Chapter 678

Madeline:

“See, I don’t think I understand you,” I said to her.

As we sat in the living room, I had checked on Byron, and just as Ron had said, his condition was worsening with every passing hour.

“I don’t know how, but she can heal wounds and poisons with her saliva,” Nala said, causing me to scrunch my eyebrows.

“Wait, so you’re telling me there was someone who could help people, and she didn’t come forward to help the children?” I asked, already questioning this woman’s credibility.

“Not exactly. I mean, she can’t heal children. It’s kind of like how you can heal children, but she can heal adults. I’m not really sure. I’ve never been this confused before, but now that I’m saying it out loud, I realize how strange it sounds,” she replied and I turned to look at Ron.

“Who is this person?” he asked.

“Oh, you’ve probably heard of her,” Nala replied. “She’s quite well known in Alpha circles.”

She shifted in her seat.

“I found her recently when one of my soldiers was wounded, and she helped him.”

Nala looked as though she was holding back more information.

“Nala, be honest,” I said.

She immediately hunched her shoulders.

“Well, rogues aren’t supposed to be friends with someone of her status, but I became friends with her. She knew her secret would be safe with me. She trusts me, and I trust her. She’s a very nice woman.”

She continued gushing about the woman instead of getting to the point.

“Her name is Rosetta. She’s the widow of several Alphas. People call her the Black Widow. But I’m certain she can cure Byron.”

As she spoke, she pointed toward Byron’s room again.

“Wait, I know her,” Ron said. “She never leaves her mansion or her pack. And every Alpha she marries somehow ends up dead. Then their packs merge with hers.”

He rubbed the back of his neck.

“The council gave her an extension. After a certain period, she’s supposed to find another Alpha, or they’ll take everything away from her. They usually give her six months. Then, somehow, she finds an Alpha. He dies unexpectedly, and she gets another six months. It just keeps happening.”

“Doesn’t that sound suspicious to either of you?” I asked, staring at them in disbelief.

They were recommending her while also admitting that every time she was about to lose her pack, she married an Alpha who conveniently died soon afterward.

“Trust me, she’s a good person,” Nala insisted. “All I’m saying is that whatever is on Byron’s back is poison. Those scratches are killing him. He needs help immediately, and there isn’t anyone else who can help him.”

She reached for my hands and held them tightly.

“So let’s take this chance. Please trust me.”

Nala looked at me pleadingly.

Honestly, I wanted to help Byron more than anyone.

I couldn’t lose another person.

But I also couldn’t place him in the hands of a complete stranger.

“Fine,” I finally gave in.

Before Nala could get up, thinking I had agreed to let Byron go alone, I added,

“I’ll come with you. I want to meet her myself.”

I spoke with determination.

Before Nala could come up with an excuse about why I shouldn’t be anywhere near Rosetta’s territory, how it would raise suspicions and get her into trouble, I pointed at her.

“I’m not handing my friend over to someone I don’t know. Let me speak to her myself. Please, Nala.”

After a long moment, Nala let out a deep breath and nodded.

“Okay. Then get Byron ready.”

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Now she was known as the Rogue Queen.

Her grandfather had passed away from an illness, but Nala was doing much better

now.

Her people were highly trained warriors, and they were fiercely loyal.

None of them questioned her decisions.

Then again, she rarely made the wrong ones.

A few minutes later, we brought Byron out of the room.

He was barely conscious and sweating profusely.

His lips had turned pale and gray, and every time I looked at him, dread settled

deeper into my chest.

One of Nala’s larger warriors lifted him over his shoulder.

Ron was supposed to stay behind at the cabin with the other warriors.

Nala, Byron, her warrior, and I began the journey.

We walked for hours, though the mansion turned out to be closer than I had expected.

Three hours later, we arrived.

Rosetta had given Nala a private route into the pack, and she had

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However, she had requested that our meeting take place away from everyone else.

That was how I ended up standing in one of her gardens.

The warriors had been asked to give us some space.

Nala stood beside me as I watched a woman dressed entirely in black approach.

A thin black veil covered part of her face, attached to a headband that held her

damp hair in place.

It looked as though she had just stepped out of a shower.

The moment she reached us, she stopped.

Then she raised a gloved hand toward me.

The gloves were delicate black mesh.

“I’m Rosetta,” she said.

I didn’t know why, but her presence completely froze me.

It felt as though I was standing inside my body and outside it at the same time.

I couldn’t explain it.

Slowly, I raised my hand and placed it in hers.

The moment our skin touched through the fabric, something flickered inside my

chest.

A strange sensation.

One I had never felt before.