Chapter 38
Chapter 38
Rhea
I don’t sleep a wink, not even a wink. Maybe it’s because it isn’t my bed in the staff quarters or t Alpha. I’m not sure.
became I’m going to kill my
When the sun starts to rise, I head down into the kitchen. The preparations for the breakfast have dready begun. Rachel is in there amongst the other chefs. She gives me a small wave before getting to her work.
I take a quick walk around the kitchen, absorbing everyone who is here and what is happening, Once I’m done, I return to Rachel. Her back is turned away from me.
“Where is Ethel?” I ask.
I just want to know where Ethel is. Maybe because if she sees me taking the Alpha’s breakfast to his office, thell wop me and send someone else. Or perhaps I could confide in her about Catelyn and what she has forced me to do. Ethel sonverna believes me. I can see it in her eyes when she sees me. There’s pity, of course, but there’s also trust.
I know she’ll believe me if I tell her.
“Oh, she’s going to be resting for a while. Went down with a high fever last night.” Rachel responds, glancing over her shoulder.
I’m quiet.
“Do you want something to eat?”
“No,” I shake my head and step away. “I’m not really hungry.”
I take another glance around the kitchen. There’s steam coming from one side, and the scent of warm food rises into the air. There are sounds of people talking and clattering of spoons and forks on the trays. No one is batting an eye at me or anyone. Everyone’s doing what they are meant to do.
I take a deep inhale and turn to Rachel again.
“Where’s the Alpha’s breakfast?”
She glances down at me. “It should be ready by now. Nyla was supposed to take it,” Rachel groans a little. “Can you go find her if she’s not here?”
“I–I will. It’s fine.”
“You sure?”
“Yeah.”
I turn around, my heart heavy with guilt. Do I have a choice? Is there even one? Catelyn will kill me if I don’t do this. But I will kill someone if I do do this. What’s worse–what’s worse?
I swallow a thick sigh and raise my hand to my forehead. My other hand digs into my coat pocket, and I feel the bottle that’s still there, cold and tiny. I don’t understand why Catelyn wants to do this. I thought she loved Alpha Elias. She mated with
him.
And not only is she betraying him, she’s going to kill him too. Why? For power?
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My eyes water up a little as I reach his office. I knock on the door before wiping my eyes clean and then wait for his command to go inside. I open the door and go inside as soon as I hear it
He’s not alone.
There’s Catelyn there, sitting by the table. And then there’s the Beta, Lucas, standing. It seems like they were amidst a conversation. Catelyn gives me a stiff gaze as I walk in.
My heart begins to hammer inside my chest. I bow my head as I enter, trying to block the dread out of my mind as the vial starts to feel heavy in my coat. This isn’t good.
1 place the tray on the desk before him, keeping my gaze down.
“Yes, well, I agree that they should be reported to me as soon as possible, you know. The Winslow Pack has been nothing but disturbing The Alpha speaks to the Beta, not seeming interested in the food or the person who’s left it on his table.
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But Catelyn’s eyes are on me.
On the tea.
Then they go back to me. I don’t look up, but I don’t think I can when her gaze pierces holes in me.
The Alpha’s going to be poisoned. There will be no return from this. He’s going to die, and Catelyn–she’s going to kill him
I remove the tea from the tray along with everything else on it. My skin feels numb all over. I start feeling too hot, and sex clings to the back of my neck.
I pray from the bottom of my heart that the Alpha doesn’t drink the tea. And if he doesn’t, it’s not on me became be won’t be dead.
“Oh, Elias, let’s not concern ourselves in dealing with them,” Catelyn says, her eyes now leaving mine. Is just that timple. alright? The Winslows are a troubled pack. They do stupid things because they have not properly developed Let them line and dwell in their own filth.”
“I believe we can’t always let them to do things freel–The Beta of the pack speaks as I keep pouring the tea into a small porcelain cup. And then he suddenly stops talking. “What is that?” The question is directed to me–I think so.
I look up at him, “I—it’s tea.”
“What tea?”
“It’s a–herbal blend.”
He moves away from where he’s standing, and everything in the room falls silent. I look at the cup, at the tea inside it And he does the same before taking the cup and sniffing the tea, hard and persistent. “What is this blend made of?”
I don’t know.
All the while, my heart is throbbing inside my chest, begging to come out.
I glance at Catelyn before saying, “H–herbs and some honey.”
“What is it?” The Alpha’s voice makes me turn towards him.
The Beta, Lucas, takes another sniff at the tea. “It has a distinguished smell. Some herb. I’ve smelled this before. Just a moment,” He pauses for a moment before continuing. “Lupivora. It reeks of it.”
I feel my heart skip a beat.
“Lupivora?” The Alpha straightens up and takes the cup from Lucas.
Catelyn remains silent.
They’re confused, skeptical, and maybe even fearful because they both look at each other and then at the tray and the tea all the way to me.
Lucas finally nods. “Yes, I believe so.”
As a matter of fact, he’s not wrong. He’s perfectly right. All I can do is watch from there, all the while, my nerves burst out.
“Tell me what it does?” The Alpha asks.
“It’s–Lupivora, kills the wolf if taken in. It’s like a poison to us. That’s what I know. I heard it in the woods while I was on a research task. Someone’s trying to kill you.”
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