& Thicker of excitement crossed the intruder''s face as he crept towards Daphne. He nned to remove the device from her wrist.


    Boenly, Daphnéséves snapped open, startling the agent.


    She licked bimanow, and with a swilt motion, she switched on the bedroom light. The bright re revealed the familiar face of the agent from earlier that day.


    The agent let out an axlovardugh. "Sorry, I remembered that I left something here earlier. I didn''t want to bother you, so I let myself in. I was just about to leave "Stop it right there,manded Daphne. "What exactly did you lose?


    The agent stammered, usable to coine up with an answer.


    "sil von keys? I was cleaning up today, and I noticed an extra set of keys."


    "Come with me," Daphne said as she led his toward the kitchen.


    As they passed though the dimly lit living room, she cast an extra nce at Lucien.


    It seemed like the dog wasn''t raised in vain. He was worried about her.


    The living room was dark, so the agent was unaware of Daphine''s actions,


    Upon maching the kitchen, Daphne opened a cab. "I''ve put the extrays in here somewhere. Hold on,"


    She bent down and maged inside. The agent saw that she couldn''t find it, so he pretended to help her out. Just as he leaned down, Daphne grabbed a handful of ground pepper and flung it straight into his face.


    You want to rob me? Not today.


    Daphine threw a series of punches and kicks, knocking the agent unconscious


    Then, she immediately called the police on her phone.


    A sati, sleepy voice came from behind.


    swiftly shielded lie''s eyes and picked her up.


    Daphne was worried that till might be frightened by the scene, so she swi


    "Don''t look, Ellie The bad guy in there is tou ugly."


    "y, Mommy I''m right, aren''t? I told you someone''s outside."


    Then, you''re right. You''re the smart


    Dupline remembered that she had been sleeping soundly when she was


    suddenly shaken awake by Ellie. She told Daphne that someone was outside. At that time, Daphine dismissed it. She assumed Ellie had a dream and mistook it for reality


    but the moment she heard the lock tuming, she low Ellie was right.


    fourther, Ellie''s eyesnded on Lucien, who was still tied up


    she burst outughing


    "Monomy, what''s Like doing


    It seemed like Daphne hadpletely forgotten about him.


    mediately.


    Lumen lead beenthed up by amere Hank Sman, she was furious. He stored in thechen and kicked the conscious intruder several times. Then, le alunk back to his bed, too embarrassed to show hostace.


    The


    police and swatily Atting these, they insediately


    attested the intruder.


    Hut Dane was equised to go to the station to file a repost


    font like that, fer turen tter moving was tuned.


    She didn''t want to leave Ellie alone atte, so she asked the others to permission betul bunging File dong


    As slir man about to leave, Luden lugged at hier parts


    Daghes was surprised at how Lucien worried about ber. She swore that in the true, she would buy binata meat with every teal such a protective dog was hard waloud bang, the doo


    door mmed shut. Lucien grew increasingly many


    Bversiterlelud card consciousness, he had lived within the Wenegade Coalition


    We might not kauw much about how the police four operated in Hubli, but he was


    well awar of how the Renegade Coalition''s poltre dame


    Hure were nothing more than a pack of orimirule


    They did not stand for justice.