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

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had stayed out of the camera’s view. He remembered now how he had been

of sight.

was a setup

to them. All they knew was they’d blacked out and woken up in

it sent shivers down his spine. The girl was nothing like she used

police station, 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 kin!”

from Emerald County. He had learned that the payouts were per capita, and with Noella’s large family, including four

He couldn’t believe that once they found Noella’s biological family,

Star Lab.

she reviewed the data sprawled

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

the Emerald County lab. Should

the report, “No need, I’ll

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

resolve them swiftly.

between her daughter and Elara. Sienna was relieved to see the girls getting along so well; before Noella returned to the family, she had worried about potential friction between her and Elara, which would’ve upset her regardless of who was at

for you. And there are many gifts for Elara; she loves the pickles from home, so let’s send her some jars,

swing by 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, and Sienna was concerned it wouldn’t be

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

lab; she’s gotten

To the uninitiated,

grandfather’s napping, so I won’t wake

in a

nearby. Noella, laden with gifts, got in and headed for Emerald County.