Chapter 3: The Tea
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"We found poison in the tea he drank." The guard who just entered the room informed Rose.
Lena sucked in a breath but immediately composed herself.
"Where would Elena even get poison to use on the Alpha? No, she can't do that." Lena thought, shaking her head firmly.
"Oh, now we are getting closer to the truth." Rose muttered more to herself before facing Lena with a scowl.
"You gave that filthy thing the poison after she came crying to you that she has had enough, right?" Rose asked Lena, her eyes narrowing at the latter.
Lena's eyes flashed with fury for a split second at the false accusation but she managed to keep her calm.
"Getting angry right now won't help Elena." She thought, gritting her teeth.
"Firstly, she has a name. Elena. And secondly, she didn't come to me for anything like that. I am innocent, Elena is also innocent." Lena maintained sharply.
"You must think you are something important in this pack, Lena. You dare lecture me that a nobody has a name?" Rose asked her and scoffed dramatically, then she raised her hand at the guards who wasted no time in bundling Lena up.
"Go throw her into the dungeon. When I am done, I am going to start the t*****e by myself." Rose ordered the guards.
"Yes, your ladyship." The guards replied obediently and walked out of the room with a silent Lena bundled like a despised criminal.
"No..." Rose mumbled at the empty room after the door closed, letting her emotions show.
"Marcus, how would you get murdered like a powerless being? You were a powerful, feared Alpha!" She yelled and her body started racking with sobs.
"We have plans for today. You had plans for this morning." She yelled again amidst sobs. As she said that, she remembered the discussion she had had with him the previous day.
*FLASHBACK*
"Our pack is going to gain another powerful ally again, come tomorrow morning." Alpha Marcus had informed his wife, excitement shining all over his face.
"It is a great news. Who would have ever known that Alpha Jaxon was a peaceful person? He is nothing like the rumors." Rose had replied her husband.
"Since the rogues' attack on the neighboring pack, every pack wants to have an ally in order to weigh war against the rogues. So, let's just say Alpha Jaxon is being smart. This development is going to help both packs." Alpha Marcus had said.
"At least, I can sleep peacefully at night, knowing that members of my pack are safe." He added and he had smiled.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
"That was the happy conversation we had last night, my darling husband." Rose stated as the memory of the previous night faded.
"No, this is done by an insider, I am certain." She maintained firmly. A new feeling of anger surged through her body and then she wiped off her tears harshly and walked out of the room.
"That Omega is done for." She gritted her teeth as she thought of the perpetrator.
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"Say the truth and you will be spared of the punishment." Rose barked at the servants kneeling and trembling in fear before her.
"Tell me anything you know about the incident." She added, her voice stern and loud almost shaking the ground beneath the knees of the servants.
"What is this, moon goddess?" Rhea mumbled, tears stinging the corners of her eyes.
"Hey, you low thing with big eyeballs, speak up. She is your friend after all." Rose snarled at Rhea.
"Elena won't dare do such. She has actually been sick due to the punishment she served two days ago." Rhea replied, the confidence in her tone shocking even her. She didn't know her voice could come out as clear and confident like that, given the fact that she was so frightened.
"Of course, you would defend her. Anybody has something good to tell me before I order you all to be beheaded?" Rose yelled at the servants.
"Your ladyship, I saw something." One of the servants spoke up, shocking the others.
A triumphant smile crept it's way onto Rose's face and she clenched her fists.
"Just a little longer, my beloved husband. The one who murdered you will soon join you." Rose seethed.
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Later that evening;.
"Oh, dear moon goddess!" Lena exclaimed as she saw Elena in a pool of her own blood. Her legs tied firmly with shackles laced with wolfsbane, were bleeding profusely.
Lena had just been thrown into the dungeon after some minutes of interrogation and punishment which had left some injuries on her face and neck.
"Elena, are you awake?" Lena inquired as she tugged on Elena's arm with her free hand, crouching over her.
Elena opened her eyes slowly.
"W... What are you doing here, Lena?" Elena asked the other woman, her lips quivering.
"That is not important. We need to find means of clearing this mess." Lena said to her.
At the mention of the mess, Elena's eyes fell and she hung her head lowly as if feeling remorseful.
"I know you didn't do it, no need to feel that way. We just need to find a way to clear your name. To expose the real criminal." Lena told her gently but Elena shook her head in disagreement.
"What do I do in this situation? Aren't I done for, already?" Elena asked tearfully.
"Not yet, Elena. You just have to tell me everything you saw in that room, how everything happened from when you entered to when the Alpha entered, and then to how you found him dead." Lena explained to her.
Elena nodded in understanding and heaved a sigh before opening her mouth, a distant look in her face as she tried to remember the incident.
"As I was preparing the tea, I..." She was saying but suddenly stopped. Her head spun as she saw flashes of what was supposed to be the memories of the incident.
"Lena, I think I am the criminal..." Elena muttered, shocking the other woman.
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