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.”

as he questioned, “What do you mean you ‘were’ looking into her? She’s in

the Duke’s

“You’ve got to

that this woman

now, yes. And what makes Ms Aphael’s position worse is that she was the woman who was at the other Duke’s residence, the one who made sexual advances before

one who hired those men to help break

the interrogation with Mr 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

calmly when she replied, “No, the last time I saw her, inadvertently, I must add, was when we were at a restaurant…” she did a mental count before she continued,

said without hesitation, and he couldn’t

the door jotted down the name of the restaurant in his notepad as the Chief asked, “May we know the approximate time when you saw her, my

seat in front of her had a plate of unfinished food but she was alone

the policeman’s furious scribbling came to a stop,

missing Duke, your

to locate him yet?” Lucianne asked

expanding our search now,

Is there anything else you need

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