Chapter 64 Old Beta’s request

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“Your Majesty, you have to put that vicious, wicked healer in jail!” Linda Moses declared in a shrill voice that sent a shiver down my spine.

She and her husband stood in front of my desk, their eyes filled with wrath as they awaited my answer.

I exhaled deeply. In the last few hours, I’d heard two versions of this story. Ca ssandra Keller had said it was Adalyn who’d threatened her and spilled the acid on her arm, while Adalyn had insisted that it was actually Ca ssandra who’d spilled

the acid.

Deep down, I knew whose version was more likely and trustworthy, but trust had nothing to do with it. The situation was much more nuanced than that.

“Adalyn should not have entered the laboratory,” I said as a headache began to plague me. “Everyone in the palace knows not to go in there, and the guards. informed me she was told quite explicitly to stay away-”

“That doesn’t matter!” Linda blurted, and then her cheeks flushed scarlet and her eyes fell to the desk. “Your Majesty.”

“It does,” I pressed. I could have pushed further and chided her for her insolence, but instead, I sighed. “Besides, Ca ssandra Keller has been confined to

her chambers for the foreseeable future.”

“Confinement isn’t enough,” Linda insisted. “Besides, Adalyn told us why she was there. She was simply worried about the viper attacks. She just wanted to make sure that any future bites wouldn’t be an issue for the family-”

it’s mine. I hope that Adalyn wasn’t attempting to interfere with that,

paled and she shook her head. Her hair flared around her and her eyes

just w-worried a-about M-Marco… All she cares about is the safety of her family, Your Majesty!”

in the middle of a tense conversation. The last

want a thorough investigation of the incident,” he said slowly. “I want witnesses, interrogations, any information we can get about what happened

back in my seat a little. “We’ve spoken to her and she maintains that

did,” Linda said through her sniffles. “She’s clearly lying

the healer’s

speaking to me, but I chose to ignore it and looked over at

Beta said. “And so could her assistant. There’s a strong possibility of bias there and I think that there’s more to

straightened his posture and folded his hands in his lap.

a strangely cool tone. “About Adalyn clearly, but most

urged. What was going on here? What did the Beta mean?

of this Ca ssandra Keller and her origin

as odd. I don’t like what I’ve heard.

which one it was, but one of them was working for the Moses family under my nose. That was the true reason I’d brought Ca ssandra back in the first

me just as

the Alpha King’s decision?” I

immediately and then gave

I would never do that. I just worry about you. I want to make sure everything is well with you. You

crossed my arms against my chest. “I see. I question. your dedication to Wegalla, Oliver, as you keep challenging me at every

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