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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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told me you fainted. We brought you to a quiet room to recover. Did you manage to

and tone were kind and flattering, I wasn’t interested in making small talk on my wife’s behalf. I was annoyed that she’d spun such an untrue story, but unsurprised in the least. Adalyn was a snake and

I demanded, my

cleared his throat. “I-I don’t know where the Lord Beta is,

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

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

a Moses. There was always a possibility that he was wrapped up in the

the possibilities, the lieutenant cautiously studied me and cleared

Your Majesty?”

shook my head. “No. Nothing’s wrong, lieutenant. I was simply

unwanted problems. I couldn’t risk anyone on the military base interfering with whatever the Beta family was up

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

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I was steady,

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 of my main priorities. With Adalyn being here, there was a

was safe.

walked, I prayed to the Moon Goddess that Ecotr

room at the end of the corridor, I was surprised to find that it

Silas and I had Ector tucked into after

was unoccupied. The sheets were perfectly adjusted, almost as if no one had been there in the

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

turned around, I was surprised to see the lieutenant. His

the man who was sleeping here?”

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

the room

cut him off, and he nodded. His forehead

Beta doesn’t need to report or be

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