The Divorced Military Queen Awakens (by Sadie Baxter) novel Chapter 672

Chapter 672 Trip To Kandria

Chapter 672 Trip To Kandria

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Julius leaned back, his voice echoing through the open speaker. “Why did Fabian ring you a moment ago?”

Fabian stared at the phone, pulse ticking loud in the charged silence.

The doctor’s laugh crackled like ice in whiskey. “Simple. I have a surgery in Kandria. Needed protection. Fabian is heading there for shipping surveys, so we decided to travel together.”

Julius exhaled something between a sigh and a chuckle. “Your clientele never ends.”

The surgeon answered without missing a beat. “Fame has its curses. I told Fabian to bring more men–Kandria is a mess.”

Julius ended the call and flicked his gaze toward Fabian. “Fine. You can handle that yourselves. You can go now.”

“Yes, sir.” Fabian bowed out, only letting his breath escape once the door clicked shut behind him.

He thanked fortune that he and Gavin had rehearsed their story one last time.

First priority–reach Kandria quickly and confirm whether the mysterious caller was truly Quinn.

Alone in the study, Julius twirled the phone between his fingers, eyes narrowed to slits.

Two men, two trips, one destination–Kandria. Too neat, too sudden.

Fabian usually reported every breadcrumb, yet today, he tried to glide past this. That meant a secret worth their joint silence. Julius‘ gaze darkened, a storm forming far out at sea.

Dawn was returned to Edmund’s sprawling estate just before dusk. Delight split Edmund’s weathered face the moment he saw her; he lavished thanks on the guards who had brought the child home.

He knelt to Dawn’s height, voice rough with remorse. “I am sorry you suffered so much. You are safe now. I have punished Emma and her mother harshly. No one will ever cast you out again.”

It struck Dawn like a slap of cold rain: she had not simply wandered into the town’s red–light quarter by accident; someone had left her there on purpose. Realization crawled over her skin, equal parts dread and outrage.

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“I want to see my mom. May I?” Dawn whispered, voice as thin as paper. The tragedy of Amy’s death was still fresh; she feared fate might snatch her mother next.

Edmund’s eyes flashed, though his smile stayed wide and sunny. “Of course, sweetheart. We’ll arrange it. The hospital needs an appointment, so we’ll go in a few days, all right?”

“Appointment?” The unfamiliar word tasted heavy and official on her tongue.

“It just means we call ahead,” Edmund soothed, kneeling so they were eye to eye. “The staff must confirm first before you can see her. Keeps the bad people out of the wards, you see.”

“Then how many days until I can walk in and hug her?” Dawn pressed, half–hopeful, half- afraid.

“Three,” he said, holding up three fingers like a magician revealing a secret. “Three days, and she’ll be right there waiting for you.”

Three days, he calculated, would be more than enough in a town this small to locate the

comatose woman.

By the time the sun rose on that third morning, I would escort the child not to a hospital visit, but to her mother’s funeral. Once the invalid is truly gone, the girl becomes my daughter in every sense, ready to serve whatever purpose I choose.

“Okay!” Dawn’s grin burst across her face like sunrise over water.

Three days and she could finally see her mother–she bounced on her toes, giddy with expectation.

The front door slammed, and Emma stormed in, furious heat pouring off her like steam. “This is your fault! Because of you, Dad beat Mom and me. If you hadn’t come back, he never would have raised a hand to us!”

“That happened because you dumped me in the red–light district,” Dawn argued, meeting her glare without blinking.

“So what if an orphanage brat like you ends up there?” Emma sneered, lip curling. “Kids nobody wants will wind up in places like that sooner or later. Did you really imagine you’d be the second daughter of this family?”

Dawn’s teeth sank into her lower lip, but she held her ground.

She had never dreamed of becoming the family’s younger daughter; all she ever wanted was to stay her mother’s child.

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