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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 to recover. Did you manage to

making small talk on my wife’s behalf. I was annoyed that she’d

is Silas?” I demanded, my tone

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

was dissatisfied with his answer, I couldn’t blame him, because

as well. He could very well be hidden away somewhere in the compound. But I had my doubts and was

him, but at the end of the day, he was a Moses. There

my mind swam with the possibilities, the lieutenant cautiously studied me and

something wrong, Your Majesty?”

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

polite nod and then left the office without another word. When my head continued to spin, I took a moment

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I was steady, I continued my

of action was to check on Ector. While I was worried about Silas’ disappearance, Ca ssandra’s brother was one

was safe.

I prayed to the Moon Goddess that Ecotr was

when I entered the room at the end of the corridor, I was surprised

which Silas and I had Ector tucked into after we’d

as if no one had been

something on the bedside table, and when I crossed the room over to it, I spied two syringes of sedatives were empty.

me, and when I turned around, I was surprised

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

he began to stutter. “I-I, h-h-have no idea, Your M-Majesty. No healer has been here and no one else has been able

room without

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

Beta doesn’t need to report or be checked by anyone here,” he

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