#Chapter 257: The Greatest Risk

Agnes When Richard was finished laying out the plan he had conceived, I could only blink at him in shock. “No.” Elijah’s voice was hard as steel. “You are not using my mate and daughter as decoys. That’s out of the question.” “Elijah—” Richard started. “No,” Elijah repeated, standing up so fast his chair toppled over against the floor with a crash. “Absolutely fucking not. I won’t allow it.” Richard remained calm, but his jaw was set in a hard line. “It’s the only way to accomplish our goal without killing innocent people. Maybe even children, Elijah. Do you want their blood on your hands?” The words hit me right in the chest, where Richard knew it would hurt the most. Children. There were children in that facility, and my father wanted us to blow them all to pieces. “Agnes just needs to surrender,” Richard continued. “Claim that she knows about her stepmother’s plan and wants in on it. That she’ll hand Thea over willingly. With Thea by her sid