The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 117

His breath was hot against her skin, his breathing growing more urgent by the second. The warmth of it caressed Noella’s neck.

“Let go, or I won’t hesitate to give you a thrashing!”

Palmer chuckled helplessly. “I know my fiancée fancies a spar, but it’s quite the mood killer in this setting.”

Mood killer?

She was practically trapped in his embrace, unable to move an inch! And he had the nerve to call it a mood killer? If it weren’t for the fact that the house’s renovations had left the structure less than stable, her fist would have already made contact with his face!

With a gentle yet firm grip, Palmer’s hands encircled her slender waist, lifting her effortlessly onto the bed.

The room was dark, and her bed was unusually high. Palmer sat cross–legged on the floor mat, gazing up at her. His eyes seemed to hold endless moonlight, merging with the silver glow from the window, casting an indescribable tenderness.

“Just sleep here, alright? Let’s not disturb Grandma by going to her room, okay?”

Old Mrs. Lambert’s room was small, and besides, without Noella, he had no particular inclination to stay at someone else’s place.

He was here solely for Noella.

With that said, Noella lay back down.

The moonlight poured through the window, and she slept dreamlessly.

In the morning. Noella rose quietly to answer a call in the yard, careful not to wake the still–sleeping Palmer.

“Boss, Ulrich and that guy with a scar face are almost across the bortler. Should we keep tailing them?”

“Keep on them, don’t let anything happen to Ulrich.”

“We’re checking out the address Thorpe gave us, and something’s off.”

“What’s wrong?” Noella frowned.

“According to this prison timeline, the man we’re looking for might be another brother of Thorpe’s.”

Another brother? The one who had dealings with Toxic Monarch and got nabbed at the bar, the fake Thorpe?

“Review all the surveillance footage from that night. I need more info on this guy and keep me

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updated.”

and hung up.

her morning routine, a series

she

likes them too. You two

at some point and had been watching her from her bedroom window.

rural village, not nearly as grand as the Schnabel Manor. Even from

deftly in the courtyard, his movements fluid and graceful. He walked over to Noella and gently touched his forehead to

you find another term of

just one night, she’d wager the whole village knew she’d

did the same,

up. “Those unloved often crave to stand out. Please, indulge

little room for denial without

be greeted by Maddox, who peeked his head in through the door. “Maddox, good morning.”

came in carrying a plate of breakfast burritos, setting them on the small stone table in the courtyard.

morning, I didn’t expect you guys to be up this

be nothing happened

Mrs. Lambert down, after assuring

quite up

thought had Maddox eyeing Palmer with a touch of

to head back to Imperial City. Grandpa’s being

nodded. “Good, and maybe the young master can get a check–up

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you’re back and they’re clamoring to see

Fullers lived in the city, quite a

want

get going before you run into him. It could get messy.” Maddox’s tone soured at the mention of the Fullers. “If it weren’t for their constant pestering of Old Mrs. Lambert, and almost taking you away, she wouldn’t have fallen ill. That year, they whisked you.

he

come to harm, to clear the way for Belinda to have a second child–a male heir. They’d concocted all manner of vile schemes!

on the breakfast burrito, silent.

would have been found by the Polaris Star! All the darkness she’d

returned, Old Mrs. Lambert hadn’t asked questions, just wept, holding her hand, heartbroken. Vincent had never shown concern, even when she

of family truly dissolved. The person who loved her most

the Schnabels embraced her like one of their own, and it was a revelation to her–she. of all people, could have a