Chapter 140


    CAMILLA’S P.O.V


    We led Christine into the council room so that we could talk privately. I locked the door behind us and


    took in Christine. There was something different about her that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. When


    she noticed me staring at her, she flushed pink and looked away. I took a step closer to her and that


    was when I got a whiff of her scent. It was hers but mixed with someone else’s.


    “You met a guy, didn’t you?” I asked and although she didn’t respond, her cheeks heated. “Will you tell


    me about him?’


    “It wasn’t anything serious. He was the only person who knew of ra personally so I stayed with him.


    It isn’t what you’re thinking. We just talked.”


    “Talked,” I repeated and she nodded. “Is that why your cheeks are red and your mind is racing?” she


    smacked my shoulder yfully. “I am just saying, if he seems like a fun guy then you should pursue


    something with him.”


    “I think I am done with men for the time being,” she waved me off. “Now onto the issue at hand, ra


    was from that pack but she doesn’t have an uncle there. She was an omega sl ave. She worked with a


    rich family and from what I heard, she had a nasty streak.”


    “What do you mean?” Ryker asked and Christine smiled.


    She gestured for us to take a seat and once we did, she continued speaking.


    “She slept with two of her masters and their sons,” my brows disappeared into my hairline. “She was


    thrown out of work and had nowhere to go when another man gracefully took her in. It was never


    confirmed but it was said that she was sleeping with him. No one really cared until one day, the man


    was found dead and all his property had been transferred into her name.”


    “She killed him,” I deduced and Christine shook her head.


    “Not quite, there wasn’t any poison in his system and there were no obvious injuries so everyone let it


    slide. They forget about it within a year and she found another victim. The same thing happened to him


    and that was when the physician realized that the men were being drained of their blood,” my mouth


    fell open and Christine nodded. “Somehow, ra had managed to get a hold of the vampires and she


    made a deal with them.”


    “Wait a minute,” I waved her to a pause. “How do we know that she made an alliance with the


    vampires? If we are going to use her of something this big, then we need proof.”


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    Christine nodded in understanding then reached into the satchel by her side. She took out what looked


    like stacks of empty parchment and I raised a brow at her. She sensed my confusion but didn’t say


    anything and walked over to the light. She held the paper up so that sunlight streamed directly onto it


    and I saw words appear on it. I gasped in shocked as I tried to quickly read the words before they


    disappeared.


    He will be alone by eleven. I will keep the doors unlocked. Make it quick and make sure it isn’t messy.


    “How did they manage to preserve this?” I asked not wanting to touch the paper for risk of


    contaminating it.


    “This one was written a little under three months ago. Herst victim died just a week before the


    attacks started here. They suspect that she moved immediately she was done there and she knew the


    people wanted her dead. She found a muchrger target,” she jerked her head towards Ryker. “Is this


    enough proof?’


    “More than enough,” it was Ryker who responded. He squeezed her shoulder affectionately. “Thank


    you, Christine. You have been an amazing help. Words can’t even describe how thankful I am right


    now.”


    “I’m just d I could help.”


    “Can you rally the elders here?” I asked Christine and she nodded. “Get all of them here while Ryker


    and I bring ra. If ites down to it, will you be able to get him here?”


    She hesitated. “I don’t know if he would want that. You have to find proof in her room. This is the best I


    can do.”


    I nodded in understanding. I wouldn’t want to drag another person into it anyway. We split from there


    and while she went looking for the elders, we went to ra. She was lying on the bed with a bowl of


    fruits in her arms and a sly smile on her face. When she saw us, her smile grew even wider and she sat


    up slowly.


    “To what do I owe the pleasure?” she asked in a seductive tone. “I heard about the disturbance at the


    gates. It must be so terrible to have your subjects at war with you. could never imagine being in your


    shoes.”


    I


    Ryker ignored her and called out for Steven and Kevin who wasted no time in dragging her up by her


    arms. She let out a screech that could have given a banshee a run for its money and red at them,


    “What is this?” she spat. “How dare you manhandle á pregnant woman this way? I am carrying the


    prince’s child. I deserve some form of respect.”


    “The only thing you deserve is an execution,” I deadpanned before turning to the guards. “Take her to


    the council chambers and make sure that she is bound. Christine


    will tell you what to do. Until then, we need an hour.”


    They didn’t ask any questions, just nodded and walked off. Once they were gone, I turned to Ryker.


    “Do you think we can find something within an hour?”


    “For both our sakes, I hope so.”


    We turned the entire room upside down searching for anything that remotely looked like a piece of


    parchment but there was nothing. It was almost as if she had anticipated our arrival and either hid or


    gotten rid of them. Forty minutes had passed and we still had nothing to show for it. Neither of us said a


    word but I knew that we were losing hope. I ransacked the bed that she was lying on but it was empty


    and I let out a groan of frustration.


    “The sly witch hid it,” i eximed and Ryker nodded. “What do we do?”


    “We go to the elders and hope that what we have is enough,” Ryker said simply and I prayed to the


    goddess for a miracle because that was exactly what we needed.


    As we got to the council chambers, we saw the elders already seated. Christine was exining


    everything she found out during the trip and even showed them the note they had found but from the


    looks on their faces, I could tell that they weren’t being convinced very well.


    “Your majesties,” one of them eximed as soon as he saw us. “I was beginning to think you were not


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    going to show up. Please tell me that you did not drag us out of bed for this.”


    “This is proof that she is a liar,” I pointed at ra who discreetly rolled her eyes. “She was responsible


    for the deaths of two different men at the hands of the vampires and she swindled them out of all their


    worth.”


    “That might be true but it has nothing to do with the matter at hand. There is no reason to believe that


    she is doing the same to you and it doesn’t prove that she isn’t pregnant with the prince’s child.”


    I stared in shock. “You have got to be joking, right? Are you trying to downy everything that is


    happening?”


    “I am just telling you how this looks, your majesty. She might be guilty of that but it didn’t happen under


    our watch. If that is all then I am sorry to say but there is no case.”


    I stared in shock. They had a point but that didn’t mean I had to like it. ra was smirking as if she had


    just won the lottery and I wanted nothing more than to bash her face in. Her hands were tied in front of


    her and she sat there looking high and mighty. I didn’t know what else to say so I just nodded to Kevin


    to lead her to her feet,


    ti


    As they walked past me, she spoke. “This is why you don’t show your cards too early, always keep


    your cards close to your chest.”


    She started to walk away but something about her words stuck out to me. “Wait! I need everyone to


    just sit still for five minutes.”


    I walked up to ra and took a deep breath before I started to pay her down. Her eyes widened in


    rm.


    “What are you doing?” she eximed but I ignored her. She tried to swat my hands away but I kept at it


    until I felt something embedded into her inner skirt. She knew the exact moment I found it because her


    face paled.


    “I found evidence,” I announced. “Do you want me to take you into a private room to get it out or should


    I do it here.”


    She swallowed but didn’t respond. I reached into Ryker’s waistband where a knifey and I split her


    dress open. Right there tucked into her waistband were stacks of paper. It was big enough to be


    noticeable now but small enough that she hid it without a problem. I pulled it out and held it up to the


    light just as Christine did with the others.


    One by one, the notes began to appear. Some were dating as far back as the first attack. The more


    recent ones started after we brought her in. it didn’t take long before we realized that she had burned


    her house down on purpose. It was a n between her and stair to get her into the pce so that


    she could feed him information.


    Thest one was a letter from someone I didn’t know. He was talking about a mixture he had given her


    and he apologized for her bad experience stating that it wasn’t supposed to induce arousal and her


    inability to have sex with the person in question was not his fault. I felt the relief in the air as soon as I


    read those words. It was clear that


    she didn’t have sex with Ryker.


    “Do you have anything to say for yourself?” I asked but she kept her mouth mped shut. “You really


    shouldn’t talk so much.”


    “I am carrying his child. You cannot kill me while I am-”


    “Save it,” I cut her off. “You will have enough time to speak when you are getting