Chapter 199: Lies and poison
The music was still playing in the background and everyone seemed to have gone back to their means after the mess created by the servant.
"You ask a lot of questions. Forget he exists and present your gift to Eleanor so that you can leave. This party has unwanted guests." Alfonso’s words intrigued Abrielle’s curiosity about the unwanted guests.
"Why are they unwanted? I thought you couldn’t attend without an invitation." Abrielle inquired completely engrossed in the topic. She sensed Alfonso was hesitant to talk about who the man was.
"As I said earlier it is nothing your pretty head should worry about," Alfonso answered, his eyes darting around the room. Abrielle followed his gaze trying to find what he was looking for. There was nothing out of place.
Alfonso was indeed right about leaving early; she had to leave before something unexpected like Callista getting poisoned happened, and she is the prime suspect. This world was unpredictable.
"I will go speak to the queen," she mentioned. Alfonso didn’t follow behind her. Abrielle soon found the queen as expected Eleanor was gathered by a crowd fawning over her while presenting their gifts.
Abrielle’s gift was handed over to Eleanor’s servants earlier so all she had to do was to wish the birthday girl.
She stopped in her tracks to see the person who was speaking with the queen. It was the same man that had saved Abrielle. Oddly, he didn’t bow before the queen, and Eleanor didn’t seem offended by his behaviour, which was odd for the pompous queen.
He was dressed in green, and from the quality of the fabric she knew he was wealthy. He didn’t have many jewels except a gold pendant that was hard to miss, yet he had this aura that was around him that commanded authority.