Alpha Your Warrior Ex-Wife is Back (by Aurora Starling) novel Chapter 45

Chapter 45

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I felt it, I felt the tense atmosphere between the maid and Daphne. The maid looked scared under Daphne’s stare, as she panted and looked pale with fear. The courage which she had to speak the truth suddenly left her face.

The silence was stretched and too long.

“Who told you to poison the food?” I repeated the question with a sharp tone.

The maid finally snapped. She dropped to the floor fully, pressing her forehead to the tiles. “It was me!” she sobbed. “No one else! I did it on my own. Please, Alpha, I beg you. Punish me, but leave my family be!”

A gasp of disbelief waved through the kitchen staff. A single maid? She did everything by herself? Poisoning food in the Alpha’s house without being caught? Impossible.

I looked at Leo who was tugging my sleeve desperately knowing he also realized that the maid was lying. “Father she is lying..”

I gently but firmly placed my hand on Leo’s shoulder to silence him. “Enough, son.”

I could not blame anyone without proper evidence and now the maid is the only living evidence I

have.

The maid started crying, her apron getting wet with tears. Her entire body shook. “I’m sorry, Alpha. Forgive me, forgive me, forgive me…”

Every word rang false. I knew in my mind. I had interrogated many liars in my life to know she was also lying.

But what unsettled me was that after seeing Daphne the maid became silent.

She hadn’t spoken a word. Hadn’t raised her voice. It was like she didn’t need to. That single glance of Daphne made the maid very scared. Her glare was enough for the maid to take the blame.

Daphne just stood there with concern as she looked at me innocently like she was just an onlooker.

My gut churned.

“Take her to the prison” I ordered flatly. “She endangered lives under my roof. There will be no mercy. She’ll rot in the cells.”

The guards bowed and dragged the crying maid away. Her pleas were echoing in the corridor even after she was out of sight.

The kitchen staff went back to their work and everything was silent as I turned around and my eyes

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met Daphne’s across the room.

She gently tilted her chin, her expression was soft and innocent but I was able to feel that her sadness and surprise about what happened was just a facade.

For a moment, I saw triumph flicker in her eyes.

Later that night, everything was quiet in the packhouse but I was not able to rest. I stood in my office, staring out the wide window at the moonlit grounds, my hands braced against the desk.

The doctor’s words replayed in my head. She is safe for now but needs a lot of rest.

Every time I closed my eyes Raven’s pale face came into my mind. Their thought of losing her, losing that unyielding Warrior was like a deep wound that won’t heal.

But layered atop that fear was rage. Someone had the audacity to poison food in my territory. Someone close.

That maid..she almost confessed. I have seen it. I felt it. But Daphne’s gaze silenced her. I clenched my fists until I heard my knuckles crack.

I couldn’t question Daphne..not yet without proof. She was clever, dangerous in her subtlety. One wrong move and she would cover her tracks completely.

But my sharp instincts told me but I didn’t want to believe. “Could she really be behind this?,” he muttered under his breath.

I looked through the creek of the door and saw Raven laying on the bed in deep slumber. Nova slept beside her and Leo was watching.

The sight of them huddled together made me feel warm, like a family. A family I want to protect no matter what.

I looked at them with determination as my protective instincts kicked in.

“You’ll live, Raven. And after you wake up..I will have answers with me. Whoever tried to take you from us will pay.”

My eyes glinted in the moonlight, with a sharp and unforgiving look. Truth is no longer far from my

reach.