Page 92 of Royal Lies

"You know, even if I did want to look, I wouldn't. Gods know whatyouwould do," he shuddered, fromwhatI wasn't sure. I quite frankly didn't care what he thought of me. Right now, I just needed to save Evie. Looks like the veins are reaching closertowards her heart. Fuck. I'll have to administer an untested antidote unless...

I looked over to the man standing by my left. Eyeing me skeptically, Lucarious hesitantly stepped back. Not a moment ago he was still staring at the door, maybe the man did have some sort of sixth sense for danger. I moved quicker than he could flee away. I plunged the syringe into his neck, my free hand catching his right hand as he tried to escape. My legs spread capturing his between mine as I pinned him against the wall to inject the toxin.

Hopefully, I had replicated the same potion Luna had used before Lucarious arrived; now, the only question is if the drug I administer will work. I stared at the man as his eyes grew wide, his skin catching fire. Yes! Blue veins popped from his neck slowly creeping down.

Lucarious was gasping for air clutching at his neck where I had stabbed him with the needle. His steps were slowly backing him against the wall.

Yes, yes, yes!

They were turning purple in some areas, perfect!

I did modify it a little as well, I made the poison work far quicker than Luna must have intended it to.

Hurrying over to my bench, I quickly snatched the newly brewed antidote. I'd made two batches for this specific reason. I had always planned on testing it out on someone before administering it to Evie. I thought it was going to have to be my brother, a little recompense for what he did to Evie.

Never would I have imagined I'd get to use it on anotherROYAL.

Great!

I jabbed the needle with the antidote down his throat in the same area of the initial puncture after I waited for a few more seconds of him writhing in agony. As anticipated he lunged formy neck as soon as he was able to move his body. His hands gripped the soft skin under my chin squeezing until there was no doubt a red mark left in their shape. I waited for the thing to work.

One second, two, three…

I felt the suffocation in the lack of oxygen. The black tendrils in my mind grew wider before I was finally let go. Gasping for air, I stared up at Lucarious in fascination as the blue veins retreated along with his biting fingers at my throat.

"Not an ideal test but, that'll do," I rubbed my neck, feeling the indentations of his fingers. Lucarious stared at me aghast…by what?I didn't care to know. He had to have known I was always going to test it on someone. The moment he stepped in here he practically volunteered to be my test subject.

Turning back around, I unopened a sterile syringe inserting it into a vial of the antidote. Sucking up the liquid I squeeze out all the air bubbles in the tube. I sure do hope this works. I inserted the needle into her skin, pushing the antidote into her system.

"I could have killed you! Are you mad?! Don’t you have any regard for your own life? How could you fucking try to kill me?!" I heard the man bark from behind me. I ignored him. I had more important matters to handle right now. Ignoring his red face, I found her pulse again, making sure there was no drastic change from earlier. Feeling her steady rhythm, I sighed a breath of relief. "Hey! Do you hear me?! The only reason why you're not dead right now is because Ev would have had my head if I'd killed you!" He raged on, and I had no doubt he was angry, but again, that was none of my business right now.

Setting her hand down, I took a step back, watching the clock on my wrist. Five...four...three...

I counted as Lucarious stormed towards me, nearly grabbing me by the shoulder.

Two…

I have no doubt he would have yanked me around, and I would have had a burning dagger embedded into my chest if I hadn't ducked.

One…

Suddenly a hand reached towards me from behind, pulling me away as a dagger was sent flying towards my vacant spot. The dagger flew past me and embedded itself directly in Lucaious' hand. I grimaced a little as the dagger stuck through the center of his palm, nailing him against the wall. But I have no doubt he would be able to heal something like that, so leaving the man to curse in pain, I turned to the woman I loved the most, her wild golden sun-colored eyes were wide open.

"Hello, Love," I sighed, half-exhausted from my restless nights trying to come up with a solution to help her. Looking into her golden eyes, I knew it was all worth it. It seems like my potions have worked. She woke up. But did she recognize me? I did look slightly different from my past. I mean I had the same shade of hair and eyes but whereas my past face had almond-shaped eyes this new face had round eyes instead. Plus, I think my hair is silkier and longer than how I kept it in the past. I had always used to cut it short, but now I wore it a little past my shoulders in a light blue ribbon. Since in the spirit realm, most men have their hair long and tied with a string. I thought I might as well embrace the culture.

"You know that was fucking rude of you!" Lucarious bellowed, freeing his hand from the dagger that had pinned him against the blue tapestry. One hand clutched onto the hilt of the dagger yanking it out. Blood spurted out smearing the light blue carpeted slightly. The wound in his palm was already stitching itself together as the searing heat of Lucarious' magic filled the room despite his calm demeanor of dusting off his suit.

Behind me, a similar heat was emanating off Everetta's body before it swiftly cooled. The first sign thatmyEveretta was back.Her magic had always been on a tight leash ever since I first met her. I turned around facing the love of my life as she beamed her bright vulture smile. The chandelier light glinted off her pearly whites.

"Oh, did that hurt? I'm sorry, but it's not like I like seeingsomefae try and hurt what’sminethe momentIwake up." Everetta bit out as she tilted her head in challenge, cocking a brow as if to say, “Go on try.”

So she did recognize me. I smiled in relief as the tension in my shoulders dropped. Frowning Everetta stared back at me, her head still cocked in confusion as her eyes narrowed against me, “Your face, did you do something different with it?” She asked in her elegantly groomed voice a soft breeze throughout the room.

"Did something happen? Never mind that though. First things first. Lucarious I have a bargain for you." Evie was as straight to the matter as always.

She grinned her enchanting Cheshire grin.

Although I wasn't sure if she should be making a bargain given her current magical state, it was still rather low. No, I needed to trust that Evie knew what she was doing. As if seeing her current flow of magic as well Lucarious cocked a brow of his own, "Oh? Don't you think you should rest,LittlePrincess?" With a swift flick of her eyes, a slash of light sliced the air to Lucarious' left, nearly scraping off his cheek.

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