Chapter 198 Imminent misfortune

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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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to a quiet room to recover. Did you manage to get some

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 would do

Silas?” I demanded,

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

because he had no right to interfere in the

be hidden away somewhere in the compound. But I had

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

lieutenant cautiously studied me and cleared his throat

Your Majesty?” he

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

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

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

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was steady,

Silas’ disappearance, Ca ssandra’s

was safe.

prayed to the Moon Goddess that Ecotr was

at the end of the corridor, I was surprised

Silas and I had Ector tucked into after we’d

sheets were perfectly adjusted, almost as

spied two syringes of sedatives were empty. They had been left by the base’s healer to be used in an

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

was sleeping here?”

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

the room without

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

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