Chapter 155

Jake was linking someone, When will it arrive?’

meo

‘In a week or so.’ A woman’s voice linked in response.

‘And if I need it earlier? What’s the price?’

That’s not possible. You know how long it takes to synthesize Oleander.’

‘Can’t you speed up the process?!’

We could. But the quality would be sub-par. Would you accept a product of inferior quality?’

Jake groaned. ‘Fine. And the other one? The shell?

The ingredients for that are harder to collect. It will take more time. We need a month, at least. You’ve run out of that already?’

‘No. But supply is running low.’

What did you do? Ingest it just for fun?’

Lucianne was brought out of the link by Xandar shaking her shoulders and calling out her name. The room was silent. Xandar’s eyes were partially onyx, worried and angered, as he asked in a low voice,” What were you doing, Lucy?” 1

Lucianne swallowed a lump in her throat, and said in a small voice, “I may have…hacked into Jake’s link with his supplier.”

“COOL!” Christian exclaimed.

Xandar glanced briefly at his cousin and said, “Christian, don’t encourage this.” He turned back to his mate and spoke as gently as he could, “Sweetheart, we agreed that we were done for the day.”

With her doe-eyes, she justified meekly, “It was kind of tempting to do. I couldn’t help myself.”

Xandar sighed in frustration before pecking a kiss between her eyebrows and saying, “Promise me, Lucy. Promise me you won’t do that again for the rest of today.”

can help!” Lucianne

her slightly pale cheeks and chapped lips. Even with her breaks between hacking,

Queen before he uttered, “You should rest because you can hack longer after you’ve given yourself a longer break.” He knew that asking her to rest for her own sake would never convince her to

blinked and muttered, “Huh. That’s actually

his animal were intemally relieved that Lucianne didn’t argue.

Lucianne responded in an affectionate whisper before

learned. Although no location was mentioned for them to pinpoint where Jake or

worry everyone present

call the King’s Authority shield a ‘shell’.” Raden

Ray. They didn’t say it was

it’s anything else, Lucy.” Tate cut her off like he always did whenever

the next attack is just around the corner.” H e looked at his Gamma and asked, “A week or so for the Oleander, was it?” Lucianne nodded

enough to execute whatever their client has asked them to do. As for the shell..I don’t know if whatever they have will be enough

with a ferocious glint in his eye, “We need to find them and

nods of agreement around the room, and everyone stared at the map on the board one

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seeing them off, Xandar kissed Lucianne’s hands before he asked with starry eyes, “Let me show you

hallway leading to the

she read the sign next to the closed door that said ‘Lucianne’s Reading Wonderland’ with a painted border of freesias. As Xandar held her

middle, with three-layered curtains pushed to the sides. The grey sofas formed a circle in the middle, and the colored cushions made the sitting area comforting and welcoming. Around the sofas were empty bookshelves

both the far left and right ends, there were spiral staircases leading to even more empty bookshelves resembling those below. The wall and floor lamps gave the place

baby?” Xandar asked.

was groping for the right words. The only thing that came out was,

ago. I got someone

I never thought a reading wonderland could look this amazing!” Lucianne’s eyes started

relief, and pecked a kiss on her temple before

cheek and said, “Thank you, Xandar. You really

a kiss before whispering a reminder, “Know this, my

she smiled

in more detail, Xandar mentioned that

the noise and dust from the renovation. And to

from the refreshments table in the earlier stages of their

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