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!”

a look of incredulity on his

roll out

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The very person who had been pushing his wheelchair had stayed out of the camera’s view. He remembered now how he had been positioned

of sight.

setup all

Vincent, couldn’t piece together what had happened to them. All they knew was they’d blacked

wound, a stark reminder of Noella’s last look it sent shivers down his spine. The

become twisted after we cast her out! We

learned that the payouts were per capita, and with Noella’s large family, including four brothers without spouses, they must have received a tidy sum.

teetering on the edge of insolvency. He couldn’t believe that once they found Noella’s biological family, they would refuse to share

Star Lab.

reviewed the data sprawled before her.

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

a hiccup at the Emerald County lab. Should

away the report, “No need, I’ll go myself.”

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

them swiftly.

of her trip, her mother immediately approved, pleased by the close bond 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

are many gifts for Elara; she loves the pickles

swing by and

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her mother still fussing about getting

piles of packages in the living room, and Sienna was

we should

that lab; she’s gotten

more items. To the uninitiated, it would seem as though Noella was

should do it. Your grandfather’s napping, so I won’t wake

in a

nearby. Noella, laden with gifts,