The Alpha King's Witch Bride Chapter 134: Talk About A Plot Twist

Marcellus’ POV

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Indeed, he didn’t mishear Celine.

She was throwing a charity ball and was not only inviting every elite mber of the pack and beyond, but also, surprisingly, she was inviting so of the top mbers of witch and human society on the continent.

Celine inviting witches?

If he wasn’t convinced before that she was up to sothing devious, he was now. Not to ntion the fact that she was inviting him and Odessa as "VIP guests".

Out of pure curiosity, after Celine dropped the VIP card with him and left, Marcellus decided to sneak into Odessa’s room.

It was still the middle of the night and for all he knows, Kaelos might already be up there shagging the witch after a long night of investigating the human town.

Fortunately, after Marcellus got past the guards in the compound and scaled the walls, he discovered that Odessa was alone in her room.

However, as he observed her while hiding on her balcony, he noticed sothing odd.

"Why isn’t she sleeping yet?" He asked himself curiously, dimming his eyes and tilting his head.

The ti was already a few minutes past midnight.

Inside the room, Odessa was pacing back and forth, whispering sothing once in a while with her arms folded in front of her chest.

She seed to be having a conversation with soone... Which was weird because there was no one there.

Marcellus felt like stepping into the room and investigating further, but decided to remain hidden on the balcony, using a cloaking spell to make himself invisible.

He and Odessa still haven’t seen eye to eye ever since she knocked him out with her potion.

Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks, her back facing him, before she blurted. "Who’s there?"

Marcellus’ eyes widened as he subconsciously peered closely at the glass of the balcony in front of him. However, he didn’t see his reflection, aning his cloaking spell was still active.

As if her first question wasn’t enough, Odessa slowly turned around, staring directly at the spot on the balcony where Marcellus was standing.

She squinted her eyes, slowly walking in that direction and causing Marcellus to feel sothing akin to panic for the first ti in a long ti.

’What in the unholy hell is happening here?’ he thought to himself, confused beyond his wits.

Even the guards downstairs hadn’t noticed his presence when he slipped past them earlier. So, how was Odessa, who’s supposed to have senses only slightly above an average human, able to detect him?

Unless...

Suddenly, a knock sounded on Odessa’s room door, forcing her to pause her advancent toward the balcony. She seed to hesitate, glancing back at the door and then bringing her gaze to the balcony.

Eventually, she sighed softly before walking to the door and opening it. Turns out it was Kaelos at the other end, and he stepped inside after he and Odessa shared a few pleasantries.

As soon as Marcellus saw Kaelos, he knew that it was ti to leave. Kaelos’ senses were far beyond any re werewolf.

With that, Marcellus jumped off the balcony and landed nimbly on the ground, sighing lightly.

"Well, that was different shades of weird." He muttered to himself, glancing at Odessa’s room window one more ti before shaking his head.

Was Odessa perhaps experiencing so form of psychosis? Nah, that couldn’t be it...

Just when he was about to head out of the compound, his ears picked up the sound of a female voice speaking in a low tone.

"By the goddess, I swear I would have never agreed to do this if it weren’t for the money Mada Greyheart gave ." The voice said, sounding scared but determined.

What...?

Marcellus dimd his eyes, scanning his gaze around and searching the periter before he followed the voice, pinpointing where it was coming from.

The voice led him to a corner where he spotted a young lady who seed to be in her early twenties. She was a maid... Of course.

However, when Marcellus focused his attention on her hands, he raised an eyebrow. She was holding sothing, a vial with a black liquid.

Curiosity got the best of Marcellus as he removed his cloaking spell and then stopped the girl by placing his right hand in front of her chest just when she turned around.

She gasped, raising her head and staring at his face with shock. Her face got flustered as she blinked repeatedly before she hid the vial behind her back in a panic.

"B– Beta Marcellus." She blurted out, smiling awkwardly. "Uh, good evening. I– I was just—"

"It’s midnight, dear," Marcellus remarked with a sly tone as he brought his right hand to her chin, utilizing his charm as he looked into her eyes. "What is a pretty thing like yourself doing out here by this ti?"

He had to admit, she was pretty. Full lips, large doe eyes with bright blue pupils, and blonde hair that made her seem close to nobility.

However, he didn’t call her ’pretty’ to seem nice.

Her lips parted as her face reddened with a blush. She tried looking away, but his magic was already slowly taking effect and getting hold of her mind.

"I-I was just trying to get..." She stuttered repeatedly.

Obvious sign that she was hiding sothing. Or at least, trying to. Nothing remains hidden from Marcellus for long.

Without wasting further ti, Marcellus grabbed her shoulder with his other hand before he spun her around, grabbing the small vial in an instant.

The maid gasped, but he ignored her as he scrutinized the vial intently. The black liquid inside looked familiar, forcing Marcellus to open the vial and sniff it.

"P– Please..." The maid suddenly started begging, falling to her knees and rubbing her palms together. "I–I needed the money and couldn’t resist. I– I would never want to harm the Alpha king’s wife intentionally."

Marcellus’ eyes widened, first at the familiar sll of poison in the vial and then at the lady’s confession.

Talk about a plot twist.

"So, Mada Greyheart sent you to poison Odessa, eh?" Marcellus asked, a cold smirk stretching across his face as he slowly brought his right hand to the girl’s face.

She was sobbing silently at this point, but he shushed her gently, using his fingers to brush her hair.

"Save your tears, love. You’ll need them more once I’m done with you."