Rose dropped her head down in defeat and weakness.
She felt dazed and her mind began to spin as she saw the blood of Bernice in her hands.
She had JUST been about to tell her who had ordered her to poison.
Now she would never know.
Then she heard guards come into the room and she could feel her husband’s presence arrive.
"Rose are you okay?" Cherry asked worried.
"What the hell did you do?" Rose asked racing to Cherry and grabbing her arms in anger.
Her husband pulled her away and separated her from her sister .
"Rose calm down." Her husband said .
"Why are you attacking me?" Cherry asked. "I just saved your life."
"Saved my life?" Jasmine demanded in anger. "You ruined everything! I didn’t need your help! She didn’t do anything and you killed her!"
Cherry gawked in shock at her outburst.
"W...wh.. what is wrong with you?" Cherry asked lost for words. "She was going to kill you."
"She wasn’t going to kill you. What gave you the idea! I was standing right in her front and she was not going to do anything!" Rose stomped her feet.
"You need to calm down." Her husband said as he gently touched her shoulders. "You know I never back anything that Cherry does but she was only trying to help."
Rose jerked free from his grasp.
"Whose side are you on?!"
"I’m on yours of course." He said. "But you have to understand that we were all worried for you and Bernice could have killed you."
"Killed me?" Rose said spiraling. "She was a harmless servant until now."
Then she frowned. "Why are you here?"
And she looked at the number of Royal guards that were in the room. "Why and how are all of you here."
"We heard the screams and we came as soon as we could." Her husband informed. "How did you even know she could kill me?" Rose asked irritated.
"Cherry claimed that there had been some investigations and suspicions into Bernice stay in the castle. It had been low-key, until tonight." He informed her.
"And you didn’t tell me?!" Rose yelled at Cherry.
"I was only trying for protect you." Cherry said sounding hurt.
At this point Rose was furious and distraught.
She wanted to slab and scream all over the place.
She was burning in rage.
"Protect me? I am the fucking Queen. I don’t need fucking protection!" Rose said.
"Rose what actually happened?" He asked looking confused at her reaction.
Rose beamed in anger and rage.
"She is dead." The castle healer said. "Nothing can be done."
Rose wanted to lose my mind.
Her only way of discovering who had been trying to kill her, was gone.
"I didn’t mean to tell you." Cherry said. "But Bernice has been in co-horts with some bad people. There are a lot of bad people in this place. Ever since I returned all I have done is try to fish them out. We can’t have traitors in our midst. I didn’t want to tell you because it could have jeopardized everything."
Rose shook her head unable to believe what the hell she was hearing.
And then she looked at her husband the first time that night.
He looks disheveled.
He was shirtless and his hair was a mess.
He also smelled funny. His scent was mixed with something else.
As if he had been with a group of other wolves or someone.
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