Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1298

Tracey paused what she was doing and called Tarquin over.

"Have a seat, honey."

She poured two glasses of water-passing one to Tarquin and taking a sip from her own. Setting the pitcher down, she looked Tarquin dead in the eye from across the table.

"So, who are you trying to dig up info on?"

Tarquin's voice was calm, almost too calm. "The person who created this virus."

Her eyebrows shot up and she gave him a long, searching look before responding, her tone slower and more cautious.

"And what makes you think I know them?"

He didn't hesitate. "I can tell, Grandma. You weren't surprised by the virus. Not really. It was more like you recognized it."

Tracey had been shocked when she saw the virus, but not because she hadn't expected someone to develop it. No, the real shock was that she was already familiar with it. She'd seen it before, which meant she'd been involved with it somehow—and probably knew who was behind it.

She furrowed her brow, staring at Tarquin in silence for a moment, then took another sip of water, eyes never leaving his face.

"All right then, what do you know? Let's hear it from your side first."

in Karl Town, Alerasia. There's an

their research, but I'm pretty sure the virus is their

darkened, and she leaned forward, voice edged with

sure it

one hundred percent, but it's highly likely. Our first identified case came straight out of that town. He grew up in Karl Town and told me

"Isn't that town mostly zhinorians? The paper,

Karl Town's

jaw, something clicking in her mind.

a bang, making

spat. "They think they can wipe us out? Dream

was visibly shaking with

narrowed as something dawned

on zhinorians?

us?"

didn't answer directly. Instead she asked,

laid it out

cousin, sort of. We don't get along. He came back from Karl Town, and honestly, I think he was looking

with Elysia, so we never crossed paths. Still, my people were watching him. The moment be got