Alpha Your Warrior Ex-Wife is Back (by Aurora Starling) novel Chapter 44

Chapter 44

Gideon’s POV

I quickly stormed through the doors of packhouse only to hear Nova’s quiet sobs.

It froze me. I have heard countless battles cries, heard pained screams of warriors, heard sad wolf howls for the fallen once. But the broken sobbing of a little girl feels like a stab of a knife.

My boots made a firm sound as they hit the floor hard as he followed the sound of sobbing, every step was filled with dread.

1 gently pushed the door of the infirmary room, my chest felt heavy. I saw Raven laying on the bed, her skin was pale and her lips were a bit blue, her breaths were gentle yet shallow. The scene in front of me made my stomach twist violently, I felt a panic in my heart I never felt before.

I looked beside the bed and saw Nova clinging onto Leo, her face was on his shoulder. Leo was still shaken by what happened but still held her close, whispering soothing words to her. I can tell he also cried due to his wet eyes, but there was determination in his eyes as well.

The doctor straightened as I entered. “She is safe for now,” he said calmly to answer the question in my eyes he knew how tense I was just looking at me. “But she was poisoned by Wolfsbane. It nearly stopped her heart. She will need a lot of rest and close monitoring.”

After a long time, I felt like I was losing control. Wolfsbane. Inside my own pack. Against her.

My gaze turned and looked at Raven gently. She looked very fragile and vulnerable, she looked very different. I wasn’t used to seeing her this way. The Raven I knew was fierce, a fire which no one could extinguish and was unyielding. She carried herself like a warrior and protector even in tough situations. Now seeing her like this unsettled me in ways I was not able to understand.

I gently held the bedframe, but then held onto it so tightly that the wood creaked.

“Who brought the food to you?” I looked at Leo gently yet firmly and asked to know exactly what happened.

Leo looked at me immediately. “A maid brought us food, the one with the dark braid.” He answered with a shaky voice but he looked at me firmly. “She was acting very weird, like she was very tense and was scared about something.”

Nova looked up as she spoke softly “She didn’t even look at Mommy when she fainted and ran away.”

A spark of pride rose in me despite my fury. My children- that’s what seeing Nova and Leo together made me feel like, they both are smart and perspective.

“Let’s go and find that maid,” I said firmly with determination.

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Chapter 44

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I entered the kitchen with the children and saw the kitchen staff was already tense and nervous. I realize they all have found out about the incident and the word about it traveled very fast. Everyone was scared in the kitchen.

Leo and Nova pointed towards the maid quickly “It’s her!”

The maid with the dark braid was pushed forward by the guards. She trembled so violently her knees almost buckled beneath her.

The maid whispered with a shaking voice while she was on her knees. “Alpha I-”

“You served that food.” My voice was cold and sharp “You nearly ended a life in this house. Tell me who gave you the order.”

The maid opened her mouth to speak but no words came out due to fear, she held onto the hem of her apron, beneath the fear I saw her hesitation as well, the truth was at the tip of her tongue wanting to be released.

I stepped close to her and urged her “Speak now, you will not be harmed if you tell the truth.” The maid opened her mouth to speak but then someone caught her gaze.

I followed her gaze. And then I saw her. Daphne.

She stood just inside the doorway, as though she had wandered there by chance. Her posture was relaxed yet perfect, her arms folded across her chest calmly, she looked concerned. But her eyes were sharp and calculative as she looked at the maid.

The way she looked at the maid somehow felt evil.