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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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you feeling? Lady Adalyn told me you fainted. We brought you to a quiet room to recover. Did you manage to get

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 would

I demanded,

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

dissatisfied with his answer, I couldn’t blame him, because he had no right to interfere in the Beta’s business or his

drugged by Adalyn as well. He could very well be hidden away somewhere in the compound. But I had my doubts

of the day, he was a Moses. There was always

lieutenant cautiously studied

wrong, Your

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

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 to conduct myself carefully to ensure things didn’t escalate further, if they hadn’t

then left the office without another word. When my head continued to spin, I took a moment to lean against the

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I was steady,

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

was safe.

walked, I prayed to the

the end of the corridor, I was surprised

Ector

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

over to it, I spied two syringes of sedatives were empty. They

and when I turned around, I was surprised to see the lieutenant. His blue eyes widened when they met

the man who was sleeping here?” I demanded. “Has anyone

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

the room

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

Beta doesn’t need to report or be checked

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