Chapter 96
Chapter 96 I think we should raid the camp to find him ourselves.
It was easy to lose a bit of her mind as she was stuck to doing the same task over and over. By the time
she was allowed off, her hands ached from twisting the caps on so many bottles. The work was fixating
enough to let her mind wander, but not too far. By the time she reached her room, William was half
asleep on the bed. He had dirt all over his face and his clothes to match. She cringed when she noticed
how much dirt he brought on the bed with him. He sat up a little when she came in-he looked utterly
exhausted. She bet he near had to work aborious day in his life before today. 2 “How was it?” Doris
asked as she peeled off her coat that started to smell like the storeroom. William grumbled a bunch of
curse words that Doris chose to ignore. As fit as he was, it still took a toll on him considering he normally
had everyone else do things for him. “Most of the men were out on the hunt-I was there alone with one
other guy all day and he didn’t talk once.” Doris frowned and paced the small area. “The girls told me
they want you for the cure as well as the bounty. Apparently they don’t know the recipe and they want to
make doses of it to sell to those that need it.” William rolled his eyes andid back against the bed again.
“That’s it then, isn’t it? We can go back to the camp and tell Enzo it was Luna Queen.” “We still don’t
have proof it was her. All of this is hearsay, don’t you want proof when you go back to the pce? That
will show it was her who poisoned the soup and-and sent the assassins after you.” Doris didn’t want to
mention Melody by name, it felt wrong. She was still hisdy and he hadn’t once mentioned her this
entire trip and after what they did together Doris couldn’t deal with that level of guilt at the moment. “I’m
afraid it’s highly unlikely that we will find any sort of evidence. These sort of things are hard to prove.”
Doris sighed and sat on the edge of the bed. He was right. It was almost impossible for their word to be
proven, who would believe them anyway? Suddenly, Doris felt like a lightbulb had gone off in her head.
“Wait, you said a lot of the men are out on the hunt, right?” “Yes. There were only a handful left behind.”
William said with his eyes closed. She wanted to push him off the bed and make him take a bath. “Well,
maybe we should explore this ce a little more. We haven’t met the ones that run this ce for Enzo
yet, but the map Robbie gave us has all of their offices included on it. What if one of them have some
sort of letter or something from Luna Queen or your pce?” William opened his eyes and sat up
slowly. “They wouldn’t leave them unlocked.” “No, but we can still try to get inside.” Doris stood and went
to change from her uniform into something a lot morefortable to move around in. When she came
out, William looked a bit more put together in the sense that he changed and attempted to wipe the dirt
from his face. He looked at her strangely, as if he didn’t really recognize her. “What?” Doris asked. “Were
you always this way at the pce? Breaking into ces you shouldn’t be?” His tone was a bit more
using than she appreciated. “No, I’ve never broken into anything before. I was just trying toe up
with a solution to your problem.” Doris turned and opened the door before he had a chance to respond.
“Are youing or not?” 1 William clenched his jaw and followed her out of the room. She caught the
spike of rage that rippled across his face from her words. It set deep in his brows and the stiffness of his
shoulders. He wasn’t used to hearing her talk back-he would just have to get over it. The only reason she
was here was to help him. He walked ahead of her a little as they went down a few hallways, she
quickened her step and gripped onto his arm when she saw a group of girls rounding the corner. William
didn’t even seem to notice them stare at him as if he didn’t have a girl on his arm. It was almost hard to
keep up with his long strides and she knew that he knew she was struggling. “You look suspicious
walking so fast!” Doris whispered. William slowed his steps just a tad but her legs still burned. “I don’t
know what you mean, I’m just out for a stroll with my wife.” He said through his teeth. Doris rolled her
eyes and tugged his arm a little to turn the corner.
The hallways were a little brighter and more… put together near the offices. The walls weren’t dark and
grey, they were pure white with glistening floors. It was like they had stepped into an entirely new
building and that was when she knew they were in the right ce. Beyond the sudden beauty of the
building, there wasn’t a single soul. Their feet echoed off the stone floors and made Doris feel almost
more nervous than when they were surrounded by others. It was too quiet and empty, her thoughts were
too loud. Why did she feel like someone was watching them? William nced over his shoulder before
he tried the main door at the end of the hallway. It wiggled but gave nothing. Doris nced at the map
and saw it led to a smaller hallway that broke off into several offices. William banged his shoulder against
it, but it still didn’t give. Doris took a pin out of her hair and handed it to him. “Try this.” William gave her a
long look before he stuck the pin in the keyhole and mmed his hand against it. The door opened
instantly and for a moment, Doris forgot why they were even there. He pulled her inside and closed the
door quickly. The hallway wasn’t nearly as long as the one they came from, but it had several closed
doors that Doris could only guess were for the owners since they looked bigger than their bedroom.
Doris tried one and was surprised to see it didn’t even have a lock on it. She pushed inside to see arge
desk and stacks of papers sprawled across every surface imaginable. “Dan Walts.” Doris read off of one
of the papers. “It says he handles the finances. All of these papers are expenses.” “I wonder if he would
have the money Luna Queen bribed him with.” William peered across her shoulder and reached his arm
around her body to thumb through some of the papers. “I don’t think they would keep it in the official
records. These all look like business expenses.” William searched through the drawers while Doris
looked through every cab. When every stone was turned, they went to the next office. “Shawn Plows.
He’s in charge of… a lot it seems.” Doris furrowed her brows as she read the list. “Transactions, where
the goods go.” Doris chewed on her lip as she shuffled through the papers. Their offices were already
messes, she wondered if they ever had a concern for their information or if they were that confident in
the guards around the building. Doris had only passed a couple since she came here. They clearly never
expected a wolf to be right in the center of their nest. Doris and William spent every second searching
through papers and books but came up with nothing. It wasn’t until they reached the biggest office that
Doris noticed something was off. Everything was in its ce, the fire was even still roaring. Doris and
William looked at each other and quickly closed the door. A voice echoed in the outside hallway, they
ducked into an office they hadn’t touched yet and hid under the desk. She hadn’t realized she was
holding his hand until she felt him squeeze hers. He put his finger over his lips as they heard the main
door open. Two men’s voices boomed off the walls and William peered around the wood to see them.
Doris held her breath and tried to focus on their words, but it sounded like nothing. William looked at her
and gestured for her to stay still. Doris listened as they went into the office they had juste out of and
she suddenly wondered if they had touched anything or left the door open. “… They caught sight of
him?” “They heard he was at Enzo’s camp as a guest.” The man spat the words out. “Enzo has been
letting his entire royal party stay there.” “How long has it been going on?” “I’m not sure, probably since he
came to the north.” A silence followed, Doris clenched onto his arm. “I think we should raid the camp and
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