"Two days back we received Kypho's orders to kill you. But I wasn't sure that I would get the chance so fast. I just worked on my own plans," Nora revealed. "I suggested the tea to you."Read latest chapters at nov(e)lbin.com Only
"And Flora had sniffed the poison," Eltanin mumbled, his throat choking with emotions.
Nora said, "I thought that since you were a fae, you had tolerated a small amount, and so I gave you a stronger potion next time." Nora was feeling extremely weak now. She was panting, gulping for air. "Please Your Highness," she wheezed. "Kill me..." She didn't want to spend the rest of her life in dungeons.
"What else do you know about the spy?" Tania asked, ignoring her plea.
"He— he has been—" Nora sucked in a sharp breath. "—with the High Priest of Cetus Monastery for a very long time. Kypho is the most trusted man of Menkar."
"Does he have a hunchback?" Tania wanted to confirm her suspicions.
"Please forgive me, Your Highness," Platt said, crawling up and managing to sit. "It wasn't me who wanted to kill her. It was Kypho and Nora was the one who executed her plan. She didn't even consult me, so how am I the culprit?"
Eltanin grasped his throat and started squeezing. He peeled his lips back and bared his fangs. Aether spilled out of his eyes and his body became hot. His fingers on Platt's neck were like hot iron, burning into his skin. He snarled. "If I want, I can squeeze the life out of you, but I won't. Because I will do it later. You are the culprit because you procured wolfsbane." Saying that he shoved Platt on the floor. "Take him!"
Fafnir bowed to the king and asked, "What about Nora?"
"I have called Gordon. She will be taken to the dungeons."
"No! No!" Nora shrieked, but her voice sounded like a cat's meow. "Please don't take me to the dungeons. Kill me." Her wolf had died and she was already feeling like she had no soul left. It was too agonizing for her. Without the wolf, one became crazy and eventually died, but they died a very painful death.
"You will remain in the dungeons for the rest of your life," said Eltanin. "Keep her in an isolated row," he instructed. "And prepare the dungeon next to hers for Kypho."
Nora shrieked and screamed and tried to resist the soldiers who had come to take her, but she was no match against them. Half of her strength was gone with her wolf.
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Kypho was holed in the house for the entire morning. Platt had some dinner left from yesterday which he ate. Cold oat bread with roasted chicken. He was getting impatient. So he went to the balcony and saw—