Chapter 76: The guards

The other maids, who were still tense, tried hard to control their snicker at the maid’s stupidity. Even if she is innocent, she has already implicated herself with her first reaction.

The other guards and maids who were called became terrified, their faces growing paler as seconds went by.

But they didn’t dare disobey General Luke and stepped out. The people who were picked by General Luke stood at another side of the hall, standing rigidly like prisoners waiting for the court’s verdict.

Damien glanced at each one of them for a second, taking in their pale faces and trembling body. As his calm gaze swept past them, most of them were reduced to a completely submissive state even if they didn’t want to.

They bent their backs completely, none daring to raise their heads. They were like servants in front of an emperor.

It was because of the difference in bloodline.

An Alpha with a pack was superior over every other being in his land.

Finally, after a whole minute of silence, Damien spoke, “I won’t say much, if you are involved in what happened yesterday, come out.”

Not all guards and maids had seen or heard of what happened and even though the news had circulated, it still didn’t reach some people.

Those who didn’t know about it turned towards each other in confusion.

“What happened last night?”

“Do you know anything about it?”

“Why didn’t I hear anything? I was on duty, but I was sleeping.”

“I even snuck away to visit my husband, how would I know what happened?”

“Can you tell me what happened?”

“I also don’t know about it.”

Although the people tried to keep their voice low, their whispers joined together became a source of noise in itself.

General Luke’s face darkened.

“Silence!” He bellowed, his aura sweeping over the crowd like a tsunami and the hall resumed its initial silence. “Don’t make me pull you out. This is towards all of you here, not just the ones I just picked out. If you know you are involved in what happened yesterday, respect yourself and come out, maybe the Alpha can spare you then. If not…”

The threat in his tone was obvious.

If you come out willingly, you can still be spared.

But if you are forcefully pulled out, then only the goddess knows what your fate will be.

The hall was silent.

But at the back, one of the guards stood with his head lowered. He seemed calm, but if you noticed carefully, the back of his shirt was soaked, and not just his face, even his lips were pale and quivering.

He raised his head and glanced at a seat in front, exactly where Mireya was sitting. Coincidentally, their gazes met and Mireya stared at him calmly.

But if you looked carefully, you could detect the warning in her eyes.

“This is the last time I will repeat this. Come out now and I won’t kill you.” Damien repeated, his calm voice sweeping over the crowd like a heavy veil.

The guard at the back trembled even further, he looked like his body would collapse any moment from now.

There seems to be a battle going on inside him.

And after a while, firm determination flashed in his eyes and he gritted his teeth.

‘It’s now or never. If I don’t do this, I will die anyway.’ He told himself, then suddenly raised his hand.

General Luke was about to turn his head when he suddenly saw someone raise his hand and the person was about the crowd that were not picked.

“You, come forward.” General Luke ordered coldly and the crowd turned in sync, before moving aside to make way for the man.

With legs heavy like lead, the guard walked slowly.

“Walk like a warrior, are you a snail or a werewolf?” General Luke barked and the guard flinched.

But his steps quickened slightly.

After a few seconds, he finally arrived before the Alpha and stood still.

When Hazel saw the man’s face, she turned to Damien who was also looking at her and nodded subtly.

It’s him!

The guard who told her Mireya had something to tell her about her parents and then led her to the chamber of Roman who was already drugged.

Hazel could recognize him even in her dreams because she remembered that she had never seen the guard’s face nefore so she had been curious.

So, it was definitely him.

She glanced at Mireya and saw that she was still calm, so Hazel frowned.

Does Mireya have another plan or was she just pretending to be calm?

If she really does have another plan, then Hazel wanted to see what card she would pull now that the guard she employed had been exposed.

What would Mireya do?

Of course, Hazel was the only one that had that thought.

“Speak. What do you have to say?” Damien asked, and the man fell silent.

But that didn’t last for so long.

“I…I was only following instructions. I didn’t mean to send Miss Hazel to Sir Roman’s room, I only did what I was told.” The man stuttered with his head still lowered.

“You are one of the Alpha’s warriors and yet, you take orders from someone else. You really are a warrior.” General Luke said with a scoff and the man pressed his lips together.

Well, the person had promised him something he couldn’t refuse.

He had no choice. He thought the plan would be successful and nobody would trace it to le, even if someone did, It would have been late.

But the plan failed.

He never thought the plan would fail and he had been very careful.

This morning, he was merely waiting for good news when he was instead summoned by the Alpha. At first, he didn’t think that anything was wrong, but when he saw Hasel, he knew something had gone wrong somewhere.

“Whose orders were you following?” Damien asked.

“I was following orders from…”

All of a sudden, the guard began convulsing.