The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 173

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!

blandly, “It’s ugly. Your taste

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

no taste. You’re

unsettling even to someone

her chin, eyeing Tandy. “You

reading in a cell, especially not Tandy, with glasses missing a lens and barely holding together. This wasn’t a man who wanted to end

lightly. “Miss, nobody wants to die, but having found my way to Lockhart Prison, I never expected to walk out alive.”

along when he came to

the hell do you want? Thorpe and Hollis are innocent! They know

you to swap me out. Whose baby was

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any place?

finding your cell, I’ve shared the coordinates with them. What do you think you’ll see? A rescue or a slaughter?”

composure hinged on the belief that Thorpe

the devil? Why are you doing

“Their lives are in your hands now,

moment, wiped his glasses, and hesitantly put them back on.

his eyes, his voice quivering. “I can’t spill the beans. If I do, I’m a dead man. Truth is, I feel safer inside Lockhart Prison. So, I was willingly

the prison was a haven

intently. “I can

her, his brow furrowed.

the same. Tell me the

was too tempting

you sure this guy ain’t faking his sickness?”

on Tandy. “If I’m not mistaken, you’ve got a severe blood disorder. Bulging eyes with greenish turnors, enlarged lymph nodes, bruises on your arms, and you’re always in bed

battling acute leukemia!

exclaimed in shock, “What? I didn’t notice!”

Tandy was just bruised from the beatings, resting up in his cell, spitting blood. Wasn’t that how it went for every con in Lockhart Prison?

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

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