The Alpha King's Witch Bride Chapter 179: She’ll Be His Undoing

Soon, Elder Davina arrived and walked into the room where Mada Greyheart’s body was. She clutched her staff tightly as she stared at the body, scanning her gaze through the faces of everyone present.

Celine sat on the bed, using a handkerchief to wipe her tears while so of her personal maids tried and failed to comfort her.

"Don’t touch !" She finally screeched when one of the two maids brushed her hair, glaring at her with contempt.

I stood watching this silently with my arms folded in a corner.

’Celine is still too... volatile to be trusted. But do I silence her or keep her close where I can see her?’ I thought to myself, gritting my teeth.

Eventually, I sighed and brought my gaze fully to Elder Davina.

"I ca as soon as I could." She muttered, stepping forward and staring at with worry. "Are you—"

"Okay?" I interrupted, a wry smile on my face as I shook my head. "I an, I should be, shouldn’t I? As a mighty Alpha King and all."

My jaws were clenched, hiding the rage that I felt. Elder Davina kept on staring at and stepped closer, about to place a hand on when Celine suddenly opened her damn mouth.

"Aren’t you here to check on my mother?!" She sneered at Elder Davina, causing the latter to furrow her eyebrows. "Well, get to it! Find out what happened to her because I’m not about to believe that a random person just snuck in and killed her."

I froze, my fingers twitching as I slowly turned my head to her.

"What’s that supposed to an, Celine?" I asked coldly, watching as the two maids who stood silently beside her shivered in fear before scurrying out of the room.

"Kaelos..." Elder Davina tried calling my attention, but I ignored her voice as I lood over Celine, who stared up at with defiance in her eyes.

"Whatever you think I an is exactly what I an." She spat, eyeing . "My mother was like any other noble woman out there so why is she a target all of a sudden? It’s... It’s clearly the work of soone who didn’t want her to talk."

Sothing snapped in at that mont and I could feel my claws itching to co out. Did Celine know about the secret?

Had Greyheart told her about it before her death?

’I would’ve suggested you kill her and get done with it.’ Damon blurted in my mind but then sighed. ’Alas, you have a youngling growing inside her. Allegedly.’

Allegedly...

It’s about ti I find out if any of these allegations flying around hold any truth.

"She had her life force snuffed away." Elder Davina’s voice suddenly rang behind , forcing to glance back only to spot her crouching to the corpse and hovering her right hand over the chest region.

I squinted my eyes as she continued without looking at , her expression grim. "It’s just like the situation with that maid of mine. And that pack doctor’s wife. And the people at the human town."

She slowly got on her feet, staring at with a solemn expression. "That killer is still out there on the loose. And I fear that whoever he is, he has a bigger plot in mind."

We were finally able to know that the killer was a "he" earlier today after finding the body of the maid who poisoned herself.

That case was still daunting as well since the maid was raped and then compelled with magic to drink a poison ant for soone else. But who was the poison ant for?

And this all still ant that the killer had easy access to the mansion. He could be after anyone else.

Odessa...

I could feel a headache coming in and rubbed my forehead, glancing briefly at Elder Davina and then Celine before I began walking toward the door.

"Where... Where are you going?" Celine stuttered behind , causing to stop in my tracks.

At that sa mont, Layla walked into the room with a hesitant look in her eyes.

"S–Sir, do you need for anything?" She asked thoughtfully, glancing briefly at the gory scene behind .

I remained silent for only a few seconds before I ca to a decision.

"Go to the dungeons and get Odessa out of there. I’m expecting high priestess Althea as well." I blurted, walking past her as she nodded her understanding.

"What?!" Celine suddenly yelled behind and the next thing I knew, I heard footsteps following behind . "Y–You can’t be fucking serious, Kaelos. What are you doing bringing out that whore out of—"

Before she could finish talking, I slowed down my steps and then turned around, grabbing her right wrist and yanking it up. She gasped at first but then shakily stared at my face as I gazed back at her coldly.

I could feel a shift... My emotions no longer felt like mine again. This was Odessa’s emotions reflecting on , adding to the anger and frustration I already had.

"Never again, in your life, use such words with Odessa," I said with all seriousness, my grip on her wrist slightly tightening.

"If it weren’t for the fact that you carry my child, I wouldn’t be so lenient with you. Your mother’s blackmail all this while is the only reason I’ve tolerated you instead of bashing your head into the concrete."

Her eyes quivered as if she were about to cry again but I had no ti to watch the waterworks. So I let go of her, staring at her one last ti before I turned around and continued walking.

"You’re tying your fate to a ticking bomb. That hybrid’s presence will be your undoing, Kaelos. Not mine!" Celine snapped, her voice filled with hatred and spite. "Mark my words tonight."

She continued following behind , eager to be a sore on my back.

We’ll see about that...

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At my throne room, Layla soon arrived with Odessa, Althea, and, to my surprise, Marcellus. When I saw him walking beside Odessa, I would be lying if I said I didn’t feel sothing snap inside .

’What could he have been doing with her?’ I thought to myself as he briefly glanced at before looking away.

Sothing in my gut told that the video was fake... But I wasn’t comfortable with Marcellus’ closeness with Odessa all the sa.

’I thought he’d be in a coma after that beat down you gave him.’ Damon muttered in my mind with a snigger.

Anyway, I turned my head to Althea and gave her a silent signal.

When she began a truth spell on Odessa, I subconsciously held my breath, eager to find out the truth once and for all. And as expected... Odessa was innocent.

Which would also an I owed Marcellus an apology.

I was about to let out a relieved breath when I noticed that Althea still had a tense expression on her face. Was there sothing else she wasn’t telling us?

"I discovered another thing during my walk with Oddesa here." Althea suddenly announced.

I paused, glancing briefly at Odessa who seed just as confused as I was.

After an over dramatic pause, Althea finally made a revelation that made my eyes widen.

"Odessa is pregnant."

The throne room fell into silence as everyone blinked, frozen in shock as they brought their gazes to Odessa. I sat silently, my grip on the armrest of my throne lessening.

"How... How did this..." Cold sweat dripped down my face but before I could finish speaking, a screech broke through the silence of the throne room.

"No!"