Chapter 153: A Mystery

Ivy's POV

“We think you should expel him from the palace permanently.”

At the sound of the maid’s words, my eyes flash with anger. “Why should we take your word for it?” I snap immediately, glaring at her. I stand up straight, meeting her cruel, conceited glare dead-on. “All we know right now is that the boy was entrusted to your care, and now he’s missing. That’s not such a good look for you, is it?”

The maid’ mouth falls open in shock. “That’s not–”

“We just need to wait until the soldiers find Jason,” I say insistently, cutting the maid off. “Then the truth will come out. It always does eventually.”

“What do you even know about him?” The maid sneers. “It was so easy for you to rescue him, sure, but you haven’t visited him once since he got here. You just got to be his hero then pawn him off on us. We’re the ones who actually know him, not you. Who are you to speak to his character?”

“She’s my mate,” Spencer growls, a low warning hum.

The maid’s face blanches. “Of–of course, Prin