“Alright, be careful.”

Avril nodded before sneaking out on her toes, but she bumped into somebody as soon as she got out.

 
 

“What are you doing here, Levant?”

Levant looked at Avril before shifting his focus to the courtyard. “I could ask you the same.”

Avril’s heart was beating so fast that she could almost hear it. If Levant goes in, he’s bound to discover that Stephen is hiding somebody inside. Then, they’ll both be in trouble.

 

Sighing, Avril then raised her voice purposely, “The Wicked Palace is my home! Wherever I go here is none of your business, Levant!”

 

She deliberately shouted Levant’s name louder so that the two inside could hear it.

“You don’t usually talk like this. Is there a reason why you’re shouting?” Levant got suspicious of Avril’s unusual behavior.

 

“I don’t need a reason to shout! I’ll shout whenever I feel like it!” replied Avril with an even louder voice. If the two didn’t hear me before, they should now.

away from Avril and started

 

tea in the living room from

Avril come to visit you?” asked Levant after scanning

Stephen as

“About what?”

grudge between Murphy and me,” Stephen answered calmly before

and wondered why Avril would care about

“That’s it?”

 

to look at Levant with a sharp gaze. “What else would

Stephen, so he scanned every inch of the room with

“Search the room!”

“Yes, sir!”

watched the

Levant and his men found nothing, they finally left Stephen alone. Just

better

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