Chapter 290. The Boss Finds Out...

Lucien

But the next morning, he was confronted with the news that made him tear off to his office in the Club at once, with Schwartz in tow.

Siek Toth had called.

The monk had flown the coop. Along with his fiendish nephew.

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Lucien had entrusted Toth with the task of finding Father Paval and Dusak, to eliminate them, once and forever. But the cunning monk had slipped out of the net.

In a frenzy of rage, Lucien left his house immediately after getting the news. Proserpina looked pained as she studied him at the breakfast table. He ate his breakfast without stopping to relish the pancakes she had prepared. He saw the concern in her eyes as she came to his study while he was preparing to leave. Beston and Schwartz were with him but Proserpina requested them in her soft way,

‘Could I have a minute with him?’

The men left, Schwartz, looking worried as he gently touched her arm while leaving.

‘What?’ barked Lucien,