But it had actually happened, and that made it hard for Ryanna to believe.
The King’s eyes narrowed, a glint of steel flashing in his gaze. His voice was low, each word deliberate. “Lois is at the heart of this. Dig deeper—leave no stone unturned.”
The King had spent decades navigating a world of lies and schemes—this amateurish ploy wasn’t going to fool him.
But for all his experience, the King couldn’t find a single thread tying Lois to the mess—no paper trail, no witnesses, nothing.
Either Lois was innocent—or she was guilty, and whoever was backing her had scrubbed the scene clean.
The King wasn’t naive enough to believe the first option. From the start, Lois’s actions had been a little too strange, a little too calculated. But if it was the second option, then something—or someone—was stirring the pot, and the King didn’t like the sound of that.
The thought sent a fresh wave of intensity through the King, his eyes sharpening like the edge of a blade.
Anyone foolish enough to threaten his throne—or even stir trouble under his nose—would learn the hard way that the King didn’t make idle threats.
Ryanna instantly understood the King’s intentions. She looked at him, nodded, and replied, “Understood, Father, but there’s something I feel is very off.”
The King’s gaze shifted to Ryanna. They exchanged a knowing glance, and the King immediately grasped what Ryanna was referring to. “You’re talking about the fire, right? I will personally investigate that.”
The surveillance footage mistakenly captured a fire that never existed. According to the soldiers who arrived on the scene, not a single ember or ash remained. This raised red flags, especially given the proximity to the woman confined in that isolated house. The connection of these events wasn’t coincidental—it carried the distinct scent of conspiracy. Moreover, when the soldiers later reviewed the surveillance footage, they discovered that all traces of the fire had vanished into thin air. This was unquestionably a deliberate erasure.
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Combined with everything that had befallen Lois, Ryanna’s heart grew heavy with suspicion.
Ryanna nodded and responded, “And there is also Katelyn. Ever since Annie’s incident, she’s been missing. Was she really suffering from a stomachache?”
Doubt lingered in her mind like a stubborn shadow. However, the doctor had confirmed it was acute gastroenteritis. This contradiction only deepened the fog of Ryanna’s confusion. Yet her instincts screamed that Katelyn was entangled in this web of mysteries.
Ryanna’s eyes widened with sudden realization. She turned to the King again, saying, “And the first two times Katelyn came here, she started paying attention to the woman in the back garden.”
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