Awakening Love Reborn to Be His Duchess (Elowen Hale) novel Chapter 567

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Inside Duskmoor Manor, Elowen didn’t look surprised in the slightest. “Lord Gareth is keeping his distance. He has no intention of getting pulled too far in.”

She turned her head toward Anson. “What’s the situation at the Crown Prince’s Wing and the Baker Estate?”

Moments like this made it clear just how much she had gained by marrying Cassian. There wasn’t another household in the kingdom with a sharper network of informants or men better trained for shadow work.

She had watchers stationed around the Crown Prince’s residence for days now, and quiet eyes placed throughout the Baker Estate as well.

Anson stepped forward. “Your Grace, shortly after court dismissed this morning, His Highness went straight to Her Majesty. Not long after, Her Majesty sent a messenger to the Baker Estate. Jayce and Ayden were called in, and the two of them went together to see Colton. They stayed inside for half an hour.”

Elowen gave a small nod.

No surprise there. After hitting resistance at court, Alaric had gone straight to the then to the Bakers.

And once Colton stepped in, things were already moving behind the scenes.

queen and

She had never expected this to be easy. Taking Alaric down was never about removing just one

man.

It meant going up against everything behind him. The queen, the Bakers, and every official tied to their influence.

They were bound together. If one fell, they all felt it.

Elowen had already made up her mind to pull him off that throne–in–waiting, but the Bakers would fight just as hard to keep him there.

At this point, the examination scandal had nothing to do with fairness anymore. It was just another piece on the board.

Now it came down to her and the Baker patriarch.

She rubbed her fingers together slowly. “You mentioned the Bakers reached out to the deputy examiner, Travis. A man like that has been in court long enough to know how the world works. Small bribes won’t sway him, and speeches about justice won’t land either. He owes his rise to

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the master, so of course he’ll lean their way. We’re not getting leverage on him.”

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Her tone shifted, quieter but sharper. “But the copy clerk, Milo, is another story. Poor background, devoted to his bedridden mother, and new to his post. Someone like that is… workable.”

Cassian’s hand moved lazily as he leaned back, his voice calm and unhurried. “If I had to guess. Colton has already given him a choice he can’t turn down. Or he’s made it clear what happens if he refuses. Either way, Milo will take the fall.”

Elowen tipped her chin up to look at him. “If they can buy him, we can buy him back.”

Cassian raised a brow. “That’s not going to be easy. You’ll need someone who knows how to talk people into things.”

Someone persuasive.

Elowen turned away again, resting her cheek against her hand as she thought it through. After a while, something clicked into place.

A faint smile curved her lips.

“With Colton stepping in like this, Alaric is going to ease up,” she said. “And once he does, the truth behind Prince Roderic’s death will start coming to light.”

At the Baker Estate, dawn had barely broken when Colton sent for Ayden again.

Ayden had spent the night tossing and turning, irritation building with every passing hour. He had only just fallen asleep before sunrise, and now he was being dragged out of bed again.

The frustration was still sitting heavy in his chest.

But the moment he walked into the room, it vanished.

Colton was still in the same reclining chair as yesterday, wearing the same worn robe.

Ayden froze for a second.

He hasn’t slept… hasn’t even gotten out of that chair?

He was about to greet him when Colton spoke first. “I’ve been thinking this over all night Something about it still doesn’t feel right.”

Ayden paused, caught off guard.

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