Queen of Wild Cards novel Chapter 474

He quickly typed out a response:

[Grandpa finally opened the birthday gift you got him. Something he said made me connect the dots to you.]

He gave her a quick rundown of his conversation with Wilfred, taking the opportunity to casually vent about how much he was being scolded by both his grandmother and grandparents, adding a plea for her to come back soon.

Stella sent a comforting reply.

[My poor darling. I'll make it up to you when I get back.]

She followed it up with a kissing emoji.

Then she added: [You guessed right. I am Master Walden's protégé. Just make sure you don't blow my cover.]

[My wife is full of incredible surprises. I miss you so much.]

He was right. Stella was Magnus Walden's apprentice.

His wife was seriously amazing!

[I miss you too. I'll be back soon. I've already figured out a way to take Tiger down. Wait for my good news.]

Celine had mentioned that the entire compound would be undergoing a scheduled power and water outage for half a day tomorrow. She planned to use the opportunity to sneak into Tiger's office, drug him, and steal the evidence of his crimes.

Tiger's office was wired with security cameras, making it impossible to act normally. Tomorrow's blackout was the perfect window.

With the cameras offline, she just needed to knock Tiger out, locate the physical lists or any other incriminating files, snap photos, and send them straight back to Julius.

Once she was home, she was absolutely going to make Julius teach her how to hack into surveillance systems. Her lack of tech skills was the only reason she had been trapped here for so long.

[Okay, just promise me you'll stay safe.]

[I know. If the files on his laptop are encrypted, do you have a way around it?]

Anticipating that tomorrow's outage would also knock out the Wi-Fi, she wanted to address any potential roadblocks now so she wouldn't be left stranded if she couldn't reach him.

Wilfred sighed in disappointment. "Is that so? Alright then. As long as you two aren't fighting, I can rest easy."

"You don't need to worry, Grandpa. We really aren't fighting. Everything is perfect between us."

He missed her so much it physically hurt; he would never dream of picking a fight with her.

Julius wasn't the only one getting aggressively interrogated. Jason was suffering just as much.

Sabrina Sherwood had dragged him out for dinner.

"Jason, tell me the truth. Did your brother and Stella get into a massive fight, and now she's left him?"

She had texted him about it multiple times, but he kept deflecting with vague, rambling excuses.

Unable to take the suspense anymore, she had forced him to meet her in person.

Face-to-face, he wouldn't be able to just brush her off!