“Well, he shrugged. “Alpha Kings usually have the fortification to withstand certain kinds of poisons. The King isn’t supposed to die by mere poisoning.”
I nodded. It made sense. “How about the people responsible for his food and drink?”
“They’ve already been locked up and are currently being punished and interrogated. But so far, they’re all swearing their innocence.”
Something didn’t feel right. If King Thaddeus had been murdered, it only meant there was a huge issue on ground. And if we didn’t find out what it was, it might be too late by the time we do.
The representatives and I deliberated more on the issue for some time before they said something else.
“Right now, we have a more pending issue. The Central Throne is empty, and judging from history, it isn’t advisable to leave it vacant for long. We need a new King as soon as possible.”
That had occurred to me the moment they delivered the news of the King’s death. Someone needed to take his place. “We know how it’s done. The top ten ranking Alpha have the right to participate in the process.”
But the final decision lies with the elders and representatives of the central pack. They’d be the ones to take a vote based on the strongest and most productive Alpha.
Usually, the current Alpha King could play a huge role in recommending someone before his passing. But since King Thaddeus suddenly passed away before he could give his recommendations, the whole decision would have to lie with the elders.
I was pretty ouro a lat
“We just want you to know that King Thaddeus spoke very highly of you,” one of the elders said. “And we also see what you’ ve been doing. Don’t think we have an interest in anyone else.”
My face gave nothing; no impression whatsoever. “I appreciate your belief in me, but we’ll still have to go through the normal process, you know that.”
“We do. We’re just letting you know that you’re a good recommendation.”
I shrugged. The truth was, a part of me had seen this coming. King Thaddeus and I had a good relationship, and well, I was currently the highest ranking Alpha. I’d always suspected the throne might be left to me someday.
We discussed other things, like funeral arrangements and how to break the news to the public.
A while later, they left.
For the rest of my day, my mood was completely ruined.
I stayed in my office, flipping through reports Thaddeus and I had shared, hoping to find something suspicious. I didn’t know why I felt a conspiracy concerning his death. Someone killed him. But for what reason exactly?
Something didn’t feel right.
By evening, my mother came in to grumble about how it was late and I hadn’t had anything to eat yet. I sent her away, still too angry.
But a while later, Kael arrived with an information.
“Sorry for bothering you, but I think you might want to see this.” He held out his phone to me.
A video was playing on it, and as soon as I realized the person in the video, my anger amplified. What the fuck.
“Is that Lyric!?” I snarled.
He nodded as he withdrew the phone from my face.
Rage filled my chest. I squeezed the pen in my hand so hard it snapped.
What in the name of Hades was this?
I stood up. “Get the car ready. Quickly.”
LYRIC
“You know, for someone who’s about to become the Luna of the Almighty Darkspire, I don’t think this is a great idea,” Jace said as I downed my sixth shot.
“Oh, please!” I rolled my eyes. “Don’t act like you’re not enjoying this.”
He laughed, confirming my suspicion.
I smiled as I returned to the top stage, taking up the mic, singing and dancing the stupid dance steps I could come up with in my head.
They were funny, I knew. All I knew how to do best was sway my hips.
Another man came up to hold me around my waist.
Nope. I was done with this.
“Just dance alone now, will ya? I’m done dancing with others.” I winked at him.
He looked displeased but left.
I sang and laughed happily for a long time. Ooh! The people seemed to really like me.
I descended the stage to take more shots.
“You sing beautiful,” a young fine man said when I took the last step down the stage.
I flashed a smile at him. “Thank you, gentleman.”
“And you’re really beautiful.” He added.
Another smile. “I know. Thank you.”
Suddenly, he held my hand. “Would you mind dancing with me?”
Ugh. It felt like I’d danced with almost everyone already. “Sorry, you should’ve come earlier.”
I fred my hand and returned to Jace.
“Lyric, do you know who that is?” He looked amused.
I glanced back at the man to see him walking back to a booth.
“No. I can’t know everyone, Jace.”
“Okay. Well, look to your right.”
I did, and the face I saw made me want to puke.
Michelle.
The little bullying bitch.
What the hell? She was here?
Well, she wasn’t just here, she was also glaring at me like I took her candies.
“While you were up there, displaying your awful vocal skills, she came in with him. And I do not need a soothsayer to tell me they share a thing. Apparently, the young man seems to share that very thing with others.”
I looked back at the man who had joined a couple of boys. Oh…
“Well, first of all, I don’t have terrible vocal skills. Have you seen how people clamour when I’m up there? Secondly, looks like Michelle is still very lucky with getting the good guys.”
And back then, she always made it clear to me that I could never get the good guys.
“Not to make you sad, honey, but I think the words the people were clamoring was ‘get down from that stage. And to answer your question about Michelle’s boyfriend-he just asked you for a dance, and you turned him down. Don’t you feel like making someone a little jealous?”
The idea sounded funny to me. I was almost dismissing it when I looked at Michelle again and had second thoughts. She used to be a real bitch back then, and now, I could get a little bit of revenge on her.
“You’re a genius, Jace. Anyone ever told you the successfully un
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