Chapter 173

Tandy glanced at Noella, a faint smirk playing on his lips. “Look, I’ve got no clue what you’re jabbering about. Never laid eyes on you before. And as for Vincent, well, we barely crossed paths.

Xavier fumed at Tandy’s unyielding demeanor.

Tandy had been in Lockhart Prison quite a while, and even Xavier couldn’t always get a straight answer out of him. Yet the secrets Tandy held were so numerous, Xavier couldn’t bear to just off him with a bullet.

With a stride, Xavier marched over and yanked Tandy off the cot as if he were picking up a sack of potatoes, “You gonna talk or not? Don’t think I’m doing you any favors keeping you breathing!”

Tandy coughed violently, his face ashen, but managed a wry smile. “Xavier, honestly, I got no idea what she’s on about. What do you want me to say?”

Noella interjected coolly, “Thorpe’s on his way here. Looks like he’s planning a prison break.”

Tandy’s eyes bulged in shock!

That idiot! Why would he even think of busting into Lockhart Prison!

Xavier dropped Tandy back on the cot, his knuckles white with tension. “I’ve never heard of anyone dumb enough to break into Lockhart Prison. Interesting!”

Palmer chuckled softly. “Xavier, hadn’t there been a few attempts at prison breaks before?”

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Xavier whirled around, snarling, “Zip it!”

He wanted to play the grand protector in front of Noella, and here was Palmer, eager to burst his bubble.

Xavier smirked at Tandy. “Those who tried to break out before–you know what happened to them? My throne’s cushioned with their heads!”

Xavier’s throne was studded with jewels, the life’s worth of those would–be escapees!

ugly.

else had dissed Xavier’s stuff, they’d likely end up ground into dust to

I had no taste. You’re right, kiddo, spot

on Tandy. Her eyes were clear, ice–cold, unsettling even to someone like

chin, eyeing Tandy. “You don’t want to

bother reading in a cell, especially not Tandy, with glasses missing a lens and barely holding

nobody wants to die, but having found my way to Lockhart Prison, I never expected to walk out

he came to rescue you. How touching

knees. “What the hell do you want? Thorpe and Hollis are innocent! They know nothing about what you’re

“Simple. Tell me who ordered you to swap me out. Whose baby was it that took

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any place?

to save your brothers the trouble of finding your cell, I’ve shared the coordinates with them. What do you think you’ll

stared in disbelief at Noella. His composure hinged

the devil? Why

are in your hands now, not mine.”

a moment, wiped his glasses, and hesitantly

quivering. “I can’t spill the beans. If I do, I’m a dead man.

the prison was a haven compared to the dangers outside!

“I

to her,

illness, so yours is the same. Tell me the truth,

was too

looked at Noella, surprised, “Noella, you sure this guy ain’t faking his sickness?”

fixed on Tandy. “If I’m not mistaken, you’ve got a severe blood disorder. Bulging eyes with greenish turnors, enlarged

battling acute leukemia!

shock, “What?

up in his cell, spitting blood. Wasn’t that how

him a fleeting glance. “That’s ‘cause you’re not bright enough to

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