CHAPTER 423: THE POISON

There was a pregnant silence in the room.

"What?" Lily said finally breaking the silence.

"Yes." Anna sighed massaging her temple.

Lily couldn’t believe this.

Uther was in on this too?

She knew that Uther very badly wanted her to become Luna and Xaden’s crowned mate.

But she had never thought that he would be involved in trying to kill Jasmine.

"How did this even happen?" Lily asked once she finally found the words to put together.

Anna shrugged. "He just came to me one day. He knows that I never liked Jasmine and he knows that I don’t want her here. So he sort of spoke to me about it. He was the only one I could ask to help get me poison. Who else could I have gone to?"

"Gods." Lily said raking her hair with her fingers and she began to pace the room.

But Anna wasn’t telling the exact truth.

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A FEW DAYS AGO

Anna had just finished discussing with Lily on how they were going terminate Jasmine and was still finding a way for her to get rid of her.

It was almost a week now and yet she still hadn’t come up with something.

If she was back in the moonlight pack, she would have something to use against Jasmine.

She would have someone that she could send to get a poison or try to kill her.

But all to no avail.

The crescent pack was different and she had to be careful who she told what.

She wanted to maintain the image of the long most daughter who had suffered a miserable life but was still good and loving.

No one could know who she truly was, she doubted Xaden would forgive her.

She didn’t trust Lisa to get a potent enough poison so that was out of the plan.

As Anna started to think hard of ways she could kill Jasmine, she heard a knock at the door.

She rolled her eyes in disgust.

"WHO IS IT?!" she asked in the most singsong perfect voice ever.

"It’s your uncle Uther." She heard.

She groaned irritated.

Now what did he want?

She fixed a very fake and convincing smile, completely hiding her initially displeased face.

"You can come in uncle." She called from her desk.

The door opened and he came in.

She smiled at him.

"Ahhh.... My only niece." He said with a smile.

He walked up to her and kissed her forehead.

"I came by to check up on you." Uther said. "Since your brother isn’t around and left you in my care."

She smiled sweetly. "Uncle that is really sweet of you. I’m fine. Just trying to have sometime alone."

"Of course I understand that." He said. "I hope no one is disturbing you."

She laughed. "Of course not."

He smiled at her and then she saw it fade. "You know Anna you can tell me anything."

She felt her stomach squeeze uneasily.

Where was this headed.

"Of course uncle." She said.

"Your mother my younger sister. She loved you very much and she wanted me to protect you. If I had known that you were going to be stolen or that she didn’t survive. I would have taken you away. It’s my duty to fix those mistakes. To correct my wrong amd my past inability to have saved you. That’s why I’m here for you." He expressed further.

Anna smiled as she reached out to touch his hand in a show of emotion. "I appreciate that uncle and-

"That’s why I know that Jasmine is a threat to you in the pack." He stated quickly cutting her short.

Anna gasped unable to conceal her shock.

How did he know?

And then she realized she had broken character she quickly tried to mask her expression.

But it was too late.

"Uncle that’s not true. Jasmine might have been the daughter of my captors but I don’t harbor any ill feelings towards her." Anna tried to deter him.

"I know you don’t like Jasmine." He said. "I know you hate her in fact. You always have. And with good reason too. Jasmine is the daughter of your captors as you have said. The people who stole you from your family."

Anna shook her head and let out a fake chuckle. "Uncle you are confused. If anything I’ve forgiven Jasmine and treat her with respect."

"Does your brother know that you never suffered?" Uther dropped the bombshell.

That shut her up there and theme

Where had he heard all this information from.

"Mmh?" Uther asked. "Your brother believes that you suffered in the moonlight pack. That you were maltreated. But rather he doesn’t know that Jasmine was the one who was treated like a slave."

Jasmine’s face was red.

Red with shame and fear.

How did he come to know any of this?

"Don’t ask how I know." He said as if reading her thoughts. "Just know that I know."

"Does my brother know?" Anna stuttered.

"No of course not. I never told him." Uther expressed. "It would have broken his heart and ruined his image of who you thinks you are. So I’m not going to tell him. Not unless you give me a reason to."

Her eyes narrowed.

Was that blackmail?

Was he indirectly blackmailing her?

"You detest her and now here she is, pregnant for your brother. Also having an affair with his second in command."

Where did he get this information?

So it was true Jasmine was really having an affair with Erik.

"I am not here to fight you. I am by your side. Right behind you." He expressed as he gently held her hands together in solitude. "I am here to fight this evil. Jasmine does not belong here. This is your home and she shouldn’t corrupt it."

Anna’s breathing began to heave difficultly.

Her wolf was angry.

Furious and Jealous.

Erik and Jasmine.

At first It had just been a conspiracy but now she was hearing from someone else’s lips about it.