Chapter 114 Punishing the Stepmother
**Soren’s POV
Thomas was waiting for me, and I could tell by his expression that he had updates.
I walked into my office with him behind me. “What is it, Thomas?” I asked as I sat down at my desk.
“Two things,” he began. “First of all, Derek’s all taken care of,” he said. “I received word earlier today that he’s reached his final destination.”
I nodded. I expected nothing less from my people. “Good. What else?”
Thomas continued, “Secondly, we have confirmation that Ethan has arrived back in the capital.”
Where Madalynn was.
I could certainly use this to my advantage.
Thomas sat down across from me and said, “I believe there may be some other loose ends we need to tie up, though?”
Knowing exactly what he was talking about, I agreed. It was time for me to address a previous ally, one who needed to make sure he stayed in his lane.
Letting out a sigh of annoyance, I opened a desk drawer and found a piece of stationary, pulling it out and grabbing a fountain pen off of my desk.
“You’re not going to call him on the burner phone?” Thomas asked, clearly surprised by my choice of communication method.
I shook my head. “This is safer. I know everyone who will handle this. No chance of anyone interfering.”
With Thomas keeping his comments to himself, I began to write.
Once I was done, I folded the paper and gave it to Thomas. “You will see that this reaches him? I want to ensure that no one else has the opportunity to read it.”
“Of course, sir,” Thomas said, tucking the envelope into the inside pocket of his jacket.
“So it sounds like you also have a third piece of news?”
“Yes, regarding Miss Rosalie’s mother.”
Thomas’s last report greatly intrigued my interest. “I’m listening.”
“Based on the preliminary report, she might be the last survivor of the…” he leaned over and murmured the last name in my
ear.
My eyes widened, and the room was silent for a few moments.
Then I couldn’t help but start laughing.
Goddess was on
I suggested, slamming my hands down on the table in finality
a long drive to Rosalie’s. The whole way
leave, I was also
outside with the guards. I knocked
skin slightly flushed, breathing a
I was immediately concerned.
Are you okay?”
“Just moving around is getting harder,” she said, laughing, but
sure if that was all that it was. Her eyes looked a bit red and puffy,
her arm to stabilize her. “Walk carefully,
you, Soren,” she grinned
chair and leaned forward to kiss her cheek. Before she
my pocket and pulled out a golden bracelet with a wolf
excited, and I didn’t expect her to be, knowing how exhausted she had been lately. “You didn’t
shrugged, I never came over without giving her something. “Can I put
little disappointed that she turned it down, but I wasn’t just going to give up. “Please, I
She smelled so lovely, like a garden after a fresh rain shower. That
held up her hand and placed a kiss on the back of her hand. Her skin was warm on my lips, and the scent of her had
and then
see it. I could absolutely see it. She looked like a princess. Even in her pregnant state, in
grace and beauty like no one I’d ever seen. Her eyes were bright and twinkled like starlight. Her hair gleamed even in the
floated from her lips touched
be anything
Rosalie said, “Soren, are you going to sit down,
my head to clear my thoughts. I left some space between us to try and keep my
mind. If I was right, and she had been crying, perhaps part of the reason she’d
is it?” she asked, and I
I could respond, we
the yard. “Come here, you filthy whore! You b*tch!” Rosalie
“Stay here.” I ordered her, my military commander voice
But Rosalie didn’t listen.
to see what in the
that I could protect her if I needed to, but when we walked outside, the guards had their hands around a middle-aged woman who was struggling to get away
Murderer! You f*cking
Rosalie gasped, her voice a
this woman?” I
cry as she said, “You caused all of this misery! You made them kill him! My boy!
shocked and didn’t
her to be, now that I had identified who she was. She was screaming and kicking, cursing the most filthy and
and I was worried. Was
you okay?” | checked on her, and then scolded Thomas
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