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?”

said 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

shocked at the same time, “H-How

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

three in the afternoon, she said. What time is

over as he linked Christian, ‘I want Helena

and he disappeared into his office to assemble a team, give instructions and deploy

and said, “It’s one in the afternoon. There’s still time. Now, Peter

said, “Peter is at work in Gauss Enterprises. Beth is in Pokey Oaks, about a ten-minute drive from Peter’s place. I didn’t tell him about any

a head nod as

again and asked, “Is there anything you need

lost in thought for a moment

all do, Agnes. What’s

as she said, “If you have Ellia and the others, it means that… you

small smile and uttered, “We have a good guess but until we hear it from you, Agnes, it’s just a

“Helena Tanner.” Agnes said.

Lucianne nodded sadly, “Yeah.”

the room was in dead silence, with Agnes taking audible, anxious breaths from time to time. Then, Xandar’s eyes glazed over for a moment before a smile graced his features. He walked over to Lucianne

weight she had been carrying from the moment she was threatened is now easing. Lucianne held her hands before locking eyes with her. “You did the right thing, Agnes. You

a knock on the

Agnes then wrapped her arms around

house couldn’t find her there either. We tried contacting her husband and sons but they seem to have vanished. Neither of them turned

then asked,

in their house have been disabled

that could be helpful?”

we know as

asked, “How is

Highness. But I don’t know how much more he knows. There

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