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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

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

is Silas?” I

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

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

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 of this too. If so, things would be much more complicated.

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

possibilities, the lieutenant cautiously

wrong, Your

shook my head.

base interfering with whatever the Beta family was up to. I needed to conduct myself carefully to ensure things didn’t escalate further, if

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

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Chapter 198 Imminent misfortune

steady, I continued my

course of action was to check on Ector. While I was worried about Silas’ disappearance, Ca

was safe.

prayed to the Moon Goddess that

of the corridor, I was surprised to

which Silas and I had Ector tucked into after

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

the room over to it, I spied two syringes of sedatives were empty. They had been left by

heard footsteps behind me, and when I turned around, I was surprised to see the

was sleeping here?” I

stutter. “I-I, h-h-have no idea, Your

the room without

off, and he nodded. His forehead broke out with

doesn’t need to report or be checked by

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