Mother Queen was still smiling at me as the maids put the tray down on the glass table. I was handed a cup of tea and a small bowl of cookies. So was the Mother Queen.As soon as the maids walked away to give us privacy, Mother Queen sipped on her tea while I placed mine down on the coaster.“I should teach you the family tea ingredient, try it,” she said softly.I faked a small smile, brought the porcelain cup up to my lips, and almost took a sip, but I stopped myself right in time. Of course, a painless death was what I had prayed for in the car, but who would ever want to die knowingly like this?“I am sure it is very good,” I said, placing both the cup and the bowl back down on the glass table.Mother Queen surprisingly did not force me to drink it. She kept her kind, steady smile, then she suddenly asked about my previous marriage.“Alpha Maverick is of the Whitmore pack, right?”“Yes,” I answered quietly.“You know, I was skeptical when I first heard you were previously married,
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