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201. Deadly Poisons

Author: Kiki Jones
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-26 04:24:42

ALPHA KING XALEN

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Saying I was angry would be the understatement of the century.

These past few months, I have lost a lot of people who mattered to me. Even though Laura turned out to be a snake, losing her affected me, and Uncle Calvin’s death remained a trauma I couldn’t get over as fast as I wanted.

And now, Haylee was poisoned by one of the servants in my home?

There was no way in hell I would allow her to go scot-free. There was no way in hell I wouldn’t make an example of her!

“First, Ghostflower juice, and she still had the audacity to use Ashen venom?” Theo gritted angrily within me. My anger boiled hotter with every step I took toward the one place that smelled like that bitch—her bedroom.

I knew she wasn’t there, but I needed to get my hands on whatever was left of the venom she fed my woman. I couldn’t shake off the need to get rid of it along with her. I got to her bedroom, ransacked it, and found vials of poisons laid carelessly within her bedside drawer.

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