Chapter 91
Helena finally understood why she was being tortured. It wasn’t because she went against the Duke’s orders and used poison. It was because the Duke, for some reason, thought that the poison she ordered got into a person he cared about. The Duke had feelings for the woman who was with the King!
Greg scoffed, which brought Tanner out of her thoughts. His eyes bore into hers as he said, “And you thought she was an accessory. Goddess, Tanner. You’re a bigger idiot than I thought you were.”
“I didn’t kill her. I didn’t. I never sent anyone after her.” She repeated in dismay.
“Who did you send Brown to kill? Be specific this time.”
“T-The instructions I gave w-was to g-get t-to one of th-their children. A toddler.”
Greg’s features hardened again. He would be the first to admit that he was a horrible person but he would never go after a minor. Tanner’s children were way past eighteen so they were technically within his reach. “You sent him after a child?” He asked in disbelief, and she nodded while averting her gaze from his.
He started thinking again, recalling the scene at the hospital. He did see a toddler next to that now -infertile Duchess. He thought that his distant cousin had adopted a son. But now that he thought about it, he wondered if that boy was the one Brown was after. He faced Tanner again and asked,” How was the child supposed to be eliminated?”
“O-Oleander.”
“How much?”
“I-I don’t know. B-But he said that it would be m-more than e-enough.”
Greg shook his head in disgust as he uttered demeaningly, “What a coward you are, Tanner. Lost the adults and now after their minor. An easier target, I suppose.”
She kept insisting, “I didn’t do that to the Queen. I didn’t. It wasn’t my contract. Brown was probably acting on another client’s instructions.”
was your instructions but it was a kill
how to take precautions. You can’t cover
took that Oleander knife you ordered for the child. She saved the kid, and she was rendered…” Greg took
as she processed what Greg
No. No. No.”
then said, “Tell me you weren’t stupid enough to leave a cocky note for the intended victim.” When he saw her trying
don’t
his grip around her neck and said, “Shut up. Here’s what you’re going to do the moment
Not death. That’s not the highest. Torture. Whipping. Bone-breaking. Electrocution until you pass out. Those kinds of things. And no one can know that I was here. No one
only nod with tears streaming down her face. Greg
“Yes, your Grace.”
part from when we were
copy
for the night. I’ll get your boss to
took two steps before one of them said, “Your Grace, we still have the Oleander dosage you asked for. Do you want to hold onto it
split it. Treat it as a tip
of you. We’ll take our leave now.” Oleander was expensive because it’s illegal and because of the tedious process to make it. So, a tip
next. His cousins had the real audits. Maybe not all of it but even the most recent ones can get him and the people he colluded with into a whole lot of trouble with
what were they waiting for? Why were his cronies still free and had no clue what was going on? Trying to see how his cousins would think got him nowhere. He knew them. They didn’t think very far. They could spell the word ‘strategy but they didn’t
evidence that they got. If they got the
listened to her. What could she have said to get them to wait? What was she waiting
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