I sat on my bed, touching the hand which I had used to hold the cup. I still can't believe what just happened few minutes ago.
I exhaled.
But there's just one thing about that cup, some one tampered it and whosoever that used it, has no idea of what he or she must have taken.
You can guess it right... Some one poisoned the cup. I don't how but I saw it.
I won't let this bother me, and besides that's some thing probably between the suspect and the victim. I have nothing to do with it.
And whoever dies, it's definitely not my business either.
I laid down on my bed as I was feeling a bit sleepy. Maybe I'll have to tell Kaden about what happened. But the problem is, will he believe me?
He might think I had gone nuts or over slept to see some weird dreams thinking they are real.
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Few hours after she had slept off, the window banged to blow, opening her window open. The breeze blew straight directly to Illiana's body.
Immediately her eyes jerked open, sitting up, she got out of the bed.
Unconsciously, she left her room, heading down to double stair case. She made a left turn which led to the kitchen.
The door was locked but when she held the knob, it opened. She walked to where Hilda had kept the cup and jar of wine.
She touched the cup, her eyes opened wider. She saw a young lady take the cup from the kitchen, she was in a lemon green gown.
She was the maid assigned to get the wine. She took a paper from the left side of her breast, unfolding it gently so as to avoid Mrs Green from noticing.
She rubbed the drug at the tip of the cup, then on the jar too. She hide the drug back in its place, pretending not to have done some thing sinful.
She took the tray, leaving the kitchen with the innocent face she has, that one could hardly believe she actually did committed a crime.
She went into the meeting hall of alpha Kaden and his council. The cup was meant for one of the councils. Some one held her hand, whispering words into her ears before she set to the victim.
" No... No... Don't drink it. " Illiana shouted, but no one noticed her presence, not to talk of hearing her voice.
The maid poured some wine into the golden cup, standing beside him to see that he had drank the wine. And when he did so, he requested for another cup of wine.
She poured some more for him to drink, and when he saw that he still wasn't satisfied, he took the jar from her, dismissing her away.
She looked at the man who had whispered to her, they both nodded their head. She left the hall.
Illiana waited for some thing alarming to begin. Maybe, a dream or any thing reacting to show in him but, no. He drank like he hadn't taken any poison.
Or... Was it actually a poison?
When the ceremony was over, they had all gone to their respective rooms. She followed behind him to his room.
As soon as he stepped in, he started vomiting uncontrollably. Bloods and digested food stained the ground.
" What the f*ck is happening to me? " He rushed to the toilet, spitting into the sink.
He started washing his mouth, thinking it was over. But as he returned back to his room, it started again. But this time, worster than before.
He fell to the ground, holding his stomach tight. Ce started coughing out a huge amount of blood. " What... What is..." He passed out.
" The wolf packs might be the safest place but, it can also be the deadliest home to stay. " Said a voice like a whisper in her ear.
Illiana gasped back to reality, quickly taking her hands off the cup. She stared around her environment, how did she get here? She thought.
She quickly left the kitchen before any one could see her, returning back to her room. From the door, she looked at Crystal still asleep.
" What happened? " She asked herself again. " What's happening to me? " But there was no one to give an answer to her question.
She laid on her bed, consciously checking on herself. And when she saw she was still on her bed, she dozed off.
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The next day started with a sad news, the entire castle were alerted by the death of one of the chiefs. The news didn't sound new to Illiana, and she just realized what she had seen last night wasn't just a dream...
Rather, it was reality...
A part of her wants to tell Kaden about what she had seen and how it all happened, another part of her wants her to keep it to herself.
Kaden will surely need a proof if she has to inform him and she isn't familiar to any of the suspects. She has never seen the faces before, and that's one major thing Kaden will ask for.
Their identity.
" What happened to him? " Kaden asked the doctor.
" He was poisoned. Some one must have poisoned him during the ceremony. " Replied the doctor.
" But every one drank from the same wine, why is he only the one found dead? " He asked again.
" He must have been poisoned from his cup. I need to see the cup he had used to drink from last night. " He requested.
Kaden ordered some one to get the cup for the doctor. " There's a suspect in the building." He announced. " I need a thorough search in the house, any one with a strange identity should be reported immediately! "
All the guards left for the supervision. The maid who Kaden had sent a while ago to get the cup has returned. She gave the golden 8to the doctor who supervised it with his microscope.
He found some little particles of the remaining poison. He picked it out with a small spoon, testing it in his test tube.
" What did you see? " Kaden asked, impatient.
" It's a poison gotten from garlic root. The chemical is prepared for killing rats and insects, but some sweet scents were added to it to confuse any one who is poisoned with it.
Sir Gof was deceived by the scent and probably drank a lot from the wine jar. Who ever did this is still within the castle. " He stated.
" But the question is, why would some one desperately want Sir Gof dead? "
That was an answer Kaden is yet to find out. Or is this some how the beginning of the war?
Will the Vergence Pack in any way be behind this? What is actually going on?
" Vergence... " He cursed.
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(In Illiana's Room ...)
" Hey, Miss. " Hilda called, dropping the food in the table.
Illiana was unconscious of Hilda's entrance, she was lost to her thoughts. Hearing the death if Sir Gof didn't that much surprised her like the others were, but on the other hand it really did surprise her.
How she got to know about his death before any one else baffled her. How she got to see how it all happened was some thing she still couldn't find the answer to.
Why would some one wants him dead? And she was almost thinking the pack was the safest place... She's beginning to doubt herself.
Talking about the voice, who must have said those words? It didn't sound familiar to her but, those words were beginning to sound true to her.
If surely sir Gof was killed by poison, then it actually means two things. One, some one is actually envies him or...
Second, the war Evelyn talked about was about to happen.
" Miss?! " Hilda tapped her. She flinched, panting heavily. " Are you alright? " She asked.
" Yeah, of course, I am. "
" You don't look okay to me. I've been calling you for almost two minutes now but you didn't answer me. " She said, sounding worried.
" I'm okay, I was just... I was just wondering why some one would want Sir Gof dead. "
" Every one envy's the other. It's not some thing new. It's all over the world, both humans, lucan's, werewolves, demons... It's all for one purpose. "
" What purpose? " Illiana questioned.
" The quest for power. " She said. " Every one wishes to be Alpha Kaden's most trusted. And as you can see, Sir Gof was Alpha Kaden's second in command. Some one wants to take that position, and it's definitely this some one who is responsible for Sir Gof's death. "
" Who could it be? "
" That's a question we're yet to find out. "
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To Be Continued...