As soon as Petl shut the door to her house, she pulled off the cloak she was wearing and dumped it on a sofa in her sitting room. She was apprehensive. Now that she had accomplished all that she had planned, she knew that a grave mistake had been made. In less than two hours time, the whole estate would be alerted about the death of Vera and investigations would be conducted immediately. And Petl, being the head of the investigation team, was going to conduct it from the beginning to the end. She paced about the room, confused about what to do. If she decided to dismiss other coroners with the excuse of taking up the investigation herself, everyone would be suspicious. Her heart beat real fast as time ran. She was sure that the perpetrator would be found and no matter what her explanation was, the estate was going to execute her. And even if Lucian and the other cabinet members could stop it, the whole pack was going to go against it and that meant war and rebellio
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