Hazel's Pov The elder's words hung in the air like a thunderclap. "The wine!...The wine was poisoned!"Gasps ripped through the ballroom, sharp and collective, like the entire hall had sucked in one horrified breath. Faces turned, eyes wide with shock, locking onto Elder Watson as he knelt there, trembling on the marble floor."What the fuck did you just say?" Nicholas growled, his voice a low, lethal rumble that sliced through the chaos. He took a threatening step forward, his massive frame towering over the cowering elder like a storm cloud ready to unleash hell. The air crackled with his fury—I could feel it radiating off him, hot and dangerous.Elder Watson shrank back, his body folding in on itself, eyes glued to the floor as if staring at Nicholas might turn him to stone. “The wine...there was poison in it," he whispered, his voice trembling so badly it barely carried. But it did. Oh, it did.The whispers exploded into a frenzy, buzzing like angry bees all around us. "Oh my
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