SELAH'S POV: The next morning, I woke up with a yawn. It was the dawn of a new day and for a few minutes, I totally forgot about the whole thing that happened yesterday. Everything seems different. The whole atmosphere, the dawn of a new day. Birds chirped in the trees and saturated sunlight leaked through my open window panes. A smile flooded my face and I turned and walked towards the door. I'm so hyped up for today. Opening the door, I leave my room. I find my father in the kitchen and this time, he's brooding. I hope he's not thinking about my mother this time? I'd be really mad at him. "Hey, Dad. Good morning." He jolts like he's just getting out of a trance. When he sees me, he smiles weakly. "Hey, honey. How are you?" I take a seat on the stool beside him. "I'm okay, Dad. But I'm worried about you," "Worried about me?" He asks and chuckles. "Yes. You've been really silent and I don't even know. Is it because of mum?" He smiles and

CHERRY'S POV: Something about Onyx's demeanor didn't feel right. The way his eyes darted from side to side when I asked him about our parents' whereabouts. I knew he was lying about something and I was going to find out. Last night was when I opened my eyes after eight weeks. Luckily for me, one of the maids had just come in that night to change my sheets. She screamed at the top of her voice before running out of my room to get Onyx. When he came back, he was so happy. I was engulfed in a long hug until the doctor arrived and told him I shouldn't be exerting so much energy. But I was so happy to see my brother after a long time. I was about to ask for my parents when the doctor injected some weird liquid into my skin. Before I could complete my statement, I was fast asleep. Waking up this morning, the first thing on my mind was to find my parents. Before the maids came in, I had sneaked out of my room to go to them. I was getting prepared to yell at them for not

ONYX'S POV: I just knew that there was something wrong. Right from when I found them both at the garden talking to each other like they were long lost friends to the dining room. I watched Cherry as she spoke to Hazel. Hazel seemed uncomfortable but she was unrelenting. I knew my sister. She would suddenly become your friend just so she could get something out of you. But what was it? What exactly was it? I had asked everyone to keep the news of the happenings of yesterday from her. I had also asked them to keep shut and not answer her even if she threatened to report them to me. I knew Hazel wasn't going to tell her such a thing. She was a wise woman. I watched Hazel leave the dining room and when Cherry stood to her feet moments after, I gave her a look. "Why have you suddenly become close with Hazel? When did you suddenly stop hating her?" Cherry shrugged and quickly wiped her mouth. I knew there was something she wanted to talk about. There r

SELAH'S POV: Guetta was Onyx's beta and I never really liked him. He also made sure to tell me that he didn't like a bit of me and we had come to terms with that. But hearing that he was at the door filled me with terror and angst. He has never visited me before and him visiting at this time told tales of trouble. My father held me close and looked into my eyes. "Are you sure you want to see him? I can tell him to come back later. You're not in good shape to actually see him," I smiled stiffly at my Dad. "Don't worry, Dad. I'll go see him now. I'm okay," He looked at me with uncertainty. "Are you sure?" I nodded and smiled at him before patting his arms. "I'll go now," He nodded and I went into the house. I just hoped he wasn't following after me because I didn't have the strength to start explaining why I poisoned the King and the Queen or begging him to stop crying. Luckily for me, he wasn't following after me. Maybe he was giving me a little bit

ONYX'S POV; Hazel had stood up to me quite a few times but it was never this way. She has never yelled at me like this so I know she's really mad at me. Tears streamed down her eyes as she spoke and I wanted to pull her into a hug but I fought against my defenses and reminded myself that she put Cherry back on her sick bed. I also wanted to tell her that Selah was the one who poisoned my parents but I couldn't. I was going to look like a fool before her because I had defended Selah and even hit Hazel severally. I was going to hide it from everyone because it would be used against me. My parents would, Earl would and probably Nykon. Hazel would never see things the same way again and it was going to be in me. That was the reason I had requested for her presence. I wanted her to avoid me because it was going to create suspicions. Now that Guetta and the two other guards knew, I had to warn them against letting anyone know. Yes, it was going to cause an a