "An

only responsible for the newspaper's security.

laid bare. Alerasia, a dominant superpower with a strong military-any

expression darkened, "Uncle, do you have

you the newspaper's staff

level of lab usually has scientists working under code names, not real names." Tarquin nodded, "Thanks,

with the Ministry of National Security. Before calling

before your parents' incident, they were in

it very seriously, immediately reporting up to the higher

the armed forces alerted,

before the team could reach Alerasia, your parents were

accident, but whatever secret they held that garnered so much attention from the government, I'm not

expression turned grave. No wonder the mystery man