Third Person's POV
"Is that all?" Adelaide sneered. "I asked for the truth. If you hide anything, you'll taste this poker."
The red-hot poker was thrust right before Manager Johnson, who screamed and fell to the floor, "I'll talk! I'll talk!"
Adelaide coldly warned, "Tell the truth. One lie, and you'll swallow this poker."
Staring at the glowing poker, Johnson prostrated himself and confessed, "Luna Adelaide, Wanda said to pin the blame on Priscilla when trouble hit. Since Priscilla is Alpha Lance's mother, she can take the heat. Then Madison would step in to arrange compensation using the store's cheap inventory..."
He hesitated mid-speech.
Adelaide cut in, "So Madison feigns virtue to win public favor, while Priscilla and the Blackthorn Pack are labeled as villains. The compensatio
