Beast King'S Crippled Mate

Chapter 221: Chapter 221: Jade's Trial (III)

Gale could tolerate all of Jade's antics because of the familial feelings between them. Before he met Swan, he thought he had no bottom line for Jade, since he always let her do whatever she pleased as long as it didn't directly annoy him like when she tried to seduce him many times in the past.

But now that he had Swan, he finally discovered his bottom line; Swan.

He didn't care what Jade did, but if it involved putting Swan in danger, he suddenly had the urge to eliminate all threats, even if she was the last remnant of his old pack.

Nothing in this world matters more than my Swan.

The idea was deeply imprinted in Gale's mind. When he imagined Swan's death by poison, he suddenly lost all the guilt for Jade in his heart. freewebnovel.comnoveldrama

"I-I cannot make that kind of poison, Milady. I'm just a bunny maid who's working in the castle. How could I make such a unique poison?" Alice continued to defend herself as she was scared that she would get dragged and executed by His Majesty.

"And what makes you think that I make that poison? Many beastmen tribes specialize in poison-making. The lizard beastmen, snakes beastmen, and even a few types of bird beastmen tribes! Maybe that bunny gets the poison from someone outside of the castle," Jade persisted as she knew the only way to stay alive was to throw the blame on someone else. "Gale, I know we have our differences, but this is just ridiculous. I'm not going to ruin your happiness with Swan over nothing!"

Alice began to fear for her life. Lady Jade was so convincing in her defense that it seemed His Majesty would believe her.

Alice didn't want to be the one on the receiving end of His Majesty's wrath, so she turned her head to the Beast King and dropped herself to her knees before prostrating, "Your Majesty, please spare me! I-I really don't know how to defend myself. I don't know if you will spare me, but please believe in me! It's all Lady Jade's idea! I was forced to follow her or else I'd get beaten or killed!"

Gale ignored Jade and Alice's argument. He gently caressed Swan's hair as he felt better knowing that Swan was still alive, and still by his side.

Of course, he didn't want Swan to make a decision for this problem.

Swan was very soft-hearted. Just like with Aria and Anastasia, she could've killed them for what they did in the past, but she didn't.

If Jade and this bunny maid were begging on their knees, Gale feared that Swan would soften and tried to persuade him to spare their lives.

He planned to kill someone today to teach everyone in this castle a lesson, and nobody would leave this throne room without a severed head in his hand.

He took a deep breath and said, "Stop lying, Jade. I know this poison is yours."

Jade's eyes widened, "W-w-why would you suspect me like that? Do you think that nobody else can make poison in this world?!"

"I know you're not the only poison maker in this world, but this poison is both colorless and almost odorless. Something like this can only be concocted by a poison master. As far as I know, you are the only one who knows how to make an advanced poison in this kingdom."

"That bunny could've gotten it from outside of this kingdom!"

"Yes, but nobody owns the specific ingredient inside this poison; dried NightBloom, a native flower from our Storm Pack den," Gale added coldly Nobody in this world knows the effect of Nightbloom, noodo they know about that plant's existence unless they are native to Storm Pack. You are the last member of Storm Pack other than me, Jade."

Gale paused for a moment as he saw the change of expression on Jade's face, and it confirmed his suspicion; Jade was the one who planned all of this. She was the mastermind.

Jade knew that it was a checkmate now. He didn't expect that Gale could detect the deadly dried nightbloom flower. She thought she already diluted the poison to make sure that nobody would be able to detect any scent coming from it.

"Now, what explanation do you have, Jade?" Gale asked as he gently lifted Swan's body and sat her on the throne while he got up and walked slowly towards Jade. "Tell me what alibi you have to defend yourself before I kill you with my hand."

Jade took a step back for each step that Gale took towards her.

"I-I-I'm n-not guilty. I-it's not me!" Jade yelled desperately as she didn't want to be killed by the man she loved.

For the first time in her life, Jade couldn't hold her tears and began crying while taking a few more steps back until her back hit the door behind her.

She tried to open it, but it was locked from the outside, so there was no way out.

"Gale, please... I-I can explain this."

"I already know the reason, Jade. I know that you're jealous," Gale said coldly. "I know that you love me, but I feel nothing towards you. So you tried to harm Swan, right?"

"I—" Jade was speechless because Gale was spot on.

"I have had that suspicion from long ago, but I still think of you as my family, so I

try to deny my instinct to kill you back then," Gale said. "But this is different, Jade. You tried to harm my mate."

"T-then, if you think of me as a family, you shouldn't harm me! I'm the last remaining member of Storm Pack! You'll lose everyone if you lose me!"

"Storm Pack is long gone. But I'm not alone anymore. I have my wife, Swan, by my side now."

He stopped one foot away from Jade, and his towering height was so intimidating for Jade that she fell to her knees.

Gale didn't even need to release his overpowering aura, as it seemed that Jade had no intention to fight back or escape this time.