Chapter 732

Hearing Tessa's words, Maeve immediately stopped banging on the door. She could only wait for Liam's instructions? No way would he let her out so easily. Her eyes darted to the neatly arranged wine bottles in the cellar, a sly grin spreading across her face. Got it! The evening had fallen, and Tessa grew increasingly anxious as the silence from the wine cellar dragged on. Ten hours, and not a single sound? Upstairs in the study, Liam was playing chess by himself when Matteo entered, carrying dinner. "Zion's people disappeared after they entered Laventon. "Our men are searching, but there's no sign of them so far. Someone might be helping them from the inside." Liam barely glanced at the meal. "And that woman?" "Still locked in the wine cellar." "No screaming or banging?" "None." "Did you give her any food or water?" "As you instructed—not even a drop." Ten hours with nothing, and she still hasn't made a scene? Liam's concentration slipped, causing him to make a wrong mo