Chapter 41 Splendid idea

CA SSANDRA

As I stared back at Margaret, I pushed down my disbelief and tried to keep my face as neutral as possible. Asher’s stepmother’s words were harsh, but I couldn’t let her threaten me.

“Rest assured, I’m being completely honest with you,” I said calmly. “The Alpha King was especially concerned after the viper appeared here at Merliscire, and wanted a thorough investigation done on the beast.”

“Were there any findings?” Margaret practically demanded. The woman’s nostrils flared in agitation, and her mouth pursed as she awaited my reply.

“Yes,” I confirmed, and I made sure to keep my tone as even as possible as leaned forward. “The viper that attacked the Alpha King seemed to be raised deliberately by someone-”

“What does that mean?” she interrupted me, and her eyes narrowed further.

“The essence released in the bite wasn’t venom,” I revealed. “It was an artificial

poison.”

The moment the words left my lips, a strange feeling moved through me. I didn’t regret blurting out the words, but I wasn’t sure how the pair of women would react to it.

Adalyn’s face shifted first and contorted into an expression of shock and.

concern.

“That’s in

she managed. “No one would dare to sneak a poison under the Alpha King’s nose. There’s no way someone in Merliscire would dare.”

Meanwhile, Margaret’s face looked panicked, but only for a single second. She regained her composure quickly and nodded.

is right,” she agreed. “No one in Anemond

wondered if Margaret had something to do with any of this. The older woman’s face was

she directed this behind closed doors?

was Margaret who wanted to kill Asher, she could have done it much earlier.

furthermore, what would she gain in killing the Alpha

she wasn’t an idiot. If Asher died, Kane would be the first suspect, and

the food I’d been ignoring on my plate and raised

as I carved into my

after a little while, Adalyn and Margaret followed suit. We all ate quietly,

while later, Margaret cleared

forgive me, Healer Ca ssandra, and don’t take

said, even though I didn’t mean it. I wasn’t going to press the issue further, but I was definitely taking note of the way Adalyn and Margaret were acting. This whole encounter was suspicious and strange. Neither woman could be trusted. Hell, no one in

son, Cas

at her wine, I

years old,” I answered.

little uneasy answering Asher’s stepmother’s question, but it would have been strange for me to refuse to say or even to

moment, my heart raced as they glanced at

“Since they’re so close in age,

assumed that given our past, Adalyn would have given birth five years ago. But six? She hadn’t

shy, but I’m sure he would love to have a friend here.

in the Wild

glass.

she swirled,

Crawler’s Alpha, actually,” I retorted. Maintaining a calm. tone of voice was nearly impossible, but I managed to do it well enough.

said, unimpressed. “Not much better than a peasant,

turned to me with a calculated

for me. It’s been a

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