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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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brought you to a quiet room to recover.

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 would

Silas?” I

lieutenant appeared nervous and his lower lip quivered once before he cleared his throat. “I-I

couldn’t blame him, because he had no right to interfere in the Beta’s business

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

There was always a possibility that he

the possibilities, the lieutenant cautiously studied me and cleared his

something wrong, Your

then shook my head. “No.

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

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steady, I

was worried about Silas’ disappearance, Ca ssandra’s brother was one of my

was safe.

prayed to the Moon Goddess that

of the corridor, I was surprised to find that it was completely

which Silas and I had Ector

adjusted, almost as if

over to it, I spied two syringes of sedatives were empty. They had been left by the base’s healer to be used

surprised to see the lieutenant. His blue eyes

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

h-h-have no idea, Your M-Majesty. No healer has been here and no one else has been

the room without

cut him off, and he nodded. His forehead

report or be checked by anyone here,” he

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