The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King novel Chapter 96

Chapter 96

Agnes was taken aback with what Lucianne just said but she stubbornly insisted, “No, I did. It was me. Please. I’ve always h-hated Ellia Morgan, a-and I wanted her j-job, a-and…”

“Who do you love most, Agnes?” Lucianne interrupted her with a seemingly-unrelated question.

Agnes was confused but seeing Lucianne’s warm, encouraging smile, she nodded with uncertainty and uttered, “M-My child, your Hi-Highness.”

Lucianne smiled wider and leaned closer as she asked, “A boy or a girl?”

“G-Girl.” She was still lost.

“What’s her name?”

“B-Bethany… we call her Beth.”

Only then did the men know what the Queen was doing. She was getting Agnes to trust her enough to open up. But Lucianne wasn’t done yet, and she asked with interest, “How old is she?”

“Four. Well, five next month, my Queen.” Agnes said, stuttering and fidgeting less than before.

“Is there anything in particular that Beth likes?” Lucianne asked, and when Agnes looked into her eyes, she saw no manipulation, no hidden agenda. It looked like Lucianne was genuinely interested to know about her little girl.

Agnes cleared her throat before she offered a small smile and said, “Chocolate, especially fondue.”

“Oh, so does my niece! We always got her chocolate fondue instead of a cake for her birthdays.” Lucianne shared.

Agnes was sucked into the conversation so she said, “That’s actually a good idea. Peter and I never thought of that. Probably time to do away with the cake tradition.” Lucianne chuckled lightly, encouraging Agnes to smile wider.

Agnes suddenly remembered where she was and what she was doing. Lucianne caught her regaining awareness too so she reached for her hand again and said, ‘Agnes, we know you didn’t d o it. It’s okay if you don’t want to tell us who asked you to do it but I need you to tell me something.” This piqued Agnes’s and everyone else’s curiosity. Wasn’t finding the culprit the whole point of questioning Agnes?

Lucianne peered into the woman’s lilac eyes and asked in worry, “Beth and Peter, are they safe?”

Agnes’s eyes widened and she was going to break down again but Lucianne leaned closer towards her and said with determined eyes, “Agnes, tell us where they are. We can protect them. We‘ve been looking after Ellia and the others for days. They’re all safe. The three families are safe. We can offer you the same protection. But you have to let us help you. You don’t have to tell us anything yet. But we need to know where your husband and child are.”

Agnes was terrified and shocked at the same time, “H-How did you…”

Lucianne said sadly, “Your colleagues were forced to do things they didn’t want to do because they wanted to keep their families safe, too. Agnes, were you given a timeline to make this false confession?”

Agnes blinked and furrowed her eyebrows as she uttered, “Uh…. I have until three in the afternoon, she said. What time is it, by the way?” Everyone caught the word ‘she’, and the three of them knew exactly who they were after. 1

Xandar’s eyes glazed over as he linked Christian, ‘I want Helena Tanner arrested.’

‘On it, cuz.’ Christian immediately conveyed Xandar’s order to Chief Dalloway, and he disappeared into his office to assemble a team, give instructions and deploy them.

Lucianne checked her phone and said, “It’s one in the afternoon. There’s still time. Now, Peter and Beth…”

Before she could finish, Agnes willingly said, “Peter is at work in Gauss Enterprises. Beth is in Pokey Oaks, about a ten-minute drive from Peter’s place. I didn’t tell him about any of this.”

Lucianne nodded in understanding, “Okay, we‘ll go get them.” She tumed to Xandar, who gave her a head nod as he linked, ‘I’ve just got Christian to send people to go get them, Lucy.’

When Lucianne’s eyes cleared from Xandar’s link, she looked at Agnes again and asked, “Is there anything you need while you wait? Food? Or water?”

Agnes shook her head and wrapped her arms around her body. She got lost in thought for a moment before she said in despair, “I just… really need them to be safe, you know?”

Lucianne matched her despair as she whispered, “We all do, Agnes. What’s being done to you isn’t right.”

Agnes’s eyes locked with hers again as she said, “If you have Ellia and the others, it means that… you already know who’s doing this.”

Lucianne gave a small smile and uttered, “We have a good guess but until we hear it from you, Agnes, it’s just a gue…”

If the rogue Lycan could give them everything they needed to know about Wu Bi Corp, there was n o need to let the five people from Ellia’s list roam free any longer. They had to be arrested and held behind bars before anyone else got hurt. Xandar looked at his mate, who was watching the family reunite without knowing what they were saying