Chapter 235
Janet stayed in the hospital and listened to the fireworks going on all night long. Cheers could be heard in the distance.
Everyone in the Lycanâs Kingdom was happy, except for her.
She couldnât stop wondering if Daran had seen those fireworks as well and if he would blame her for the decision that she made.
She would never have the chance to find out what he really thought.
The next morning, doctors went into her room and inspected her condition.
âIt will take a couple of days for the wounds to recover. But other than that, you are in a very good condition,â the doctor said to her with a big smile. âAnd the Kingâs heir is very healthy. Congratulations, Queen Janet.â
They already started to address her as queen.
And her childâ¦.
Janet placed a hand on her belly.
Officially starting today, her child was Westinâs kid, the heir of the Lycanâs Kingdom.
She better get used to that sooner.
âThank you. So can I check out of the hospital today?â she asked the doctor.
âWe strongly encourage you to stay here a bit longer. The nurses will apply a special ointment to your wound daily so that they will not leave a scarâ¦â
âScars do not bother me,â said Janet calmly.
Actually, she preferred to leave the scars.
It would serve as a constant reminder of what her enemy had done to her.
She wanted revenge.
An eye for an eye.
âI will check out of the hospital today,â she said to the doctor in a firm voice.
The doctor still looked reluctant.
But there was nothing he could say to change Janetâs mind, so he signed her release. eventually.
Janet left her room.
Yet she didnât leave the hospital right away. Instead, she went into Elder Randyâs ward.
If she wanted to destroy Agnes, she would have to first weaken Agnesâs influence in this kingdom.
She needed to find something on Agnes, something she could use.
As for now, she hadnât gotten anything yet.
Agnes did go into Westinâs study to assassinate her. But Janet asked the servants already and nobody had seen her. There wasnât any surveillance camera in Kingâs
study.
So Janet couldnât prove the assassination.
The only loose end was Elder Randyâs poisoning, in which Janet felt strongly that Agnes must have been involved.
If she could prove that Agnes was responsible for poisoning Elder Randy and framing her, she could definitely ruin that vicious woman.
A few nurses were taking Elder Randyâs blood pressure when Janet came into the ward.
They immediately curtseyed to Janet, âGood day, Queen Janet.
âHow is Elder Randy?â Janet walked up to the elderâs bedside and asked.
âHe still hasnât woken upâ¦And the doctors said that he might stay like that forever without a cure, and die in the endless coma,â said a nurse.
Janet inspected the elder.
Elder Randyâs face looked sickly grey. He lay on the bed, perfectly still with his eyes shut. He looked as though he was already dead.
Janet wanted to find some clues on him that could lead this incident to Agnes.
But she didnât know what she was looking for.
And she knew that it was almost impossible for her to find anything on Elder Randy.
Almost half a month had passed since the spring ball, and even though there was evidence left, they must have been destroyed already.
Yet refusing to give up so soon, Janet started a thorough search on Elder Randy.
âWhat are you looking for, Queen Janet?â the nurse asked, âMaybe we can help?â
âI got this. Thank you.â
She checked Elder Randyâs clothes. Nothing weird.
And his pocket. Empty.
His skin and nails. Perfectly normal.
At last, she lifted his eyelid to inspect his pupil.
And that was when she froze on her spot.
â⦠Why are his eyeballs red?â she turned to the nurses and asked in a strained voice.
âWhat?â
The nurses gathered over, and all cried out.
It was true!
Didnât know when but there was no white in Elder Randyâs eyes. Just black and red!
âOh my it is so weirdâ¦â one of the nurses clamped a hand over her mouth and gasped.
âThe doctors didnât see this?â
âHe wasnât like this when he was first brought into the hospitalâ¦.And he hasnât
opened his eves since so nobody noticed
âReport this to the doctor immediately,â Janet said firmly.
âYes, Queen Janet!â
One nurse rushed out of the ward.
The head nurse rubbed her chin, with a pondering look on her face, âRed eyeballs⦠Why does this sound so familiar to me?â
Janet immediately looked at her, âYou saw a similar symptom before?â
âYeahâ¦I think so⦠But it probably isnât poisoning related, or I would definitely rememberâ¦â
Janet didnât want to let go of any possible leads.
So she asked, âAre there any medical records? Can you look it up for me? Please, it is really important.â
âOf course! I am happy to serve the queen,â said the head nurse immediately. âWhen I finish todayâs shift, I will go into the archives and look this up..
Yet Janet couldnât even wait a single day longer, âWhere is the archive? I can go by myself if you donât mind.â
problem at all! If you donât mind the dust and musty smellâ¦Here is the key.â
Janet took the key and thanked the head nurse.
The archive was located underground, in a vault.
Janet found the medical section and opened the iron gate with the key the head nurse gave her.
The door opened and she immediately started coughing.
The air was heavy with the scent of age and decay. Her nostrils must be filled with dust right now.
Covering her nose with one hand, Janet stepped into the archive, looking around. Ancient medical records, cloaked in layers of dust, loomed on shelves that seemed to
stretch into the ceiling.
The soft glow of a flickering light bulb swung overhead, casting eerie shadows as Janet walked down the aisles.
She first went to the computers.
She crossed the references âpoisonâ and âred eyeballsâ and clicked search.
Yet nothing showed up.
She deleted âpoisonâ and searched again.
Still nothing.
The head nurse warned her about this already: medical records from 3 years ago or more hadnât been logged into the computers yet. They still existed in papers.
Janet turned around and looked at the shelves of files, letting out a small sigh.
â¦Lots of work ahead.
She plunged herself right into papers and files.
The atmosphere within the underground vault was hushed.
The only sounds were the whisper of her breath and the gentle shuffle of her footsteps on the worn floor.
She sifted through crumbling files, cautiously.
The musty scent clung to her clothes as she looked, her fingers tracing the spines.
Time blurred as she scanned the archives.
Nothing. Nothing. Still nothing.
She had flipped through files that dated back to 5 years ago yet nothing about âred eyeballsâ popped up.
She started to get frustrated.
Maybe this was a dead end.
A complete waste of time.
She was ready to give up when her eyes settled on something.
â¦.A solitary file tucked away in a shadowy corner.
A surge of anticipation quickened her pulse.
She carefully took the ancient document off the shelf.
Its cover is brittle beneath her touch.
Janet laid it on the ground and studied its content with the help of the dim light.
âDied of food poisonâ âsuspected allergyâ âRed eyeballs after deathâ
Her finger stopped on the patientâs name-
Keavy Hernandez.
A creeping chill stole through her chest.
She shivered.
â¦Keavy Hernandez?! â
That was Clementeâs brother, Agnesâs former mate!
Keavy had a similar symptom when he died.
Janet suspected that Agnes had something to do with Elder Randyâs poison.
If her suspicion was correct, plus the evidence that she just found, didnât it mean that-
â¦Agnes killed Keavy?
She killed her own mate!!!
Horror surged up in Janetâs chest.
Noâ¦this was crazyâ¦Killing her own mate? How could anyone be capable of such a cruel thing?
Ridiculous as it seemed, Janetâs head had begun to connect the dots.
Agnes was the only one who had a cure when Elder Randy was done.
Clemente told her that Agnes wanted to be with Westinâ¦She could never achieve that
with her own mate still in the pictureâ¦.
And there was something that Agnes said to her in the hidden room.
She said, You, my mighty Gamma, have a bad habit of underestimating peopleâ¦Oh, I
know the sweet feeling of killing..
Agnes admitted that she killed someone before!
Could that person be her own mateâ¦Keavy?
Janet was so immersed in her own thoughts that she didnât even notice the sound of door opening, and gentle footsteps crossing the aisles, approaching Janet from her back
The footsteps stopped.
â¦What are you looking at?â asked a soft, silky voice from her back.
Janetâs heart lost a beat.
She jerked around abruptly and stared at the person who snuck up on her. Agnes stood a few feet away, looking down at Janet.
A grim smile on her beautiful face.
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