Chapter 129

“Livia Aphael?” Lucianne asked, clearly oblivious. When the Chief nodded, even the policeman at the door was surprised to see Lucianne looking lost as she said, “I don’t know anyone by that name.”

The Chief was surprised at her answer so he unlocked his phone to look for a photograph before showing i t to Lucianne and asked again, “Do you really not know her, your Highness?”

Lucianne’s eyes widened in recognition as she exclaimed, “Oh, her! I’m sorry, Chief. I didn’t know that was her name.”

“But you seem to remember her quite well, my Queen.” His tone wasn’t accusatory. It just held genuine confusion.

“I do. I’m not sure if you’re aware, Chief. But Sebastian Cummings was my previously-bonded mate, and I severed our bond after finding him making love with this woman, who up until today, I didn’t know the name to.”

“Ah, I see now. We were aware of the previous bond from the conversation between the two siblings but w e were unaware of the full events leading up to the severance.”

“How is this relevant?” Xandar asked impatiently, not at all pleased that his mate’s past rejection was being raised

“Well, my King. Livia Aphael’s name came up in their conversation during Mr Cummings’s visit. Seeing that Ms Cummings is gone, we are tracking everyone who may possibly be offering her shelter. After speaking to neighbors and bartenders, we discovered that Ms Cummings and Ms Aphael share a close friendship. So, we were looking into her.”

mean you ‘were’ looking into her? She’s in

the problem, your Grace.” The Chief’s exhausted eyes peered into the Duke’s irritated ones as he said,

then muttered to himself, “You’ve got

to say that this woman is our prime suspect in helping Ms Cummings

the other Duke’s residence, the one who made sexual advances before being thrown out by the Duke himself. Seeing as he is also missing, we thought she might have

the one who hired those men to help break

Cummings offer a different conclusion.“ Dalloway then looked at Lucianne and asked, “My Queen, if I may ask, when did you last see Ms Aphael? Was it when the bond was

time I saw her, inadvertently, I must add, was when we were at a restaurant…” she did a mental count before she continued, “…five days ago. What’s the name o f

Luxueux.” Xandar said without hesitation, and he couldn’t help but smile at the

door jotted down the name of the restaurant in his notepad as the Chief asked, “May we know the approximate

had a

a stop, the

from the missing

locate him yet?”

afraid not, my Queen. But we are expanding our search now, so our chances of finding him and Tanner are higher

“I see. Is there anything

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