The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 225

Chapter 225

Noella exhaled a long sigh as she looked at the person lying on the bed. “Why are you here?”

Malvina was wrestling with a pile of plush toys on Noella’s bed, distorting the face of a teddy bear with a forceful tug.

“I missed you, sweetie. You hadn’t been home for a while, so I thought I’d wait for you in your room!”

“Spit it out if you’ve got something to say.”

Malvina’s fidgeting had already betrayed her, it was clear she had something on her mind or she wouldn’t be camping out in Noella’s

room.

“I knew I couldn’t hide anything from you!” Malvina pulled out her phone and handed it to Noella. “Got these weird messages a couple of days ago. Someone claims they’ve got a bunch of my mom’s stuff. But it feels off.”

Growing up with the Grubers, a family notorious for living on the edge, Malvina had developed a keen sense for these things. One glance from Arthur, and she knew exactly what to do and say. Her gut told her something was wrong the moment she saw those messages.

After some thought, the only person she felt she could turn to was Noella, so she made her way to the Schnabel’s. After all, Noella was so capable; she was bound to know how to handle the situation!

“Did you look into this guy?”

Malvina would have naturally inquired within the Shadow Dragon Society to find out what was going on. Her mother had passed away when Malvina was just an infant, so whoever had her belongings now should be known to the members of the Shadow Dragon Society who were close to her.

“I did. Turned out to be an ex–member of the Shadow Dragon Society who retired due to age.”

Malvina propped her chin on the stuffed animal, her brows knitting together in thought.

Noella nodded, affirming Malvina’s suspicions. “It’s unusual. If these were truly your mother’s things, those close to her–and now you, as the head of the Shadow Dragon Society–would’ve handed them directly to you. There’s no need for a secret rendezvous.”

Noella gave the phone a shake. “Mind if I use this?”

ahead!” Malvina

do something with her phone, but instead watched her

noticing the unusual heft of the pin in her hand. Upon closer inspection, she saw that the hairpin was of the Glassy Type jade, flawless under the light. It was from a piece of jade she had won during a

gorgeous. Did you buy it

“Sort of.”

challenges, and injuries were par for the course, so she hadn’t thought much of it. But now, holding the

of gemstone she had gifted him to craft this hairpin

from Ulrich had delighted her, but holding Palmer’s hairpin now made her feel distinctly different- her heart

Noella unlocked the laptop’s mechanism and

keyboard, Noella’s gaze was steady and focused as she

stream of data on

earth was all this? She couldn’t make heads or tails of it! Was Noella

this?

pinpointed a discreet location, and Noella’s eyes narrowed at the address.

you recognize

screen. “Hey, isn’t that near the old Gruber place?”

familiar address, she remembered it was close

.

gemstone workshops and antique shops

it out tomorrow.”

1/5

10:43

Why tomorrow? Would we be spotted if we went now?”

and

Annie the night before, she hadn’t found any time to rest during the day.

at the Pollack Mansion, Palmer looked across to the room where the lights had just been turned off. The spacious villa was now shrouded in

bed, he turned and made his way to the study,

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