Chapter 141 : Deja Vu

*Jared*

Eliza was gone too long. I tracked her down to the bathroom and found her lying on the floor, moaning.

“Eliza!” I scooped her into my arms and shook her gently.

She groaned and her head lolled to the side.

“Eliza? Wake up, my love.” I patted her face gently.

She just groaned and turned in my arms.

Panic rose in my chest. What happened to her?

There was a yellow powder all over her face and shirt. This wasn’t good. She had a foreign substance on her and was stuck in some unconscious state.

It reminded me too much of how Lena had been when she was poisoned.

I needed to get Eliza to the White Queen.

I got her into the back of the car. “We need to get to King Xander and Queen Lena right now, double time!”

The driver peeled away from the curb and sped through the streets.

Lena and Xander weren’t that far. They were staying in Winter Forest. The driver pulled up in front of their hotel. I tossed him a tip and carried Eliza inside. I went straight for the front desk.

“I need to see Queen Lena, right now,” I demanded.

“Sir… is she alright….” the concierge pointed to Eliza.

“No! She’s the queen’s cousin and I need to get her to Queen Lena immediately!”

“Okay, yes, of course.”

The concierge made a call and a few moments later, Xander appeared in the elevator. He took me in and looked at Eliza.

“Goddess! Let’s go, now.” He waved me into the elevator. “The concierge said it was important but….”

“More like an emergency!”

“You could have called me directly,” Xander said, frowning slightly.

“Yeah, next time my wife ends up unconscious, I’ll call first.”

Xander pursed his lips. “I just meant….”

I sighed and nodded. “I know what you meant. Thanks.”

The elevator doors opened to the top-floor penthouse and Xander let us in. I brought Eliza to the bedroom and laid her on the bed.

Lena rushed right over and put a hand on Eliza’s forehead. She seemed to be reading Eliza’s energy.

“What happened?” Lena asked.

I shrugged. “I’m not sure… we were out to lunch and she went to the bathroom. I found her like this when she didn’t come back….”

“You didn’t inhale any of this, did you?” Lena pointed to the powder on Eliza’s face and shirt.

“No. I mean… I don’t think so.”

you haven’t started hallucinating, you’re probably

glanced at

powder is a very powerful hallucinogenic, mind-altering substance. I’ve had… some experience with

frantically. I was about ready to jump out of my

know what she was doing, but apparently,

and hummed softly. After a moment, she opened her

for what it’s doing to Eliza….” She brought her hand back to Eliza’s forehead

Any time Eliza made a sound, I looked at her, holding my breath

handed

the edge off. We need

one big gulp. Almost immediately, a state of heavy relaxation settled over me. I stopped pacing and sat on the bed beside Eliza.

“What’s going on?”

frowned and stepped away from the bed. “From what I

you were?” I asked, raising my eyes to

doubt it. I drank my poison. Eliza clearly inhaled this. Besides, the poison I drank was meant to keep me in a suspended state that

I kept my focus on Eliza. I squeezed

was still worried about her and the

was the goal?” I asked, keeping my

It is rare that hallucinogenic substances are used for killing. More than likely, it is being

what?” I asked, my voice hitching. “You

is wake Eliza up and hopefully, the substance hasn’t had a chance to fully do what it

nodded. “Yeah, can you wake

try. But I’m going to need a few things. Xander…?” She handed the king a

minutes.” He nodded and

you going to give

Rosalie made for me. But this one will be altered to match the substance

nodded and squeezed

to me at all. It was like she couldn’t feel my touch, even

clean her up. That

bowl of water and a cloth.

“I can do it.”

and

face. I

get her some clean

“Of course.”

out of the room for a moment and came back with some fresh clothes. She left

to wipe away

I had her dressed again, I went out of the bedroom and found Lena making a potion and Xander hovering

where to put the cloth and dirty clothes and then I went

You’ll be awake

and Lena had a mug of some steaming liquid in her hands.

Eliza’s head and angled her head up. I pressed the mug to her lips and

moment and then Eliza coughed and sputtered, blinking her eyes

back as she pitched forward, coughing

to her side

it Eliza, get it all out.

eyes. I saw her look at Lena and Xander. She smiled

what

my hand,

turned to me and her face paled. She

she recoiled from me. Her eyes shone with betrayal and… terror. She wrapped her arms around her protectively, like

are you doing here?” Her voice was almost

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