Chapter 197. Enough

Uriel raised his staff. Zander had already given him solid evidences earlier that the man managed to gather whenever he slipped inside the royal estate grounds before. Not only proof against Ava, but a full list of who inside the estate was secretly working for Cain.

A sharp pulse of magic burst upward. Smoke twisted, condensed into runes, then formed shimmering screens of memory.

The hall gasped.

Scenes flickered into view: Ava handing Nilda a vial while they discussed how Princess Riela and the Queen Mother could be used to their advantage against Althea. Nilda sneaking into Princess Riela’s chamber, altering Uriel’s potion to halt her recovery. Then the Queen Mother, sipping tea laced with a hypnotic potion. Ava leaning over the sleeping Queen Mother, murmuring spell after spell.

Ava’s face drained of color.

Nilda staggered back, trembling. “No—this isn’t—this is manipulated—”

“Uriel,” Gavriel said, voice sharp. “Repeat the detectio