Chapter 296 Adalyn's plan BECKY Though I was no stranger to witnessing Adalyn’s awful behavior, this was something else entirely. When she had ransacked our lab and gotten into altercations with Cassandra, she had been whiny, childish, and bratty.

But here in Silas’ room, she was acting differently. It was awful and infuriating to see her acting as if she cared about her brother or all of these healers.

Strangely, I had the sense that Adalyn was trying to control her father. I thought it was the other way around, but Adalyn seemed to be pulling the strings successfully.

Oliver Moses scanned the room and

then his son’s lifeless form for a moment and then let out a heavy sigh.

He ran his hand through his graying hair and then nodded his head. The pair left the chamber and once the door closed behind them, I shook my head and frowned.

As the healers around me let out collective sighs of relief and talked amongst themselves, I thought about Adalyn’s words.

A plan? What plan? Mentioning the king and the country in front of us had been a bold move and I had a feeling they were going to take some new, drastic actions, ones that could have terrible consequences. I needed to find out what was happening and what they planned to do.

So, after Adalyn and Oliver had been gone for five minutes or so, I made the excuse of needing to use the restroom.” The healers were so focused on the encounters with the Moseses to notice and I slipped out of the room easily.

I had hoped to find where Oliver and Adalyn were going to talk but I hadn’t expected that the House of Moses would be so large and complicatingly structured.

corridor aimlessly and when I turned on my heels, I accidentally bumped into two young maids holding trays. They

apologized with widened eyes and then

thick mass of red hair and the other, more sulky one was much, much older, The elderly

wing of the house is not open to all.” I thought fast on my feet for an explanation and then

the royal healers,” I

I’m lost.” “It’s around the corner,” the older woman replied with

Lord and Lady are using one of the meeting rooms to speak, so we were called to serve there,” the younger maid spoke up. “It isn’t normally our duty-" “Enough,” the older woman cut her off. “There’s no reason to explain all of this

she warned me again, and then she pulled

wander, but now that I knew their | intended

a hurry they didn’t realize someone was following them. I remained

the hall carefully. I crept toward the door and once I was sure I was in the clear, I held my ear against it. It was a bold move but I had to be brave if I wanted to discover whatever plot they were

The voices were muffled.

Moseses were

I thought fast on my feet and opened the door

empty, I entered and closed the door quietly behind

out

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