Chapter <b>85 </b>


    Eiten looked trouble to get his words out, because it was indeed hard for him to say it when he was not even sure, and he didn’t want to give any suggestion with the way he phrased his words.


    “Say it. What is it?” Maximus narrowed his eyes dangerously because Eiten was acting very weird, and this made him think the worse.


    “Rania seems to know about the poison, and she covered it up for her.” Eiten then raised both of his hands, <b>as </b>if saying to Maximus to hold back, and not to get angry, but the king had stared him down. “I can be wrong, but Rania tried to stop the warrior when they found the poison inside her bedroom. She tried to grab the poison from the warrior.”<fn569f> This text is hosted at </fn569f>


    Maximus pressed his lips. It could mean so many things, and he didn’t think it was good for him to draw a conclusion from this. However, it indeed didn’t give you a good perspective.


    “Where are they?” Maximus’s voice dropped a few degrees colder. Eiten could feel the murderous intention that emanated from him.


    “I will call them here. I have them stayed in the omega’s quarter. Rania didn’t want to leave Kean.” Eiten then rushed out of the room, because he couldn’t stand the king’s strong rage.


    He knew it would be a difficult conversation, but hell… he was scared out of his mind…


    Soon after, Rania, Kean, Eiten and a few warriors entered the room. Rania didn’t dare to look at Maximus in the eyes, which made the king felt at lost. It was not a good sign.


    “Maximus,” Rania called his name, but she didn’t dare to look at him in he eyes, she approached him tentatively, as if she was waiting for him to reject her, but when he didn’t do that, she walked steadily toward him.


    It didn’t go unnoticed by Maximus how her body was trembling.


    Meanwhile, the warrior forced Kean to kneel before the king, the put silver bracelet on her wrist, while the omega lowered her head. She looked resigned, as if she had given up with her life, since she knew the result of it.


    She was right, though, there was no going back from this. There was no way Maximus would let someone who had killed L walked free unscathed in his presence.


    L was among those a handful people that he cherished the most, and she died because she discovered something. These people were coward. And he wouldn’t be lenient with them, not even for his mate’s sake.


    “Do you know about the poison?” Maximus asked without beating around the bush. His sharp eyes fixed on his mate, but there was a pleading look there. He wished his mate would lie. He wished she didn’t know anything about it. It was only a coincidence.


    However, the silence that follow was very loud, she pressed her lips, she still didn’t dare to look at him in the eyes, but now her words also disappeared, she didn’t even have the courage to take one more step closer toward the king, so she would be within his reach.


    “Do you know about this?<b>” </b>Maximus asked again, this time his voice turned into a vicious hiss.


    If it <b>was </b>other people, if it was not his mate, if it was not Rania, he would be more than d to rip them apart, but this <b>was </b>his mate. The woman that he thought he would spend the rest of his life with.


    And then the next question came as a growl.


    “Did you poison me?”


    Eiten clenched his fist. He wished it wouldn’te to this. He should have asked Rania first before he brought her here, he should discuss this with her. He cursed at himself for him mishap.


    But then, why would Rania harm Maximus? Wouldn’t she start warming up with him? Why would she do that?


    Eiten could understand if it was in the past, when Maximus was being a jerk with her, but then who could vouch for that?


    The royal gamma didn’t think things would escte this quickly, and took this sudden turned.


    “Answer me.” Maximus closed the distance between them, he gripped Rania’s chin with both of his fingers, and lifted her head, so their eyes could meet. “Answer me. Did you do it?”


    Rania gulped down hardly, and then nodded followed by a weak confirmation. “Yes.”


    Maximus breathed raggedly, as he red at Rania. “Were you under the pressure? Did she threaten you to do it?” Maximus pointed his finger at Kean.


    Did Kean threaten her to do it?


    “No,” Rania answered truthfully. Kean didn’t threaten her when she asked her to poison Maximus, she told her a story, and she agreed to do it because she hated the king at that time, and she was desperate with her life.


    But, she changed her mind…


    “But…”


    “Think again about your answer, did she threaten you?”


    Maximus’s voice was a few degrees colder, as he fixed his eyes on Rania. He looked like he was going to kill someone, the murderous intention that emanated from him made all the warriors inside the room felt the physical pain.


    “She did threaten you.” Maximus emphasized every word he said.


    Rania was not that stupid not to know what he was trying to imply, but if she agreed, she would lie to him, and either way Kean would be killed. She would die. Rania wouldn’t be able to save her no matter how much she begged for her life.


    But then, she needed to stop worrying about other people’s life, because right now, it was her own life that


    Maximus gave her a leeway, an escape for her to take, as he pressed for her to agree with his statement.


    “No, <b>she </b>didn’t threaten me,” Rania replied. She didn’t want to lie. “But, I changed my mind… I don’t want to kill you.”


    “And do you expect me to trust you?”


    AD