Chapter 719. Evil Deeds Always Bring Retribution

Maxwell went to the royal palace to find his sister and learn what was going on, but as soon as he reached the palace gates, the guards stopped him.

“Lord Maxwell, Her Majesty is currently away and has not yet returned. Please come back another day.”

“She hasn’t come back?”

Maxwell frowned. The last time he saw Heather had been at the lakeside villa, when he’d arranged for a young man to keep her company. Could she really have stayed there all this time?

He tried calling her phone, but there was no answer. After waiting for a few moments, he turned on his heel, climbed into his car, and ordered his driver to head for the villa.

When he arrived, he found the servants and guards standing outside. “Is the queen inside?” he asked.

“Lord Maxwell, the queen left long ago,” one of them said.

“Left? Where did she go?”

Maxwell didn’t know that everyone here had already fallen under the king’s and Prince Magnus’s control. Their responses were re