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As I rushed out of the room, my head ached and my equilibrium was thrown off. was still immensely dizzy from whatever Adalyn had given me, despite the intidote she had administered.

The hall was empty, and I was certain that she had made some kind of an excuse to keep any onlookers or curious military officials from checking in on me.

I released a heavy breath in annoyance. I felt so st upid to think the Betas were under control, but this was far beyond my expectations.

What had made Oliver do this?

Was he planning on a war?

As far as I knew, even though Oliver had support from the councilors, he had no absolute power as a usurper. Unless, of course, he had an accomplice.

I shook my head in frustration.

I couldn’t believe it had come to this.

I knew the Beta was untrustworthy, but I hadn’t expected something like this to happen, not now.

Without another moment of hesitation, I fought my dizziness and went straight to the lieutenant’s office. I knocked on the door, and the moment I heard him call out “Come in!”, I opened it and walked into the room.

The lieutenant seemed surprised to see me. His blue eyes were wide with shock and he rushed to his feet quickly.

“Your Majesty,” he greeted me, and then he offered me a bow of respect. “How

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Adalyn told me you fainted. We brought you to a quiet room

interested in making small talk on my wife’s behalf. I was annoyed that

is Silas?” I demanded, my

lower lip quivered once before he cleared his

answer, I couldn’t blame him, because he had no right to

It was suspicious that Silas wasn’t around, but there was a chance that he had been drugged by Adalyn as well. He could very well be hidden away somewhere in the compound. But I had my doubts and was concerned that he was involved in all of this

he was a Moses. There was always a possibility that he

swam with the possibilities, the lieutenant

wrong, Your

my head. “No. Nothing’s wrong, lieutenant.

him to know what happened, as it would likely cause unwanted problems. I couldn’t risk anyone on the military base interfering with whatever the Beta family was up to. I needed

the lieutenant a polite nod and then left the office without another word. When my

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Chapter 198 Imminent misfortune

was steady, I continued my

was at least mostly alright and vertical, I decided my next course of action was to check on Ector. While I was worried about Silas’ disappearance, Ca ssandra’s brother was one

was safe.

prayed to the Moon

the room at the end of the corridor, I was surprised to

Ector tucked into after we’d arrived

were perfectly adjusted, almost as if no one had been there in

when I crossed the room over to it, I spied two syringes of

around, I was surprised to see the lieutenant. His blue eyes widened when

here?” I demanded.

he began to stutter. “I-I, h-h-have no idea, Your M-Majesty.

the room

Silas,” I cut him off, and he nodded. His forehead broke out

need to report or be checked by anyone here,” he

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