Mind Games

Two hours later, Raquel was quietly sipping on some tea in the Westwood Palace throne room while the emperor anxiously tapped his fingers on his throne seat. Lady Diana going missing was a huge blow to him and he needed to make sure she was alive.

After all, she was the one controlling the tigress next to him.

Raquel, meanwhile, had to resist the urge to smile at her father’s misfortune. It would only make her look suspicious in Lady Diana’s disappearance.

Instead, she had to wait in the throne room with her father, hoping the search party would find Lady Diana’s corpse soon.

The hunt had been called off when the emperor had gotten the news and all the nobles had been sent off to their rooms. Ryker was put In charge of the search party, but would stay away from the warehouse, leaving it to be discovered by the Royal Guard.