The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King

Chapter 96

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?”

“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

at the same

do things they didn’t want to do because they wanted to keep their families safe, too. Agnes, were you given a timeline to make

until three in the afternoon, she said. What time is it, by the way?” Everyone caught the word ‘she’,

linked Christian,

order to Chief Dalloway, and he disappeared into

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

at work in Gauss Enterprises. Beth is in Pokey Oaks, about a ten-minute drive from Peter’s

She tumed to Xandar, who gave her a

she looked at Agnes again and asked, “Is there anything you need while you wait? Food? Or

got lost in thought for a

“We all do, Agnes.

eyes locked with hers again as she said, “If you have Ellia and the others, it means that…

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

“Helena Tanner.” Agnes said.

Lucianne nodded sadly, “Yeah.”

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

been carrying from the moment she was threatened is now easing. Lucianne held her hands before locking eyes with her. “You did

a knock on the door and Christian held it

into the room. The couple embraced, and Agnes then wrapped her arms around the little

the family some privacy. Outside the interrogation room, 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 husband and

asked, “Camera

in their house have been disabled since this morning, my

could

that we know as of now, your

worried glances before Xandar asked, “How is

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

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