The more Cordelia thought about it, the more she found it wrong. Her heart thumped hard. “Zephyr, does he know what’s inside this cabinet?”

“I don’t think he does,” answered Zephyr. “But he wants to. That’s why he took the photos!”

Cordelia was frightened. “He’s too scary… Why would he be curious about this cabinet?”

“Maybe it’s because there’s a lock on it.”

Cordelia nodded. The lock on the cabinet basically told others that there were incredibly important things in there.

“Sir, Ms. Cordelia, don’t worry,” Robert said softly. “Phil’s sly, but we can catch him. He won’t have it easy by then!”

Zephyr patted Cordelia’s shoulder and gave her a resolute and warm smile. His expression changed swiftly when he looked at Robert with disdain. “Nothing else? Leave if there’s nothing!”

Robert was rendered speechless.

Cordelia saw that Robert seemed hesitant to speak, like what he wanted to say could not be brought up in front of her. She went to the kitchen and told Zephyr, “Keep Robert for dinner. I’ll make you all sticky ribs!”

“You want to stay for a meal?” Zephyr’s tone went up at the end of his sentence.

“No, no, no!” Robert refused frantically. It was until Cordelia entered the kitchen and closed the door that he lowered his voice to tell Zephyr, “Mr. Zephyr, there’s one more thing…”

“What again?”

“Rowan Irwin’s in Centrolis!”

Zephyr scowled. He had heard about Rowan making an appearance but not getting into the seats in the auction that other day.

Cordelia blushed red and struggled away from Zephyr’s hold to run into the room while he was distracted.

a cold breath, but it was already too late

was so dark

door and pulled the metal bolt open with a clank. His eyes felt

corners of Robert’s lips twitched as he plastered on a smile, his heart almost leaping out of his

it?” Zephyr spat

completely forgotten what he wanted to say and stared at the

seconds of silence felt as long as

heard someone’s deafening growl from where she was

was picking vegetables and hurried out

happened to

couch with a secret

do this time?” Helen sighed, shook her head, and turned back to the kitchen, talking to herself, “It hurts the throat to shout like this.

snaked in between the men. It looked left and right before it

looked down, and his tense face finally cracked a little.

car knew that it must not

yes…” Robert chuckled apologetically, drenched

there, so he quickly pulled an old phone out of his pocket. It was

data in the

phone. There was indeed chat history between

deeply etched, with her fists clenched as she shook

knew it…” She was emotional. “Phil must have been brainwashing Zennie with wrong thoughts! That she’s nothing outside of

grim when he turned to

too cunning. His routes go back and forth, so it shows up as a

at this!” Cordelia

checked the phone gallery, and the

room. “Zephyr, it’s this place. He’s been snapping photos

were the painting on the wall in

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