Chapter 30


    I was filled with shock and disbelief.


    Every symptom that was exhibited by my father’s trembling body was all too familiar with me.


    This poison was developed by me when I was young, however, I never have openly disclosed it to


    anyone in the pack and only my father and a select few elders knew about it.


    When this poison was released, everyone thought that there was no antidote to this poison and


    eventually it was banned.


    ‘This can’t be possible!’ My heart skipped a beat because I knew that this poison had long disappeared.


    How did it suddenly appear here? And to think that the very poison I have developed was used against


    my father, I could not help but tremble.


    My eyes turned red as I was about to bend closer to check my father’s condition. I knew how the


    poison works and if it is not detoxified, he will surely, slowly die.


    As I attempted to bend down and check his condition, my father’s eyes met my gaze and I froze


    momentarily.


    “Cho-“ My father opened his mouth before he was interrupted by two worried cries behind.


    “Father!”


    “Dear!”


    Vanessa and Lisa immediately scrambled to my father’s side. They looked at my father in a panic, so


    much that they were not able to notice me. In the end, I was pushed behind and forced to watch their


    family of three at a distance.


    ‘Indeed, a nice warm family of three…’


    A bitter feeling appeared in my heart as I held my right hand, which was about to touch my father


    earlier.


    ‘What was I thinking?’ I told myself, mocking me for being naively hopeful once again.


    I noticed ke who was already beside me and pulled my trembling hand ever so gently. He must


    have seen my pathetic state.


    A warmforting feeling held me, as if saying that everything was fine and all I needed was his


    warmth.


    In the end, with n’s help, Lisa and Vanessa helped father into the study room..


    ke very naturally followed them inside as well, and so I was still lingering around seeing how the


    situation turns out.


    After letting my father rest, Vanessa summoned the best healer in the pack and let him check father.


    “No need to try to heal me, I know what kind of poison it is…” My father muttered.


    I did not say anything and just watched, until the symptoms of my poison became much more


    prevalent, so much that there was no longer a need for the healer’s diagnosis.


    “Alpha… this is the banned poison that was developed by Chloe back then!” The healer was surprised


    as he blurted out in disbelief.


    “This… I remember the effects of this poison! Father, is what the chief healer said true? Chloe


    developed this poison?! How could it be? And why did it even appear now?” Vanessa raised her voice


    vindictively as she continued her own justice seeking monologue.


    “How could she… poison her own father?! She was so heartless! Heartless!”


    “We no longer said anything when shemitted a felony when she ran away without permission.


    Everyone in the pack felt sorry for her because we knew that she might not be able to survive outside


    the pack alone without a wolf!”


    “Now… not only she is alive but she was also out toe back here and poison father with such cruel


    poison!”


    “If she wanted toe back and hurt everyone, how could everyone feel sorry for her?”


    Watching her deliberately ndering me in front of everyone, I felt nothing and just sneered. Even


    when she has already done everything to destroy me and crush my hopes time and time again, she will


    really stop at nothing as long as there was something she could use to hurt me.


    “Vanessa, stop your nonsense. Chloe was not the one who poisoned me because I knew myself who


    did it to me.” For the first time in my life, I heard my father defend my name.


    The entire room turned silent. Everyone, especially Vanessa, was filled with surprise and turned


    speechless. I, on the other hand, remained calm, because I knew my stand and what my father meant.


    After all, when the poison was banned, the only people who had the poison back then were me, my


    father and my uncle.


    My father looked at us first and felt that he had to exin, most probably because of ke’s identity as


    the Lycan King and also the one who saved him.


    “While it is true that Chloe, my eldest daughter, developed the poison during her childhood, my brother


    and I decided to take a dose of the poison each for safekeeping.


    Father’s eyes hardened as he started to exin, “I never knew that my elder brother had been holding


    a grudge against me because he was supposed to be the original heir of the pack. But because of his


    violent tendencies and ruthlessness in using poison, our father transferred the rights to me.”


    “Father was afraid that if he was handed the Alpha position, he would start to use poison to hurt the


    innocent.”


    “I thought that he had already epted things however… When Chloe turned five, he started to rebel.


    In the end he could not seed and so I have no choice but to let him be banished away from the


    pack.”


    “It was already toote for me to realize that he took the poison with him…”


    My father sighed as he briefly recounted the happenings during my childhood. While it was news to


    ke and the rest, the matter about our uncle was not a secret to the people of the pack.


    The only thing that surprised them was the fact that my uncle had the poison as well.


    ke nodded in understanding and mentioned, “My beta had gone to chase him… Hopefully we can


    get the antidote.”


    “No… that is rather useless… for this poison had no antidote,” My father shook his eyes. Even though


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    his face was so pale, he remained very calm. My brother must have known it as well… that is why…”


    My father only shook his head and revealed the truth rather helplessly.


    But momentarily, his gaze fell upon me before shifting away subconsciously.


    “No! This can’t be! An antidote without a poison? Since when did the pack have such an item?” The


    heavy atmosphere turned even more ufortable after Vanessa blurted out these words.


    Everyone kept silent, but Vanessa did not stop ndering ‘Chloe’ while we were watching.


    “How could Chloe be so vicious to develop such an evil poison at a very young age! I did not


    know… That her heart was already this ck even as a child… oh my…” Slowly yet surely, she made


    me into the worst viin that could ever be.


    Beside me, I could feel that ke was about to emit his cold authoritative aura once again. I held the


    hem of his clothes and tried to soothe his unease with my assuring look, stopping him from doing


    anything that would make everyone suspicious.


    Even with the mask, I could imagine the crease in his brows deepening as he heard Vanessa’s


    thoughtless words.


    To finally let him rx, I sent him a mind link and said, “Don’t worry… I know how to make the


    antidote…”


    ke did not ask me anything and only nced at me in wonder.


    After a few seconds, his expression recovered to his usual Lycan King demeanor as he announced to


    everyone, “Worry not, for I have a way to source an antidote for Alpha Dean…”