Page 98 of Crowned In Venom

"Goodnight, my lord."

I leave without another word.

But the second I step into the hall, my mind is already racing.

I retreat to my chambers.

The doors shut behind me, locking out the meaning ofhis gaze, but not the truth curling inside me.

Varkos has been poisoning his mother.

For years.

He’s been trying to kill her.

And she is still alive.

Stronger than before.

I exhale shakily, pressing a hand to my lips.

This changes everything.

Varkos is not his mother’s pawn.

He is her executioner.

Or at least, he was trying to be.

And if I know this, then I have a choice to make.

I can use it against him.

Or…

I can use it to unravel everything.

Either way, one thing is clear.

Varkos is not the monster I thought he was.

Or does this make him worse? I’m confused. He’s an enigma.

And that?

That makes him even more dangerous.

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Iam running out of time.

I know it.

I feel it in the way the air has changed, the way the shadows move differently in the halls.

The Matriarch is watching.

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