Chapter 352: Evasion

**Thelma Zane’s POV** Adele had been locked away in the secret manor for so long that she had been all but forgotten. Her existence was obscured from public memory, her presence known only to the guards and the southern Duke. To everyone else, she was a relic of the past—a lunatic with an irreparable mind, her disgraceful background sealing her fate as someone unworthy of attention. Ignoring her seemed to be the easiest and most effective solution. Locke, on the other hand, faced a harsher fate. He was confined to the palace’s underground prison, secured by layers of seals meticulously placed by a werewolf grandmaster. Tracy, unwilling to take any chances, employed additional measures to keep him immobilized. She allowed him to live, not out of mercy, but because his resilience hinted at secrets yet to be uncovered—secrets of potential value. These two individuals, both either forgotten or under tight surveillance, had vanished in the chaos. Their disappearance was too calcula