Fafnir gave a bag to Tania. She took it and looked at it intensely. She said, "This is the bottle of wolfsbane that was found in Nora's possession."
Platt paled when Tania took the bottle out of the bag and dangled it in front of him. His eyes drifted to Nora. She started crying again. His mind went completely. What was happening? Dizziness blurred his vision and for a moment he thought he would faint. He stood in his place, trying not to fall.
Tania walked to Nora who was so pale and sick that it was impossible for her to move. As soon as she had drunk the tea, Eltanin ordered Gordon to take her to the healer. He asked him to wash her stomach so that she survived. The healer had helped her vomit it all out, yet the poison had affected her badly. She felt numb in her limbs. She couldn't move. She tried to crawl out of the bed and run, but her hands were shackled. The poison was so strong that her wolf had died. She felt like an empty shell. On top of that, the queen and the General were questioning her nonstop. The king too joined them from time to time.
Tania looked at Platt and gave him the bottle. "She says that the bottle was given by you. Now the question is, why would you want to kill your queen?"
A growl emerged from the back. Platt spun and saw the king entering. Every little kernel of energy and hope in him evaporated.
"Answer her question," Eltanin growled.
Platt spun back to the queen with wide eyes and tension radiating off his face. "I didn't give th—this b—bottle to her." He peered at Nora who had gone stiff. "I am not the kind who would do it. Sh—she is vicious." He pointed at Nora. "She must have done it on her own."
Tania raised an eyebrow. "Before you speak any further, let me tell you that we have Morgan in the dungeons. And he has already given his statement against you. You purchased wolfsbane from him." Then she gave the bottle back to Fafnir. She walked to Nora who was shrinking all the more. "You gave that wolfsbane to Nora to kill me. I am going to ask you the question again." She paused. "Why did you try to kill me? Was it on Menkar's behest?"Follow current novels on novelb((in).(com)
Eltanin lowered his hand when Tania stroked his back. His nerves settled a little.
Nora continued, "The spy, Kypho, gave us money to provide him with information."
"From how long is this going on?" Eltanin asked, glancing at Fafnir.
"Almost ten years," Nora replied. "But initially the information was very insignificant. However, after we heard that a slave was your lover and then that slave turned out to be the Princess of Pegasii, our vigilance increased."
Eltanin felt like killing her, but it was Tania's hand that had stopped him.
"Kypho had increased our pay. He was the one who gave us instructions about what to do next."
"So that is how Kypho managed to get me the in the king's ball in the beginning?" Tania mused.
"We helped Kypho to get a slave girl in the ball," Nora said through her tears. "But I swear that I didn't know who it was. Kypho never revealed it to us. It was supposed to be a great secret."
Tania remembered how easy it was for her to get inside the ball where she met Eltanin for the first time.
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