Chapter 96

Agnes was taken aback with what Lucianne just said but she stubbornly insisted, “No, I did. It was me. Please. I’ve always h-hated Ellia Morgan, a-and I wanted her j-job, a-and…”

“Who do you love most, Agnes?” Lucianne interrupted her with a seemingly-unrelated question.

Agnes was confused but seeing Lucianne’s warm, encouraging smile, she nodded with uncertainty and uttered, “M-My child, your Hi-Highness.”

Lucianne smiled wider and leaned closer as she asked, “A boy or a girl?”

“G-Girl.” She was still lost.

“What’s her name?”

“B-Bethany… we call her Beth.”

Only then did the men know what the Queen was doing. She was getting Agnes to trust her enough to open up. But Lucianne wasn’t done yet, and she asked with interest, “How old is she?”

“Four. Well, five next month, my Queen.” Agnes said, stuttering and fidgeting less than before.

“Is there anything in particular that Beth likes?” Lucianne asked, and when Agnes looked into her eyes, she saw no manipulation, no hidden agenda. It looked like Lucianne was genuinely interested to know about her little girl.

Agnes cleared her throat before she offered a small smile and said, “Chocolate, especially fondue.”

“Oh, so does my niece! We always got her chocolate fondue instead of a cake for her birthdays.” Lucianne shared.

Agnes was sucked into the conversation so she said, “That’s actually a good idea. Peter and I never thought of that. Probably time to do away with the cake tradition.” Lucianne chuckled lightly, encouraging Agnes to smile wider.

Agnes suddenly remembered where she was and what she was doing. Lucianne caught her regaining awareness too so she reached for her hand again and said, ‘Agnes, we know you didn’t d o it. It’s okay if you don’t want to tell us who asked you to do it but I need you to tell me something.” This piqued Agnes’s and everyone else’s curiosity. Wasn’t finding the culprit the whole point of questioning Agnes?

Lucianne peered into the woman’s lilac eyes and asked in worry, “Beth and Peter, are they safe?”

with determined eyes, “Agnes, tell us where they are. We can protect them. We‘ve been looking after Ellia and the others for days. They’re all safe. The three families are safe. We can offer you the same protection. But you have to let us help you. You don’t have to tell us anything yet.

shocked at the

things they didn’t want to do because they wanted to keep their families safe,

eyebrows as she uttered, “Uh…. I have until three in the afternoon, she said. What time is it, by the way?” Everyone caught the word ‘she’, and the three of

glazed over as he linked Christian, ‘I want Helena Tanner

Dalloway, and he disappeared into his office to assemble a team,

and said, “It’s one in the afternoon.

Agnes willingly said, “Peter is at work in Gauss Enterprises. Beth is in Pokey Oaks, about a

She tumed to Xandar, who gave her a head nod as he linked, ‘I’ve just got Christian to send

she looked at Agnes again and asked, “Is there

got lost in thought for a moment before she said in despair, “I just… really need them to be safe, you

“We all do, Agnes. What’s being done to

said, “If you have Ellia and

uttered, “We have a good guess but until we hear it from you, Agnes,

“Helena Tanner.” Agnes said.

Lucianne nodded sadly, “Yeah.”

for a moment before a smile graced his features. He walked over to Lucianne and caressed her shoulders lovingly before turning to face Agnes as he said, “We got them, Agnes. Your husband

started flowing down her cheeks. The weight she had been carrying from the moment she

was a knock on the door and Christian held it

couple embraced, and Agnes then

Chief Dalloway had bad news. “Tanner is not at her office. Our team at her house couldn’t find her there either. We tried contacting her

then asked,

in their house have been disabled since this morning, my

could be helpful?”

that we know as

before Xandar asked,

more he knows. There seems to be no end to his

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