Chapter 79 Who Poisoned the Matriarch?
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The healer pressed her car to Carina’s chest. Then she gently opened Carina’s eyelids and let out a long sigh. “She’s barely hanging on,” the healer said quietly. “You should
prepare yourselves.”
Reva dropped to her knees with a heavy thud. Her wailing was so loud it felt like it could tear the roof apart.
Low sobs spread through the room. People whispered to each other in fear. An older, respected woman from the tribe stepped forward and helped Reva to her feet.
“Now is not the time to fall apart,” she said firmly. “Your mother is gone. The tribe still needs a leader.”
As she spoke, her eyes turned toward Rosalie, who stood in the corner.
Everyone looked at Rosalie.
Reva had always wanted the position of tribe leader. She had already ruined Rosalie’s reputation; how could it possibly be Rosalie’s turn?
Rosalie, however, had no interest at all in leading the tribe. She walked straight to the healer and spoke calmly. “May I ask,” Rosalie said, “does my mother have internal bleeding that won’t stop?”
The healer looked surprised and looked at the young woman.
“Yes. That’s exactly her condition. How did you know?”
“I know a little about healing,” Rosalie replied. “May I take a closer look? There might still be a way.”
The healer stepped aside. Rosalie checked Carina’s pulse. She lifted her eyelids and examined them carefully. Then she turned to face the crowd.
“My mother didn’t fall ill naturally,” Rosalie said. “She was poisoned.”
Her words hit the room like a bomb. Gasps broke out. People whispered in fear. Reva’s face grew pale. Her teeth clenched tight as she tried not to show panic.
“How can you tell?” someone asked.
Rosalie couldn’t exactly say she had learned the truth by overhearing gossip. Instead, she spoke with confidence, “Everyone, look at my mother’s hand. Her fingernails are dark purple.”
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She lifted Carina’s hand and showed it to the crowd. Sure enough, the strange color was clearly visible.
“And my mother is the leader of the tribe,” Rosalie continued. “She was a respected woman. She rarely left the tribe, and she had no reason to get hurt. So how could she suddenly suffer internal bleeding for no clear reason?”
She turned and asked one of her mother’s husbands, “You serve my mother. Was she injured recently?”
He shook his head. “No. The Matriarch rarely leaves the tribe. We handle all daily matters for her. There was no chance for her to get hurt.”
Facing the noisy crowd, Rosalie dropped a conclusion that sent chills through the room.
“My mother was poisoned.”
The healer was shocked. She hadn’t expected someone so young to notice such details and correctly judge Carina’s true cause of death.
Her eyes lit up as she stared at Rosalie, as if she had discovered a rare treasure. Someone like this had to be taken back to the Healers’ Guild.
The people below began guessing wildly. Someone even mentioned Reva’s name. Reva panicked. She pointed at Rosalie and started twisting the story.
“It was you! You hated Mother for driving you out of the tribe, so you poisoned her!”
Rosalie replied calmly, “If I were the one who poisoned her, would I really announce that she died from poison? That would only invite trouble for myself.”
She then looked at Reva. “But you, little sister, you’ve been so nervous. You’re sweating already. Could the one who poisoned her be you?”
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