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?”

to break down again but Lucianne leaned closer towards her and 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 you have to let us help you. You don’t have to

at the same time,

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

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 them knew exactly who they were after.

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

Chief Dalloway, and he disappeared into his

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

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

go get them.” She tumed to Xandar, who gave her a

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

for a moment before she said in despair, “I just… really need them to

“We all do, Agnes.

you have Ellia and

and uttered, “We have a good guess but until we

“Helena Tanner.” Agnes said.

Lucianne nodded sadly, “Yeah.”

a smile graced

cheeks. The weight she had been carrying from the moment she was threatened is now easing. Lucianne held her hands before locking eyes with her.

was a knock on the door

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

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

then asked, “Camera

house have been disabled since this morning, my

that could

we know as of now, your

cousins exchanged worried glances before Xandar asked, “How is the progress

don’t know how much more he knows. There seems to be no end to his

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