The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 205

She was intrigued by the Schnabels instead!

Malvina never expected that her casual inquiries about the Schnabel family, combined with her polite Interest in Ulrich’s medical work, would lead him to believe she was fascinated by the field of medicine.

Did she really look like someone who could understand all those medical terms?

Luckily for her, a nurse poked her head in to summon the ever–chatty Ulrich, “Dr. Schnabel, there’s an emergency patient!”

“I’m on it.” Ulrich dashed off, and Malvina seized the moment to toss aside the stack of medical journals he’d handed her while taking a deep breath in relief.

Beside her was the shiny new smartphone Noella had given her, a perfect replacement for the one that had perished in the fire.

She had no idea how Noella had managed to restore everything from that old phone. If Malvina hadn’t confirmed its demise herself, she would have suspected this was her original phone.

The Schnabels were truly a family of geniuses.

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Nervously biting her nails, Malvina scrolled through the contacts in her phone and dialed Noella’s number.

Noella had thought of everything–not only had she restored the phone’s original content, but she had also saved several important numbers: her own, Elara’s, and even Ulrich’s.

“Hey, Noella, you up for hanging out?” she called and asked.

“I’ll come pick you up.” Noella answered.

“Perfect! I’ll wait for you at the hospital entrance.”

Half an hour later, Noella zoomed up to the hospital on her motorcycle, looking every inch the rebel in her black leather jacket.

Taking off her helmet, she shook out her tousled hair as her strands were dancing in the breeze.

Malvina hobbled over, swamped in an oversized coat that clearly belonged to Ulrich.

“Did you sneak out without telling Ulrich?” Noella asked.

with a patient who slit the wrist. And he’d worry if he knew I was out. But I need to check on something at

recently. Without prying further, she gave Malvina a considerate look,

“Sounds good.”

aftermath of an explosion left only a few unstable structures standing surrounded by piles of police tapes.

on her phone, Malvina found an underground bunker.

‘Over here, Noella.”

the bunker warily. Her assassin’s instincts alerted her to the

out here and wait for you.” She said.

and ducked into the entryway, vanishing from sight.

had splintered years ago after the untimely demise of their former leader, with some following the Gruber

the Grubers were either

reemerged with her

for me. I’m rich now. With what I’ve saved, I won’t have to work a day in my

want to take them with

they’ve always looked out for me. Without them, I wouldn’t have

couldn’t bear to see the Shadow Dragon Society, where her mother’s effort was laid in, disband.

gonna change if you take

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could do, I can do too.

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cool, right?”

first, I got close to you for protection, but I do really like you, Noella. It was that damn

City, the

even if her heart raced at the sight of Ulrich’s protective stance.

for others to shelter me, I’ll shelter myself! My fate is mine to control. Here In Imperial City, you and Elara will be both under

into a warm smile, “I’m looking forward to the new Malvina. And you’re always welcome at our place; my mom’s already got fresh pajamas waiting for you.”

Noella tightly. She seemed to make some kind of decision before she

did

Flora Storage, overlooking the blast–damaged buildings while the police continued their investigation in

Ms. Gruber to get a grip on them? That’s gonna take some doing. After all, the Shadow Dragon Society is no Sunday school, and Malvina, that pampered Ms. Gruber,

a close eye on her–don’t let her get into any scrapes.” She answered.