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.

bumped into two young

I apologized with widened eyes and then

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

not open to all.” I thought fast on my feet for an explanation and then offered the best excuse I could come

of the

find the restroom, but I’m lost.” “It’s around the corner,” the older woman replied with a raised eyebrow and

you going so quickly? You seemed tobe in a rush.” “The Lord and Lady are using one of the meeting rooms to speak, so we were called to

warned me again, and then she pulled

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

realize someone was following them. I

the hall carefully. I crept toward the door and once I was

The voices were muffled.

and fearfully but I couldn’t hear what either of the Moseses were saying in return. There was a minute of pause and then I heard Adalyn’s voice loudly dismissing the

me, probably some servants. I thought

was empty, I entered

let out

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