HAZEL'S POV: I don't know if this is a trance but how did she move from pushing me to the ground to apologizing to me? I didn't believe her at first. I mean, she can't just come to me for an apology and expect me to accept it immediately. But I'm scared of her. Her presence makes me nervous and after everything that happened, all I wanted to do was please her no matter what. I didn't want to offend her and I felt like not accepting her apology and forgiving her would make her angry. She even had a dizzy spell that made me so worried and in my head, I could hear her blaming me for making her this way. I was indebted to her no matter how mean she was to me. "I forgive you." The smile across her face was so wide that I thought her lip would crack. But it didn't. She pulled me into a hug and I froze. I must be in a dream, right? I must have a dream. Because Cherry can't be hugging me. She used to hate touching me. She used to push me away from her.
ONYX'S POV: I just knew that there was something wrong. Right from when I found them both at the garden talking to each other like they were long lost friends to the dining room. I watched Cherry as she spoke to Hazel. Hazel seemed uncomfortable but she was unrelenting. I knew my sister. She would suddenly become your friend just so she could get something out of you. But what was it? What exactly was it? I had asked everyone to keep the news of the happenings of yesterday from her. I had also asked them to keep shut and not answer her even if she threatened to report them to me. I knew Hazel wasn't going to tell her such a thing. She was a wise woman. I watched Hazel leave the dining room and when Cherry stood to her feet moments after, I gave her a look. "Why have you suddenly become close with Hazel? When did you suddenly stop hating her?" Cherry shrugged and quickly wiped her mouth. I knew there was something she wanted to talk about. There r
CHAPTER 46 ONYX'S POV: I don't know how to feel right now. I am extremely mad at Hazel and I know I shouldn't have hit her because it was all Cherry's fault but I couldn't control my anger! Fucking hell! I should have told Hazel not to say a word to Hazel but Cherry had gone ahead to manipulate her into telling her the truth and now look where it brought her. When I said those threatening words to Hazel, I meant it. I still do. If anything happens to the only one left in my family, I'd make sure she suffers for it. I don't care if it's right to do that to her but I fucking will. I'll make sure she regrets the day she let Cherry manipulate her. As I walked through the corridor, I bumped into the doctor who bowed to me. "How is she doing?" I asked. The doctor sighed. "Her vitals are low but she's going to be fine. What made her collapse if I might ask?" "She heard the news of my parents being poisoned." "That's bad. Make sure to keep it from he
SELAH'S POV: Guetta was Onyx's beta and I never really liked him. He also made sure to tell me that he didn't like a bit of me and we had come to terms with that. But hearing that he was at the door filled me with terror and angst. He has never visited me before and him visiting at this time told tales of trouble. My father held me close and looked into my eyes. "Are you sure you want to see him? I can tell him to come back later. You're not in good shape to actually see him," I smiled stiffly at my Dad. "Don't worry, Dad. I'll go see him now. I'm okay," He looked at me with uncertainty. "Are you sure?" I nodded and smiled at him before patting his arms. "I'll go now," He nodded and I went into the house. I just hoped he wasn't following after me because I didn't have the strength to start explaining why I poisoned the King and the Queen or begging him to stop crying. Luckily for me, he wasn't following after me. Maybe he was giving me a little bit
HAZEL'S POV: I stayed in bed all day, sobbing and feeling like the worst, most unwanted person on the planet. I was a fool. I was a fool to think that Onyx had developed a soft spot and a bit of respect for me. I had ignored those looks of disdain from him, those derogatory statements and words he had used on me just because I had a little faith that things were starting to get better and even if it was rocky at first, it would always get better. But it didn't get better. It got worse, even. Onyx had told me he'd blame his parents' death on me if anything happened to Cherry and now, he was inviting Selah over to the palace. Just when I thought they were over. I felt this slight pain in my chest. I couldn't help it. I couldn't even sleep. I tossed from side to side and even sat up to lean against the headboard and peek outside. They were still there and they seemed to be in an argument. I couldn't look at them. I didn't want to, heck. When I decided that
ONYX'S POV; Hazel had stood up to me quite a few times but it was never this way. She has never yelled at me like this so I know she's really mad at me. Tears streamed down her eyes as she spoke and I wanted to pull her into a hug but I fought against my defenses and reminded myself that she put Cherry back on her sick bed. I also wanted to tell her that Selah was the one who poisoned my parents but I couldn't. I was going to look like a fool before her because I had defended Selah and even hit Hazel severally. I was going to hide it from everyone because it would be used against me. My parents would, Earl would and probably Nykon. Hazel would never see things the same way again and it was going to be in me. That was the reason I had requested for her presence. I wanted her to avoid me because it was going to create suspicions. Now that Guetta and the two other guards knew, I had to warn them against letting anyone know. Yes, it was going to cause an a
HAZEL'S POV: I knew I had to act fast. It would be easier for me to sneak out. All I had to do was pack a few clothes in a small bag and leave the palace. Remembering I still had a few clothes back in my house, I decided to go without anything. I would have loved to steal some food from the palace for Zion but I was scared that somehow, it was still poisoned. So I decided to leave without anything. What I did first was take a walk around the palace, taking note of guards in their positions, Guetta standing and having a quite long conversation with one of the men, Earl and Nykon entering into the palace to visit Onyx definitely and the gates. The gates were my main point of observation. If I was going to slip out of the gate, I had to distract the guards standing there and knowing I couldn't, I decided that I was going to take the gate from the servant's quarters. No one was going to see me as they had all gone back to their homes. So I went back to my r
THERESA'S POV: I knew how much Heyli wanted to run away from here and I was in full support of it. Onyx had softened towards her in the past few days but for her to suddenly want to leave now, he must have done something. He must have done something to make her take an action as drastic as that. I watched her leave and prayed to Luna to protect her from evil before entering into the kitchen. The kitchen was empty. The sink was sparkling clean and everywhere was as neat as ever. Onyx had given everyone a day off while I was on my day off. I had asked everyone I knew why they were given a day off but their replies were ones of having no idea. Then he sent one of his guards to get me but I sent him on his way and started coming on my own. U had told Onyx times without number that I didn't want any of his guards escorting me. I climbed up the stairs, realizing how dead quiet everywhere was. The only sounds I heard came from the gates. It was really strange.