Chapter 984

Rickard kept his frown while Zaylour awkwardly chuckled. "Yes, I forgot to tell you about that. Hesper brought this on us. It's a surprise they didn't attack us during the day." "Ignore him. We need to save Hesper." Rickard couldn't stay too long at Lane Manor because he wasn't a favorite there, and since Hesper took his disguise, he had to stay outside but made sure he could be reached. Watching the moon through the car window, Rickard's eyes were filled with worry. Hesper probably wasn't having a good night. *** Meanwhile, Hesper wasn't having a good night, but Julian finally showed up in the afternoon. Nathaniel toned things down because of Julian's presence, and from the two men's conversation, Hesper found out they were working for the same person, and that person was definitely not Charles Deschamps. "You have Professor Miles too?" Hesper casually said. Julian turned around and looked surprised. "Did he take you under his wing? When I saw him, he looked very excited,