Chapter 49

The next day... Staring at the small container in his hand, his heart wrenches in pain as anger spurs through him. This is the poison that he has been taking all this while. "Where did you say you got it from again?" Trying hard not to believe the guard, he asks him again. How can he say that he found it in Cassie's room? How's that even possible? How's he supposed to believe that? "My lord, in maiden Cassie's room," Hearing this again, he bites his bottom lip and takes a deep breath, trying so hard to control this anger that keeps trying to consume him. He refuses to believe this, Cassie can't possibly be the one that has done this to him, right? She can't possibly be the one behind this all this while and was still worried about him, right? "Get me the doctor," He instructs the guard, who bows slightly and exits the room almost immediately to go carry out the instruction. He stares at the container that contains black substances, and he sighs briefly for the umpteenth time this is no