CHAPTER 284: _SHE’S LUCKY TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE YOU

Caroline’s POV

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Regina had torn Elder Davina’s letter, and that was that. Done deal.

There was nothing Caroline could do about it other than try to engrave everything on the letter into her mind.

Regina had disappeared as soon as the letter got torn, her laughter lingering in Caroline’s mind.

’She’s playing with you. Hard.’ Vilda, her wolf, snarled in her mental space the night of the Lord of the North’s broadcast of Balthazar’s murder. ’And we don’t have time for any of that. Not with Odessa’s life at stake.’

Caroline sighed, coming back from the garden in the mansion. She ultimately decided to tell Odessa everything that was written in that letter.

Why? Well, because of how frequent Regina’s visits were becoming, she wasn’t so sure she would be able to fulfil her mission of protecting Odessa properly.

"I don’t plan on playing any games with Regina or anyone else, Vilda," Caroline whispered as they got into the mansion and finally navigated their way through the dimly lit hallways.

Odessa had basically told her to leave her alone back in the garden because of the stress of everything that happened today. She was hurt by that but she couldn’t blame her.

Especially not with...

"Oh, Caroline." Kaelos smiled at her when he walked out of a corner, squinting his eyes at her. "Have you seen Odessa? Last I saw her she left my office because of the... The situation there."

Caroline furrowed her eyebrows, her eyes trailing the walls and then landing on the Alpha king’s office door up ahead.

She had remembered the maids and staff members talking about something horrible happening there but when she saw Odessa and Kaelos were okay, she didn’t bother herself much with it.

But now?

"Ma’am Odessa is in the gardens, my lord." Caroline bowed with a whisper, lowering her head. "Last I saw her she seemed... Gravely distressed. Like everything was getting into her head."

Kaelos heaved a heavy breath. "She’s shutting herself away from me in our mind link. I can... Barely feel her emotions."

Caroline smiled bitterly. "That’s because the only emotion she feels right now is an empty, all-consuming sadness." She then stretched her right hand forward, grabbing his arm.

Kaelos stiffened at first, frowning deeply as he stared into Caroline’s eyes.

But she ignored that and continued. "I’m worried about her, sir. And I feel... No, I KNOW you’re the only one who can possibly get to her during such a vulnerable time."

There was a flicker of hesitation in Kaelos’ eyes but Caroline barely paid attention to that. Little did the Alpha king know that she was using one of her special abilities right now.

It wasn’t one meant to cause any harm, no. It was one meant to reveal things hidden by feeling the energy lingering on a person.

’Caroline, get your hand away from him right now.’ Vilda nearly yelled in her mental space. ’Have you gone nuts? He’s an Alpha King, we can’t use any of our true talents in his presence without risking getting caught.’

Caroline’s face remained expressionless but inside her mind, she could feel it. Death clung to the Alpha King like a veil and then oozed in a blood red aura that led back into his office.

She even saw flashes of a dead body... A maid, lying on the floor of the Alpha King’s office with lifeless eyes and her hands shoved into her stomach, her intestines pooling out of her like worms.

Her hand on the Alpha king’s arm shivered with pure dread as her ability pushed on, disconnecting her temporarily from the physical realm.

"Caroline?" Kaelos’ voice echoed but she couldn’t hold herself back.

Her mind painted an image of the Alpha King’s office wall, just right behind his desk.

And etched on the wall with blood was a cryptic message:

"The True King shall ascend the throne when the sky is painted red."

And then... a flicker of an ominous figure standing in the office. The figure looked over his shoulder, a crooked smirk on his face that sent a cold shiver down her spine.

"Caroline!" Kaelos grabbed her wrist just then, snapping her out of her trance and causing her to let out a light gasp, barely audible.

Her head dripped with cold sweat as she bowed, apologising. "I’m... I’m sorry, my Lord. I got... I got—"

"It’s okay." Kaelos sighed, shaking his head. "I can see how... Deeply you care about my wife. She’s lucky to have a maid..."

He paused, causing Caroline to raise her head and look into his eyes just in time to see a small smile on his face as he corrected himself.

"... A friend. She’s lucky to have a friend like you."

Caroline’s heart swelled with momentary warmth, but she could barely concentrate as her mind surged with a plethora of emotions after what she had just seen.

Kaelos didn’t say anything again, walking past her with a determined expression. She didn’t need her talents to decipher that he was going to the garden to get Odessa.

Caroline quickly hurried back to her room, muttering what she saw written on the Alpha King’s wall. Her talent didn’t let her read his mind... No, that would be impossible.

Instead, it let her trace lingering "energy" on him, in this case, death energy. But for some dark twisted reason, the death energy lingering on the Alpha king that lingered from the dead maid in his office... Allowed her to see those images.

When she got to her room, she closed the door behind her, letting out a heavy breath. Her right hand brushed down her face as she walked in slowly, noticing the way the clouds blurred the moonlight outside.

"The True King shall ascend the throne when the sky is painted red." She muttered, shaking her head.

The Lord of the North was planning something huge and it was clear as day to her when he planned to bring that to fruition.

"The blood moon festival." She blurted with dread.

It was coming up in four months.

But the ultimate question now was if Kaelos and Odessa had been able to come to the same conclusion as well.

And if they have... What plans do they have in place for that day?