Chapter 217

Chapter 217

"And inside that shop, I had an interesting conversation with a woman. Red hair, big blue eyes. Small but fiery, judging by the way she cursed out my men while sitting

uncomfortably in a storage room."

His entire body locked up. Eyes went wide with terror.

Ah. There it was.

A strangled sound tried to push through the gag, his breath coming in short, panicked

bursts. His mate. He knew exactly who I was talking about.

I let the silence linger, watching the fear eat away at him. Letting it fester and sink deep.

Then, with a quiet sigh, I leaned in just a fraction more. "Now, Alfred," I murmured, my voice eerily calm, "why don't you tell me the real reason you came to work for Zamford?"

For a moment, he didn't move. He just sat there, breath shuddering, shoulders trembling,

as if weighing his options. Then, slowly, he nodded.

One of my men stepped forward, reaching down to undo the gag. It slipped from his

for a moment, he only gasped, pulling in air like

man breaking the surface.

he croaked, voice hoarse and raw. "My mate-don't hurt her. I'll tell you everything, just

on you," I

swallowed thickly,

Everything about me leaving Valor Lante? That was his plan. He knew you'd come after me. He knew you wouldn't

of his best employees. That's what

stayed silent, letting him

sent to spy on you," he admitted, "To feed information back

he could exploit. I swear, I didn't have

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said he'd ruin me iff Ineffarsed. I just needed the

didn't think," I echoed, my smile widening. "That

fouelbread, a sheen that quickly

was shallow now, his chest rising too

else is your accomplice?" I asked, folding my hands in front of me, calm ass a prayer at a funeral. The flicker of

accomplices?" he stammered. His eyes searched

drowning man begging the

wasn't

the storm that fed

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