Chapter 56 - History repeats itself ... Again?

Ava

I smelled the poison the second Alex opened the bottle. I waited until he handed me the glass and looked at Max before making my move. I couldn’t believe it was happening again. Differently this time, but it was happening again.

Alex was trying to kill me! He turned his back on me like the damn coward he was and that was his last mistake. In one swift move, I put the glass down to keep as proof and closed the gap between us. I heard his neck snap as though it wasn’t me doing it.

Before his body even dropped, I called my guards. They arrived just in time to see me glaring at Max. He had already told me that he could smell the foul scent of the poison and was holding his hands in the air in surrender.

I only calmed down after I spoke to Daniel on the phone, and all I could think about was to see him. I needed him there. I needed him with me. Max did not resist as he was taken away by our warriors and my grandmother gasped when she rushed into the office and saw the sight in front of