Chapter 548
Dominick went straight to his room when he encountered Kavin in the corridor.
“Is Evan here?” Dominick asked.
“Not yet, Your Highness,” Kavin answered.
“Please get the breakfast ready,” Dominick ordered, keeping a polite tone, and went inside his room, shutting the door after him. He freshened up, had a warm bath, then changed his clothes.
Coming downstairs, he found Evan, who also seemed fresh from a bath.
“Let’s have breakfast first, then we can discuss the rest of the things. I’m famished since last night,” Dominick stated, focusing on the need after the stressful night.
“So, were you able to retrieve the footages?” Dominick asked, immediately cutting to the business at hand.
“There are no CCTVs in the higher floors,” Evan replied, chewing thoughtfully on his toast. “Also, they use a completely different, discreet entrance to leave the building space. The front entrance is just for the show, Your Highness, to maintain a legal facade p>
Dominick slammed his palm lightly on the table, his frustration evident. “Then, they must immediately get a shut down notice. Make an official arrest of the manager and every employee on the premises. They are all complicit,” Dominick stated, his decision final. “Furthermore, the Sentinel Command here is clearly corrupted. They need a complete replacement. I’ll talk to Casaio regarding this reorganization myself p>
“Did the woman wake up? Did she tell you what exactly happened?” Evan then asked.
Dominick lowered the coffee mug and nodded. “Apparently, she was sold to an alpha to bear his heir. They forcefully made her sign a slave contract. But I think if it’s slave contract, much more heinous crimes be hidden behind it. Also, they target mostly vulnerable classes of omegas since they don’t have much voice,” he explained before taking another bite.
“The whole system is hellish here,” Evan remarked. “But they may stop their operations seeing you here,” he asserted.
“Good for the omegas, who were traded,” Dominick replied.
Jeniva looked around herself nervously when the door opened and a nurse walked in, carrying a tray.
“Will I get anything to eat? I feel so hungry,” Jeniva said, her stomach cramping. The nurse remained quiet and kept walking steadily toward her. Jeniva immediately realized something was seriously off. But she didn’t react immediately, maintaining her composure.
However, when the nurse suddenly thrust a syringe toward her neck, Jeniva instantly caught her hands. “Who are you? Who sent you to kill me?” Jeniva demanded, tightening her grip on the unknown nurse’s wrists.
The pointed syringe was inches from her neck, making her sweat profusely from fear and adrenaline. Using her entire strength, she shoved the nurse away, and the assailant hit the bedside table behind her with a sickening thud.
Jeniva followed through, throwing a swift kick at the nurse’s arm, who banged her head against the wall.
“Fuck!” Jeniva cussed under her breath as the nurse instantly rendered unconscious. “My cover will break,” she murmured, scanning the room frantically, just as the door opened again and Evan walked in, followed closely by Dominick. They both paused, confused and alarmed, seeing Jeniva out of bed and a nurse lying unconscious on the floor.
“Your Highness! She came to kill me!” Jeniva exclaimed, pointing her hand toward the unconscious nurse.
Evan quickly moved forward, pulling the syringe from the nurse’s lax grip and showing the dangerous, filled needle to Dominick.
“Take her away,” Dominick ordered Evan immediately, his voice cold with fury. “And interrogate her. Find out who sent her p>
Evan dragged the unconscious nurse out along with the guards while Dominick shut the door firmly behind him.
Jeniva quickly adopted a convincing mask, pretending to cry and tremble violently in fear. Dominick walked to her and held the hand from which the IV strip had been ripped out. Blood was flowing freely on the back of her palm. He saw the cotton and medical tape on the table and carefully applied it to her hand.
“Your Highness, I didn’t expect you to return right after only two hours,” Jeniva said, holding his gaze with wide, fearful eyes. “And—and you said I was safe here. But they still managed to send a nurse to kill me!” She was unable to read what he was thinking, and a sudden spike of internal worry hit her. ’Is he suspicious of my identity p>
“How did you make her unconscious so quickly?” Dominick asked, his voice neutral. He involuntarily checked her pulse while holding her wrist and found it was surprisingly stable, rather than racing wildly, which would be expected after fighting off a murderous attack.
“I simply pushed her,” Jeniva replied, forcing a fragile smile. “Turns out I’m stronger than her p>
“Who are you, really?” Dominick asked, his voice now edged with true authority. “Why are you hiding the truth from me when I am the one who will help you p>
“I told you my name,” Jeniva replied, trying one last time to maintain the façade. “Jeniva Moore, Your Highness p>
Dominick chuckled, a short, humorless sound, and took out his phone. “You think I won’t find out!?” He opened it and showed her a secure document on the screen. “You are a trained spy, sent by the Sentinel Command in the capital to find out the truth about the corruption here. How can you lie to a prince?” He looked at her in disbelief, though his suspicion was now confirmed.
“I—I was told to maintain my cover at all costs,” Jeniva quickly conceded, realizing the truth was out. “I can’t believe they told you everything,” she muttered, clearly annoyed at her superiors. She laid her head back on the pillow and looked at Dominick. “Your Highness, you were not supposed to come here and interfere with the operation p>
“You would be dead if I hadn’t followed your voice and saved you last night,” Dominick replied, pointing out the deadly flaw in her plan.
“Followed my voice?” Jeniva confusedly gazed at him.
“Nothing. I must say you are the only omega who is kind of different,” Dominick replied.