Forensic Imperial Concubine

When Douglas woke up, he found himself tied to a tree trunk. Felton, on the other hand, was leaning against another one not far from where he was, his head tilted to the side. Douglas didn't know if his brother was alive, but immediately felt his blood run cold when he saw the man and woman sitting side by side by the fire.

"Your Highnesses, what are you doing? We are family, remember? Why did you tie me up?" Since Douglas knocked out by Matthew the time he saw him, he had no idea what the couple did to the rest of the Qin Clan. As for him, he initially thought that they kidnapped him mainly because they wanted to use him to threaten his clan and save Felton. Now that he realized that Felton was already saved, he became confused as to why they still took him.

"You're awake," Harper said as soon as she noticed Douglas had already come to his senses. "That's good. You're here because I want to ask you a few questions. If your answers satisfy me, there will be rewards. If you fail to do so, you will be punished," she continued as she roasted hare meat on the raging fire.

"Princess Harper, we are cousins. You can ask whatever you want to and I will tell you everything I know. But can you untie me first?" Douglas pleaded.

This plea seemed to fall on deaf ear because instead of responding, Harper just started asking questions. "What is the purpose of the Qin Clan?" she asked, her eyes deep and her facial expression undecipherable.

"Purpose? Is there any other purpose other than trying to remove the curse its members inherited? You've seen Felton. If things go on like this, he will be the first one to not survive," Douglas said with a grin.

she looked away, she sent a potent surge of her vital energy towards him, leaving him a huge gash on

lung because of the pain. The pained shriek was so loud that it startled and disturbed the birds within a mile radius. It took him a good while to calm himself down, and when

some roasted hare meat from its bones and fed it to Patrick, which was sitting next to her like a guard intent on protecting its

Harper's voice was so sweet and soft, and her smile hadn't left her lips. The sharp contract between the threating words she just said and her angelic demeanor was enough for

pieces and feeding

Douglas murmured in between his gasps for air. With his arms tied, he couldn't tend to his injury, so he was

just the tip of the iceberg—I have more ways to torture you than you'll ever learn. And if you think I'd hesitate to kill you, don't. Most of the members of the Qin Clan died twenty years ago. Adding you to that list would not be

dropped. Harper was

you want to know?" Douglas said exasperatedly. He was starting to feel uneasy, and honestly, scared. At that moment, all he was wishing for was that Felton would wake up soon.

gnawed the bone resentfully as it