Chapter 80

CAMILLA’S PO.V

His eyes widened and I saw raw fear inside of them. I wish I could have said that I was joking but I wasn’t. If he wasn’t willing to give up the names then I was going to do whatever I needed to in order to ensure that Frederick had no more access to forbidden drugs.

After a second of silence, he turned on hi heels and walked around the front desk. He rummaged through his papers and brought out a plain piece of paper along with some charcoal. I watched in confusion as he began to scribble on the paper.

“What are you doing?” I asked. “All I need is a name.”

“I don’t have his name,” his response was gruff. “You don’t run an illegal business by asking names. He came in a little over a week ago and said he needed a small quantity of anathis in a short period of time. I don’t like to deal with the stuff because it is messy but he was offering twice of what anyone normally would and I’d be da mned if I wasn’t going to take it.”

As his scribbling began to take shape, I realized that he was drawing a sketch. I glanced over at Ryker who just shrugged. It took five minutes for him to be done and once he was, he all but shoved the sketch into my hands. I took one look at it and crunched my brows in confusion. I had never seen the person before but I was certain that he was in the palace somewhere.

“Are you going to arrest me now?” the gruff voice asked and I shook my head.

“You helped us out so you get a warning. Clean up your act. If you actually had a decent shop in town then maybe you would make a decent earning without having to dabble.”

He didn’t say a word but I could see that he was grateful. I turned on my heels and walked out with Ryker. I vaguely heard the two brothers whispering harshly between themselves and I knew that whatever trust between them, that had been broken today would not be so easily repaired.

I waited until I had gotten into the carriage with Ryker before I handed him the sketch. He took one look at it and his eyes darkened in anger. “Do you know who it is?”

“I definitely do.”As soon as the carriage got to the palace, Ryker led me out and began walking with determination towards the back doors. I didn’t know where he was going but I trusted him and if he said he knew the man in the picture then he was the only one who could find him.

“How do you even know him?” I asked unable to keep the curiosity out of my voice. I was shocked that he knew more of the guards than I did.

His steps faltered and for a second, I thought he was going to ignore me but he finally spoke and his voice was soft. “I asked him to watch the girls while you were unconscious.copy right hot novel pub