Chapter 265: Rose Tinted Glasses (2)

Inez stared at the man in both shock and sheer amazement when she saw that the man hadn’t answered her question and had instead gone looking for something to eat in her kitchen. She blinked her eyes before chasing after the man. When she saw him pulling out a packet of ham from her refrigerator, she couldn’t help but frown.

"I have ham?" she mused, but before Killian could answer her, she snatched the pack right out of his hands and said to him, "I don’t know about you, but I would like to have my kitchen intact. You know?"

The man shrugged and said to her, "You are acting a bit exaggerated; I can put ham and bread together. "That’s something that even a child could do."

In response, Inez simply rolled her eyes. She pulled the packet of bread and sauces out of the refrigerator before turning to look at the man behind her. She eyed him warily before making a ham sandwich for Killian.

Pushing the plate of sandwiches in front of the man, she crossed her arms and asked him, "So what did Joannes tell you?"

He took a bite of his sandwich. "You are looking a lot better than you were looking in the morning."

"I am feeling a lot better. So, Joannes?" She nudged the man for an answer.

Killian took another savage bite of the sandwich and hummed. "He didn’t tell us anything. Couldn’t. He was already dead by the time we got there."

could he die

"I asked Third Eye to trace down every single one of the halflings who had once worked for Joannes, but unfortunately, they had no idea who this witch or wizard was with whom Joannes had a secret deal. He was quite secretive about it, as he feared that someone else could double-cross him and take the opportunity from

at the moment. There is a high chance that it can be my mother or someone else. Of course, we can never narrow down the list of people, as I have pissed off a lot of shifters. Or

raked her hand through her hair, feeling a

in the open

mother?" She asked. A frown settled

the dish in the dishwasher and turned to look at her before leaning

about Killian’s mother, but something about her going AWOL in this situation sounded really fishy. Or was she the only one

but I did talk with a few of her packmates, and they said, and I quote, she was talking about some seductress charming her son, who deserved more than a scrawny and thin woman.

nothing to say regarding this. She knew that Killian’s mother had some issues, but she never knew that the woman was the kind of woman who would jump the gun at the smallest possible turn. That was kind of — alright,

to say that she might not be—" Inez paused at

woman a fake smile. "Hi?" It wasn’t that she had something against Nyx, but after watching the woman bring a helpless

grin was all charm. "Hey, there. I heard what happened last night. Thought I would stop by and see how you

realised that it would be a bit rude, so she stepped to one side

know, it was already too late, and no one wanted me to disturb you when you were

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