Chapter 571
I gasped at her in shock.
How dare she say that to me.
The insolent little harlot!
I was more taken aback than upset at the words she had so casually flung at me.
It was as though she had a different side of herself that I didn’t seem to exist.
So the meek and submissive bitch had a tongue.
I hated ago admit it, but the way she had spoken to me, scared me.
I wasn’t sure whether to confront her there and then or let it go.
I decided on the latter.
I was going to deal with her one way or the other
“Fine.” I rolled my eyes at her. “I’ll bring you the locket. If you know what’s good for you, make sure you keep it hidden.”
“Thank you your majesty.” She curstseyed.
I couldn’t tell if she was truly appreciating or mocking me.
With that I pushed the door open and left.
I began to overthink as I hurried on to Cherry’s bedroom.
My racing heart beat didn’t make it any better.
I was horrified and in absolute dismay.
Once I got to Cherry’s room, I didn’t find her in the bedroom.
I heard some chatter in the bathroom and decided to march in.
Cherry was in the bath relaxing with three betas. One was kissing her hand, her feet while another washed her body.
They all turned to merge moment I stepped in.
They were all naked.
I turned my face away.
“Aunt Cherry we need to talk.” I said quickly and used the corner of my eye to see her.
Aunt Cherry sighed heavily, her eyes were still not open.
She waved her hands at the men. “Go away.”
With that, one after they hurried out of the bath until it was just me and her.
She slowly got out of the bath. “You had better have a good reason for interrupting my bath.”
“Jasmine. I saw her necklace. The Queen almost saw it.” I said quickly almost stumbling on my words.
Cherry’s face gave a show of reaction and it was for a split second panic before it reverted to no emotion.
From how long I had met her, she barely ever exhibited any show of fear or any sort of thing.
But now I had seen that she wasn’t as perfect as she made it seem.
“Hand me my robe.” She said.
I looked around and found a fur robe hanging in the bath.
I picked it up, she turned her back to me and then I opened it up for her to wear.
She then turned and tied it with a rope and headed on out of the room.
I followed her right behind.
“Did you hear me?” I asked. “The Queen almost saw the necklace.”
“Loud and clear.” Cherry said picking up a glass of wine and sipping. “But she didn’t.”
“No she didn’t.” Cherry waved her hands. “So we just have to find our way around it. No big deal.”
“There’s more.” I said not liking how Cherry was taking this so likely.
My life was at stake here.
All the wealth and luxuries I was now enjoying was all at stake here.
“She told me that her necklace burned.” I said.
Cherry frowned. “Burned? What do you mean?”
I swallowed. “She had been itching the necklace when talking to my Grandmother you see? And then she took it out that’s when I saw it. She said she always had it in her breasts but for some reason or the other it now burned.”
“Did she tell you when this started? Or has it always been like that?” Cherry asked coming closer to me, her eyes pointed.
“She said the moment she came into this palace.” I responded.
The moment I said those words, Cherry tightened her hands around the wine glass so hard it shattered.
I jumped in fright.
Her hands were bleeding and she didn’t seem to care.
In an instant her blood went back into her skin.
There was not a single trace of injury on her skin.
I wanted how she could so easily heal herself if she wasn’t a wolf anymore.
Or was it her magic powers?
She swore to herself and then began to pace the room.
“What’s wrong? What does this mean?” I asked gently stepping over the shattered glass.
“It means that Jasmine is now reacting to the pack itself.” Jasmine said
I blinked in disbelief. “Wh… what?”
What did that even mean?
Cherry took in a very deep breath. “I had been worried that this would happen but never thought much of it because I thought I would have gotten rid of her.”
Cherry screamed in anger. “This torn in my flesh! I have done everything to get her dead! Everything!”
I took a wise step back away from Cherry.
I knew better than to hang around her in her state of fury.
“She is royal blood. She is the heir and I don’t think I told you this but Jasmine isn’t just a regular royal blood or regular future Queen wolves, there is a wolf legend that she would either be our savior or our doom. That bitch is supposed to have powers that can shake the world.” Cherry gasped.
“B… bu… but she is an unshifted wolf.” I said confused. “If she had powers won’t she be a wolf by now.”
Cherry’s hands on her waist she paced the room. “I thought about that too. That’s the only thing that doesn’t make sense. I’ve never been able to understand it. At all.”
“Well maybe she is royal blood but isn’t the one this prophecy is talking about.” I said reasonably.
It made no sense.
How could a savior be a dirty shifted wolf?
“We can’t take off the necklace from her. Not unless she dies.” Cherry said.
“Yes I remembered when I was about to.” I informed.
Cherry’s eyes widened. “You want to kill us all?! Thank the fucking goddess you didn’t!”
Cherry sighed heavily again.
“I proposed getting her a locket to keep the pendant off her skin.”
Cherry smiled at me. “So you went completely stupid after all.”
I was offended.
“Well Do that and make sure you hand it to her.” Cherry said. “It’s just for a while until she gets out of here. The moment she leaves, the pendant would stop reacting.”
I nodded, relieved.
“What was your reason for hiding the pendant?” Cherry asked.
I shrugged. “Told her it was treason to wear such jewelry in the royal pack. The idiot believed.”
“I have to give it to you. If it were your cousin Rot Belle, then all hell would have broken loose.” Cherry said. “She would be gone in a few days. Then we can carry out or plan and finally kill your perfect grand mother and finally take the throne.”