Exchanging Vows: The Swapped Wife Is a Top Shaman novel Chapter 85

Chapter 85: Chapter 85

Ivy’s Point of View

The next morning, the palace grounds were gripped by a freezing, sudden chaos. I had barely finished my morning tea when Nell burst into my quarters without even knocking.

"Lady Ivy, you need to move right now," Nell said frantically, with wide eyes. "Things are happening in the Luna’s courtyard. There is a big uproar, and the guards are swarming the main hall."

"What happened, Nell? Who is causing problems for my mother-in-law?" I asked.

"It’s Edna, the Luna’s head maid manager!" Nell gasped out. "She was accused of poisoning Luna Helena with the Silvervine root! They dragged her out of the quarters just minutes ago."

I didn’t waste another second. I hurried down the long corridors. This was completely unexpected—we had been looking for the hidden cook, but the traitor was actually the person closest to the Luna’s daily life.

When I pushed open the doors of the main hall, the atmosphere was suffocating. Alpha Alaric stood at the center of the room, he was indeed in rage. Mrs. Margot sat tightly on the side, her arms crossed, while Seraphina and Bastian’s mother, Vivienne, stood right behind her, their expressions a strange mix of shock and hidden fear.

In the center of the stone floor, the maid manager, Edna, was kneeling down. Tears were streaming down her face, her shoulders shaking as she wept. Yet, despite the guards surrounding her with drawn swords, she tightly pressed her lips together and completely refused to confess.

"Speak, woman!" Alpha Alaric roared, his voice so loud. He was obviously angry. "Who gave you the poison? Who paid you to destroy my lineage?"

Edna just shook her head, crying out loudly, but not a single name left her mouth!

Before Alpha Alaric could strike her down, the doors opened, and the Alpha’s Beta, Beta Tomie, walked inside with a grim expression. He held a leather sack in his hands, stepping forward to bow respectfully to Alpha Alaric.

"Alpha, our immediate investigation has yielded terrifying results," Beta Tomie announced, his voice carrying clearly across the hall. So, everyone could hear him clearly.

"We checked the pack borders first. Edna’s children left the territory early this morning under false names, fleeing toward the outer regions. Furthermore, when the guards ransacked the manager’s private room, they found a hidden compartment beneath the floorboards." He reported.

Beta Tomie turned the leather sack upside down, dumping the contents onto the long table with a loud, metallic crash. The elders gasped, and my eyes widened

"The guards found highly concentrated contraceptive powder," Beta Tomie explained, pointing at a small glass vial. "And right beside it, a large amount of gold and silver jewelry. She was paid a fortune to ensure Luna Helena remained completely infertile."

The betrayal inside the house was laid bare. Taking advantage of the sudden distraction as everyone stared at the gleaming pile of gold, the manager’s expression turned into one of pure desperation. Edna quickly reached into her sleeve, pulled out a small black pill, and swallowed the poison before anyone could jump forward to stop her.

Within seconds, her body stiffened completely. She let out a horrific, gurgling gasp, falling backward onto the stone floor. She convulsed violently. Dark, toxic blood began rapidly bleeding from her seven orifices—her eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. The poison was lethal and instantaneous. She died, breathing her last breath.

Alpha Alaric walked over, looking down at her lifeless corpse, his chest heaving with an unbridled, furious wrath.

"This worthless traitor does not deserve our soil!" Alaric growled savagely. "Guards! Drag her rotting carcass to the border lines. Throw her body to the rogue wolf area and let the wild beasts rip her to shreds!"

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