All Chapters of Scent of Betrayal: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

AriaI soaked in the warm tub, playing with bubbles. I scooped some more and gently threw them up. They floated, and my eyes followed their every movement.Just as they started descending, I raised a hand—and they stopped.“Wow,” I gasped, amazed by this.With every move I made, the bubbles followed. When my hands went left, they drifted left; when I moved right, they followed. This had to be because of my Venegan relations. I wondered if this was what they called, telekinesis—using the power of one's mind to control things, but in this case, my hands were involved.I decided to try something else. Still sitting in the tub, I turned toward the door. I released a breath, lifted my hands, and focused on it. Slowly, I drew my hands backward, and the door creaked open. My eyes widened in excitement. Then I pushed my hands forward, and the door slammed shut.“Princess! Are you okay?” Brienne called from outside, her voice laced with concern.“Yes!” I replied quickly, giggling. “Totally fin

AriaKai had pointed out the suspicious guard, and Brienne had already begun her investigation on him. He was one of the pack’s guards, which meant he’d likely been killed by the backup assassin who had taken his form. It wouldn’t take long before his true form showed.Brienne had walked past him while wearing the Caris ash, but he didn’t react one bit. Kai had mentioned that one of the tricks of the backup assassin was the ability to make themselves resistant to the ash—though it wasn’t permanent. With time, the resistance would break.We had to move fast with this plan, win the backup assassin over, and send Kai to Flynn’s pack for my grandmother’s things. So far, everything had gone smoothly without Kaiden catching even a whiff of it.A small smile crept across my face at that thought as I swung my sword to the right, striking at an imaginary opponent. I was out in the open field—the training ground just a few feet away from the castle. I had seen Kaiden and Riven sparring with som

AriaWe stood in silence. My eyes drifted over the garden below, one I had never actually visited. It was filled with different flowers, some familiar, others strange. The east wing of the palace was quiet, barely used. A solitary place.Kaiden’s room was in the west wing, and mine had to be close to his, to keep up the facade of our bond. Still, I was grateful it was a few doors away.“Since the perpetrator is dead…you’re free now, right?” I asked, breaking the silence.“I wish,” she murmured, shaking her head solemnly. “I can only find peace if I clear Kaiden’s name—and yours.”It still stunned me that Kaiden was being framed for murder, and no one thought to tell me. Maybe I wasn’t as important as I’d thought. Not that I ever really had my hopes high.“You said Kaiden was framed. Since he’s an Alpha, investigations should be going on quietly. Outsiders shouldn’t even know about it.”“Well…the rogues have quite a reputation,” she said, glancing down. “Not many Alphas like Kaiden. Wo

Kaiden“Why didn’t you return all this while?” I asked, breaking the suffocating silence.Aria and Brienne had quietly left the room some time ago, leaving only the two of us.“That’s a funny question to ask, considering you almost killed me,” Eliana said, her eyes drooping as a faint, sad smile touched her lips.I said nothing. Indeed, I might have killed her, thinking she was another threat sent to harm Aria. With the news of Aria’s bloodline spreading like wildfire, everyone had become a suspect. Her sudden return only deepened that suspicion.But she had died in the dungeon—right when she was about to reveal her killer’s name. I had watched her being placed into her coffin, watched the coffin being lowered into the grave. The pain of that day was still fresh.“Many people are after her life,” I muttered. “And then you appear out of nowhere. I saw you die.”Aria was convinced that Eliana wasn’t a ghost. And slowly, I was beginning to believe it too.“Well… I didn’t,” she said quiet

Aria“Hide!” Brienne exclaimed in a hushed tone before ducking under the space underneath a corpse.As the door creaked open, I ducked to the left, holding my breath.The door was gently slammed shut, accompanied by soft footsteps which was headed in Brienne's direction.“I know you're here. You can come out, it's me, Kai.” I sighed in relief, coming out of my hiding place with Brienne doing the same. Kai stood between a corpse, dressed in the same brown sack we wore with the large, ridiculous hat.“You came just at the right time. We found a look-alike, same features as you, but you’d have to pluck the eyes from another corpse.” Brienne pointed to the corpse which we had found.“Good.” Kai nodded his head in approval, running his fingers on the corpse’s face. “Can you both move the corpse to the far end? There's a little space there and it would be more convenient.”We did as told, and it slightly felt ridiculous listening to a seventeen-year-old shapeshifter.“I'm sorry if I sounde