Cursed Bond: Claimed By The Monstrous Alpha Prince [BL]
Chapter 82: Spy

Chapter 82: 82: Spy

Lilac

The next morning, a lot of guards arrived and they ordered that all the slaves get lined up. I was so nervous because they all looked furious as hell, and the only thing that comforted me was Jake’s presence. I had thought he’d be mad at me and not speak to me last night but he’s doing none of that, to my relief.

"Think they’re here to punish some people here?" I asked quietly and Jake shrugged. We were all arranged in a straight line and as the guards slowly walked past us, I created breathing till they were far away from me.

"I can’t really tell." He responded just as Iris, the head of the slaves here, standing in the front right now, began to speak. This was her first time showing up here and also her first time addressing us since I arrived here.

"Hello everyone, trust that you’re all doing well. Today, I’m here to announce that with the crow ball coming up soon, everyone are gonna be shared in groups cause it’s gonna be a busy week." She explained and I let out a sigh of relief,

If it was just that, fat was the use of all the guards?

"But before that, there’s a spy in here, and the person would be fished out right now," Iris continued and my heart hammers Shaina my ribs as I quickly glanced around just as everyone began to mumble. So the guards were indeed brought out here for a reason like I had initially thought.

"The spy had been stealing classified information and had been sending it over to their company. Whoever you are, come out before we have to fish you out ourselves." Iris continued in a stern and cold voice that had me flinching. I was very sure that I wasn’t the spy they were talking about, but it didn’t make me feel less nervous for some weird reasons.

Iris gave a signal to the man standing beside her as she spoke again. "Since you’ve refused to not come out in your own, we’ll have to fish you out ourselves and that way, you’ll get given a slow and painful death." After she spoke, everyone only fidgeted but no one dared to say a word.

After Iris stepped back, the man she gave a singnal to stepped forward, a folded paper in his grip.

"In this paper Is a powder that reveals the true form of anyone hiding. We already confirmed that the person is a shape shifter," as the man spoke, a murmur went through the crowd and I shifted around, feeling awkward and nervois as hell, buy also quite curious.

The man opened the paper and sprinkled the powder into the air.

It was like time went still. No one made a sound, nor did they move. Whoever, one of the girls began to scream while scrstting all over her body and chanting a single word over and over again.

"No. No. No."

Everyone stared at her wide eyed and shocked to their bones. The girl looked so frightened, till all of a sudden, she slowed to a stop, her eyes blown wild as she glanced around the entire crowd.

"See that? The culpirt had just revealed herself to everyone, even though what was in the paper was nothing but white powder." The man drawled, a pleased expression on his face as she spoke.

The girl gaped at him, clearly shocked out of her mind to have fallen for the man’s trap. Her eyes quickly darted around then she ran into the nearest crowd which instantly scattered at once while everyone screamed.

I barely recognize the girl, and for a moment, I wondered if she was the one that spoke to me last night but I was left thinking it was Jake. Or was it a completely different person? Were more than one shape shifter present here in this palace?

The spy ran between the guards and on getting to my side, I screamed and wrenched away before she could make contact with me. Someone pushed me hard and I tripped backward. As I fell, I realized who pushed me— it was Henry,

In the next moment, the spy was dragging me up and hiding behind my back, holding a knife to my throat. A freaking knife. When I struggled against her, she promised to stab me if I did fucking stay still.

"You can’t kill me, if you do, I’ll kill him!" The girl shouted grin behind me and I felt so frightened and worried, hoping that she distort mistakenly kill me in her frightened state.

The man who was the reason she revealed her cover herself, laughed heartily for a little bit before speaking.

"Well, do that if you must. There’s a lot of other slaves here. What matters is that you do not leave here alive."

Sd those words washed over me, I instantly stiffened, then I began to struggle again.

Of course these bastards wouldn’t care if I die, after all to them we’re nothing but slaves.

"Stay fucking still!" The girl barked, but because I was so frightened, I just couldn’t bring myself to stay still, so I kept struggling till I felt her knife slice through my skin.

I stiffened as a searing pain shot through my entire body, making me see white for a few seconds.

In the next moment, Jake’s voice was filling the air. "You bitch! Why did you hurt him??! Let him go right now!"

Blood was pouring down my shoulder and the pain in my throat was only getting worst as the seconds was ticking by. I didn’t know hoe deep the cut was, but it felt quite deep from how much it was hurting, and from how much blood was dripping.

"I told you I’ll hurt the slave!" The girl cried out, her voice frightened as she kept pulling me backward along with her.

"You can kill him all you went, but you won’t leave here." The man drawled in response and panic heavy like lead drpppef tight in my stomach.