The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 148

Walden’s tone carried an edge of impatience. “What is it already?”

Clutching the hem of her skirt. Yvonne mustered the courage to lock eyes with Walden and spoke deliberately. “Have you ever heard of Nourishment Pill, Walden?”

Walden sat bolt upright, disbelief etching his features as he looked at Yvonne.

“Nourishment Pill? As in the legendary black market panacea? That’s what you’re offering me?” Yvonne’s spirits lifted at his reaction.

“I can get my hands on the Nourishment Pill. If you’re interested, Walden, maybe we can still talk business. I hear Mr. Arthur Gruber hasn’t been feeling well. Imagine the boost to your status in the Gruber family if you could present him with this elixir.”

If he could secure the pill for Arthur, his standing within the Gruber family would be unassailable. A fanatic gleam touched Walden’s eyes.

“Deal.”

At a local police station in Imperial City.

Vincent, wheelchair–bound, gazed anxiously at the officer before him.

“Officer, we’re telling the truth! I was attacked, our whole family nearly died out there – you can’t just ignore this!”

“Do you have a lawyer?”

A lawyer? Since when did reporting an assault require legal representation? Wasn’t their battered appearance evidence enough? Why would they need a lawyer?

The money Vincent had wouldn’t stretch to afford a defense attorney, not to mention the legal fees from his previous settlement talks with Martin were still outstanding.

To think that he, once a district’s wealthiest man, had fallen to such straits made Vincent

seethe.

The officer, growing impatient, said, “I’ve asked you repeatedly, and you can’t provide a clear account of what transpired, only that you were assaulted, while the surveillance footage appears normal.”

Vincent blurted out, “The cameras! Yes, it was the man who pushed me out! He’s the one who

hit me!”

pointed at the screen, a look of incredulity on his

pushed you? Didn’t you roll out

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very person who had been pushing his wheelchair had stayed out

of sight.

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to them. All they knew was they’d blacked out and woken up in the middle of nowhere, nearly frozen to death!

stark reminder of Noella’s last look it sent shivers down his spine. The girl was nothing like she used to

Vincent turned to Belinda, “This was all Noella’s doing. She must’ve become twisted after we cast her out! We must go to Emerald County, find her

County. He had learned that the payouts were per capita, and with Noella’s large family, including four brothers without spouses, they must

Lambert family were teetering on the edge of insolvency. He couldn’t believe that once they found

Polaris Star Lab.

reviewed the data

a few times of collaboration between Polaris Star’s lab and the one Elara managed, and the numbers suggested there were issues within

might be a hiccup at the Emerald County lab. Should we send someone to check it

“No need,

Emerald County, and it would also be an opportunity to inspect the Schnabel family estate. If she encountered any problems in Emerald County,

resolve them swiftly.

family, she had worried about potential friction between her and Elara,

sweetheart. I’ll pack for you. And there are many gifts for Elara; she loves the pickles from home, so let’s send

and

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the call with her mother still fussing about getting Elara’s

was greeted by piles of packages in the living room,

we should send with you? Poor Elara, she’s

that lab; she’s gotten so thin.”

To the uninitiated,

napping, so I won’t wake him.”

I’ll be back in

car waited nearby. Noella, laden with gifts, got in and headed for