The Vampire Prince by Juliette N Banks

Author:Juliette N Banks [Banks, Juliette N]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal Romance, vampire romance, billionaire romance, alpha romance, royalty romance
Publisher: Juliette Banks
Published: 2021-03-24T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Brayden and Craig stood outside the king’s chambers, waiting.

And more damn waiting.

Vincent, hurry the fuck up! This is urgent!

The door flung open a moment later. “What the fuck is so urgent? I’m going through papers with Seraphina.”

In the background, he could see the king’s secretary shuffling said papers and one of Regan’s legs. He had considered confronting the vampire himself, except he knew his brother. The king would want to deal with this directly.

Given he was the one being poisoned, it seemed only fair. Allegedly.

“We need to speak with you now. Alone.”

What is it?

We believe we have discovered the cause of your illness.

“Leave us,” the king said without looking away from Brayden.

The two vampires departed the room in haste, gathering up papers in handfuls and slipping past them with nervous glances. Brayden held the king’s stare, not looking away.

Vincent turned, and they all walked into the room where they stood in an awkward circle of three. “Speak.”

“We believe...” Craig started, then stopped.

We believe Regan has been poisoning you, your majesty.

I can’t be poisoned.

We believe it might be possible, and that you are slowly being poisoned.

Why?

The only reason would be to weaken you to take the throne.

The king looked at Brayden, anger lining his face.

I watched him pour a substance—an unknown substance—into your tea earlier this evening. Then out loud, Craig asked, “Are you taking any medication, your majesty?”

Vincent gave a small shake of his head.

“Could the queen have ordered this?” Brayden asked, a degree of hope in his voice. Nobody wanted to believe they had a traitor in their castle, certainly not someone as close as Regan.

He watched the king’s eyes as they momentarily looked distracted, and realized he was speaking to his mate. “No,” Vincent finally answered, and walked around his desk to sit. He directed them to do the same. They didn’t. The door flew open, and Kate marched in.

“What’s going on?” she demanded. An awkward moment passed between Kate and Brayden as they locked eyes. They glanced away.

“Craig witnessed Regan slipping something into my tea,” Vincent responded, looking as perplexed as Brayden had just a few hours earlier. Kate followed suit.

“Slipping what? A knife? You can’t be poisoned.”

“Look, I realize this is all theory, but unless Regan has a damn homeopathy business on the side, it’s still fucking suspicious, don’t you think?” Brayden said.

The king narrowed his eyes at the tone he used with the queen.

Whatever.

“Even if poison were possible, what would be his motive? He’s been loyal to this family for centuries.”

Vincent coughed, one of his phlegmy, disgusting coughs which usually resulted in one of them offering him a blood transfusion. Out came the tissues, reminding them all why they were here.

“Which is why we wanted to discuss the next steps with you, your majesty. We could search his chambers or confront him,” Craig continued, getting straight to the heart of the matter.

The room went quiet.

“Kate, has Selena returned from Italy?” Brayden asked.

The queen glanced at the king. As both their eyes darkened, the room became thick with anger.

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