Chapter 182


    The Duke’s animal was still covering its ears from the deafening scream. Imnting a device in Kelissa’s


    room was tricky but the idiotic heiress actually believed that Greg knocked on her door the other night


    just to ask for the Wi-Fi password.


    By leveraging the heiress’s need to unt in just about everything, Gregplimented her room when


    he was at her door, and he instantly received the invitation to enter to have a look around before he


    stealthily stuck the device behind her nightstand.


    He read about the infiltration, and was actually impressed that his cousin managed to keep Lucianne


    safe for once. With the rogue corporation now gone, Greg could safely send out his long-awaited, final


    order to Alivia and Ivory since the Kyltons won’t be able to send any rogues to ughter the inhabitants


    of Blue Crescent anymore. 2


    Greg slit the second andst paper clip gadget taken from his shoe onto his wristband. When it emitted


    the faint green glow, he linked Alissa, ‘0187, Phoenix Road. Send a message to the Queen Tell her I’m


    here with the founders of Wu Bi. Be discreet. You don’t want to get caught. Keep watching her. Link


    Hailey and Desmond if you and Ivory need help.’


    “That won’t be a problem, your Grace, but uh…Ivory and Llost her for a few hours when she took flights


    two days ago and yester


    ‘Did shee back hurt?


    ‘No, but she did look tired.”


    ‘As long as she’s safe, you did your job.’


    Alissa hesitated before she linked in concern, ‘I heard that there isn’t a timeline toe get you, your


    Grace?


    ‘There isn’t. I’ll get out when I need to. Just do as I say


    ‘As you wish, your Grace.’


    After ending the link, he heard a knock on his door, and hurriedly hid the used paper clip in his shoe


    before going to see who was bothering him. The second he saw Livia in a see-through lingerie that left


    nothing to the imagination, he mmed the door shut without a word. 1


    The silver lining for the Duke was that he was going to be out of this prison soon…probably only to be


    put in another prison. Then again, anywhere was better than staying with these dim people. He chuckled


    as he thought about how the Kyltons’ contingency n is now blown to bits. Greg would admit that the


    family’s back-up n to destroy Blue Crescent was a…wise n B if one were o n their side but putting


    all their eggs into that one basket of counting on the rogues to get everything done, so sure that they


    would never get caught, was their downfall.


    “Idiots”, Greg chuckled darkly as he thought to himself. If he learned anything, it would be that having


    ns C, D, E and F were mandatory.


    All he had to do now was wait for Alissa’s message to get to Lucianne, so he’ll be out by tomorrow, at


    latest. He could stay in his room until then. He had a big breakfast this morning, and still had some


    snacks he stole from around the house to keep him alive for a few more hours.


    With that in mind, he decided to take a nap.


    ###


    Alissa linked Ivory about Greg’s instructions, and while Ivory watched Lucianne, Alissa headed to a


    bookstore. She then picked out a in card and an envelope with her glove-covered hands. After paying,


    she headed to the pen section to scribble the Duke’s message. That was the easy part.


    In the cloudy early aftemoon, Alissa made her way to the King’s residence as a random jogger. Ivory had


    already sent her the approximate time the mail would reach the King’s home, so when Alissa saw the


    van pulling to a stop, she bent down to tie her shoces before getting back up when the mailman


    stepped out with a small stack on envelopes about the same size as the one she had in her hand.


    She continued jogging, and ‘identally’ bumped into him, making all the letters scatter over the ground


    before she apologized profusely as she helped him gather up his mail, sneaking in her own envelope into


    the stack. The mailman thanked her, and asked her to be more careful before dropping off the stack of


    letters with Xandar’s guards.


    ###


    Everyone who was in Xandar’s office to n the infiltration was now back in his office to discuss the


    issues arising from the infiltration. The good news was that there were no casualties from their side,


    although several Lycan warriors and policemen were still in the hospital as the doctors monitored their


    bloodstreams to make sure that there weren’t any traces Oleander left in their systems


    Chief Dalloway was given the floor first since everyone wanted to know what information that he and his


    police force managed to get in thest 24 hours when they went through every inch of the headquarters.


    “Every rogue confirmed that the one you killed is the leader of the corporation, my King. However, the


    leader is subordinate to a higher authority, one unknown to any of the rogues we arrested.”


    As Xandar pulled the standing Lucianne onto hisp and wrapped an arm around her abdomen, he


    asked the Chief, “Did any of them say who may know their superior?”


    Dalloway reported, “That would be the two who restrained the Queen before the leader attempted to…”


    since everyone around him knew what was going toe out of his mouth next, and Xandar’s eyes


    were turning onyx at the memory, the Chief chose to say,” Well, the three of them were the only ones


    who have met the superiors of Wu Bi Corp, your Highnesses.”


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    As Xandar smelled her hair, Lucianne asked, “Have the rogues given anything useful, Chief? Is there


    anything we don’t know yet?”


    “Only bad news, my Queen.” All ears perked up as he continued, “They told us about their database. Our


    people scoured through it but it’s empty.”


    Christian muttered, “They must have deleted everything while we surrounded their hideout.”


    Dalloway nodded in agreement and proceeded to say, “As for their confessions, we are told that


    hundreds have escaped through an underground tunnel before taking their own submarine to flee from


    the ind.” 2


    Almost everyone groaned. They thought they were done. They thought they got all of them. Dalloway’s


    statement made Lucianne’s eyes widened, and Xandar’s grip around her tightened before it loosened


    again when Lucianne’s thumb started stroking hisp.


    Dalloway then said, “There is some good news that I should mention: the tunnel is small, so only wolves


    could go through it one at a time. Our own people had to break the concrete around it to erge the


    passageway during our investigation.”


    That was definitely a relief for all the worried faces in the room. Lucianne turned to the Alphas and Lunas


    in the room and said, ” Alert the pack leaders. Every one of them, especially those around Faint Moon.”


    Juan then asked, “Should we offer them a chance to surrender first?”


    It was on the tip of Lucianne’s tongue to say ‘yes’ but she remembered how offering Jake a chance to


    surrender yed out. She was conflicted, so she locked eyes with her mate and asked, “What do you


    think, darling? Should we?”


    Xandar thought about it, well aware of the conflict she was experiencing. After a moment, he dered,


    “One chance. Only one. Get them to surrender and detain them until our people get there to bring them


    back here. If they try anything funny, kill them.”


    “Understood.” Juan uttered with a smile, and the other pack leaders of the alliance nodded in


    compliance.


    Dalloway then went on to exin that the rogues they arrested didn’t know anything about the suppliers


    of their weapons and poisons because Alithia was the one who handled these things, and Toby mmed


    his head on the table for killing her.


    Lucianne looked at her best friend rubbing his forehead and said, “Chill, Toby. She deserved to die.”


    Toby retorted, “No, Lucy. She deserved to be tortured with whips and an electrocution chair. She didn’t


    deserve to die.”


    Knock. Knock Knock.


    The room was filled with furrowed eyebrows and inquisitive eyes thrown at Xandar. Even his own mate


    was giving him a puzzled look. Was he expecting someone?


    “Come in!” Xandar was equally lost but if his guards saw the need to disturb his meeting, it had to be


    important.


    The door opened, and in walked Vernon, who bowed beforeing to the King’s side to hand him his


    mail as he said, “Apologies, your Highnesses, but there was one among the stack that seemed


    important.”


    Vernon ced a blue envelope on the top of the stack that had “URGENT” written in red, followed by a


    line of ck-colored words that read: Attn: H.R.H. Queen Lucianne Freesia Paw. The fact that it wasn’t


    Greg’s handwriting like it was thest time didn’t stop Lucianne from snatching the envelope and ripping


    it open. 1


    She took out the white card and read it with Xandar. Xandar’s eyes darkened, and Lucianne’s neck


    stiffened before her friends noticed the homicidal glint in her ck and onyx orbs. After a short moment


    of pin drop silence, Toby got tired of waiting.


    So, he groaned as he got out of his chair and strode to his best friend’s side whileining, “Lucy,


    you and your mate have got t o learn to…” he started reading the card in her hand and his brain paused


    for a moment before he cursed, “Sh*t.”.


    ‘0187 Phoenix Road, my Queen. I’m here with the founders of Wu Bi Corp. Greg.’


    After that, it didn’t take long for Dalloway and Laurent to find out who the registered owners of the


    residence were. A n was hatched within thirty minutes, and they left the vi to head for the location


    Greg sent them.