章節 113: A Criminal

Lazarus narrowed his eyes on her. "Did you think I was a fool to let Emma drink this potion? You had laced with poisonous mushrooms to the level that Emma would have stayed drugged for the next few days." He stepped towards her slowly, taking one measured step at a time. "I don't know why you did that, Gladys, but this is treason. You wanted to harm Emma and those are reasons enough for you to be thrown into the dungeons!" 

Emma couldn't believe what she was seeing. She thought Gladys was her friend in the palace, but she turned out to be a viper up her sleeve. A shudder ran down her body. Had Lazarus not seen through her plan, Gladys would have drugged her to the balls of the eyes. 

Lazarus reached Gladys and pinched her jaw with his fingers. He forced her to look at him. "I will punish you personally, Gladys. You have committed the worst crime of your life by trying to harm my mate." He snapped his head to the door. "Guards!"