novelraw Chapter 968: Nearly Scared Out of Her Wits
Chapter 968: Nearly Scared Out of Her Wits
Quinn Thorne looked at Elias Hawthorne’s indifferent profile and immediately understood in his heart that Miss Lowell had finally exhausted the last bit of patience the boss had for her, leaving her with no way out but death.
Quinn didn’t know what to say besides sighing; suppressing the turbulence in his heart, he said, "Then I’ll take care of Miss Lowell’s matter."
Elias was about to nod when a voice interrupted.
"Wait a minute."
Turning his head, he saw Raina North approaching.
Raina looked at Quinn and said, "I want to see Claire Lowell. It won’t be too much trouble, right?"
Quinn wanted to say, it’s actually a little bit troublesome. After all, Claire Lowell’s imprisonment is a secret, and Raina’s identity in The Umbral Zone is both special and sensitive, drawing a lot of attention currently.
What’s more important is that this place is quite far from where she’s held. It would take some time to make a round trip, and they were set to return to Veridia in a few hours, with many things still unarranged.
Upon hearing Quinn’s murmuring, Raina unhesitatingly said, "You arrange it. Elias and I will make the trip."
Quinn was speechless: "Aren’t you mistaken? I’m the Lord of Vermilion of The Dark Tower. If you put me in charge of The Celestial Alliance’s affairs, aren’t you afraid I’d steal their secrets? Or are you genuinely planning to merge it as dowry into The Dark Tower?"
Elias glanced at Quinn: "Your sister-in-law doesn’t consider you an outsider, which is your honor."
Quinn initially wanted to retort, but as if suddenly realizing something, his eyes lit up. He eagerly looked at Raina and said, "Since sister-in-law doesn’t treat me as an outsider, you’ll surely put in a good word for me with Anya when we return, right?"
Raina glanced at Quinn coldly and said, "No."
Quinn: "..."
All dejected.
Raina left Lune and the Third Elder to assist Quinn, while she and Elias took Pip Finch to the place where Claire Lowell was held.
The place where Claire Lowell was detained was somewhat secluded, previously a residence left by the former Tower Master for the families of her guards.
Although their families were people of The Dark Tower and confidants of Claire, they didn’t actually live very well.
Claire was not the forgiving or understanding type by nature.
Although she had countless assets, she rarely cared for these truly loyal people, only allowing routine stipends to be distributed to them without ever considering raises or benefits.
In Claire’s mind, since they were her subordinates, their lives belonged to her.
That would have been fine; in The Umbral Zone, leaders like Claire were numerous, and everyone lived this way precariously.
But these people couldn’t survive that way because they had Insect Venom in their bodies, and Claire would often forget to distribute the pills for leisurely reasons like fun, beauty shopping, etc.
If they were normal healthy people, it might have been tolerable, but among the families were the elderly, the young, and the infirm, and many died painfully when Insect Venom struck, unable to get pills for relief.
After their deaths, for fear the Insect Venom would escape the bodies to harm others, and more so to avoid exposing Claire’s secret, they had to be cremated.
After cremation, their ashes were placed in boxes and then stored together.
Over time, it accumulated into densely arranged urns.
This gave the area a somewhat eerie atmosphere.
And Claire Lowell was imprisoned in this area.
So, when Claire continually sought ways to escape and finally figured out the place, she almost went insane with fear.