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.”

upright again as he questioned, “What do you mean you ‘were’ looking into

your Grace.” The Chief’s exhausted eyes peered into the Duke’s irritated ones as he said, “She’s missing. Her whole

himself, “You’ve got to

uttered, “So, it’s safe to say that this woman is our prime suspect in

theory for 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 being thrown out by the Duke himself. Seeing as he is also missing, we thought she might have something

who hired those men to help break her

a different conclusion.“ Dalloway then looked at Lucianne and asked, “My Queen, if I may ask, when did

a restaurant…” she did a mental count before she continued, “…five

Luxueux.” Xandar said without hesitation, and he couldn’t

his notepad as the Chief asked, “May we know the approximate time

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

policeman’s furious scribbling came to a stop, the Chief asked, “And has

missing

locate him yet?”

now, so our chances of

Is there anything else

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