Led her

" She tried to poison Martin?" Alden repeated to be sure that he heard her correctly. He stood with his hands akimbo.

" Yes."

His brows wrinkled, as he thought of what could have led her to do such. What could have happened between them? Martin was one of the coolest people he knew. He noticed her fidgeting, " How did you know?"

She took a glance around wondering if anyone could hear her, and whispered. " I peeped through the hole, and saw her pouring a liquid from a vial into the glass of juice, I didn't think about it at first. It was when Prince Martin insisted that I drank it, that was when I became very anxious."

Alden's face hardened, as he thought of the right way to deal with Alexia. His instincts were not wrong. " What did Martin threaten to do to you?" He asked.

The maid was scared at the timbre of his voice; he sounded like he was about to march in there and cause damage, " To kill me if I didn't speak the truth. Please don't tell anyone I told you this. The queen threat