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.

I turned on my heels, I accidentally bumped into two young maids holding trays. They had been

apologized with widened eyes and then I studied

mass of red hair and the other, more sulky one was much, much older, The elderly woman’s dark eyes shot daggers at me and she

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

of the royal

corner,” the older woman replied with

to speak, so we were called to serve there,” the younger

warned me again, and then she pulled the younger

had intended to wander, but now that I knew their | intended destination, I decidedto follow the maids to

someone was following them. I remained just out of sight, |

watched as they knocked firmly. The door opened, and after they entered and it closed again, I crossed the hall carefully. I crept toward the door and once I was sure I

The voices were muffled.

address Oliver and Adalyn respectfully and fearfully but I couldn’t hear what either of the Moseses were saying in

some servants. I thought fast

it was empty, I entered and closed the

let out a soft

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