The War God Alpha’s Arranged Bride Novel

---- Chapter 83 Not that he needed to provide some kind of excuse for himself, but this was purely medical what was happening. He needed to get her out of her sweat-soaked clothes and into the steaming bath so that her body temperature would rise back to its normal level. Once everyone else left, Alexander got to work on carefully removing her clothes. Of course, under any other circumstances, he would have asked for her permission to do away with the material. But time was not a factor that was currently on their side. "Okay, Evelyn," he kept his voice calm and even.

"I'm going to lower you into the bath, okay?" All he heard was a small hum from her chest. "We need to bring your temperature back up." Alexander was sure that he was about to break out into a complete swat himself for how cautious he was being. He gradually lowered her into the steaming water, handling her as though she was the most coveted possession he had. And, in a way, she was. Alexander could not fathom what had happened to her. He ---- guided her to lean against the back headrest and made sure that she wasn't sliding down. From that point on, he began to examine her up close.

With light touches he tilted her head to the left and then the right, checking for any possible blemishes. Had she been injected with something? Oh God. Such a possibility brought on a whole slew of unsettling thoughts and questions. If that was the case, then that meant that an enemy had somehow infiltrated the barriers...Or worse, someone within the pack had attacked Evelyn. "I can't jump to conclusions," he told himself. Especially because he wasn't able to locate any such mark on her skin.

But his sense of relief was short-lived when he noticed the ever-so-slight blue tinge that marked her lips. He reached down to lift her hands up for a closer look. There too, he saw the same color pigment appear around her nail beds. His heart slammed into his rib cage. His voice came out hollow. "You were poisoned." Knock. Knock. Knock. Alexander eased her arms down and brushed her hair back from her face. He pushed himself off the floor to head toward the door.

"What?" ---- "Sir, it's me," Oliver said, "I think | found the cause of Evelyn's collapse." "She was poisoned." Yes, sir...How did you-" "| noticed the blue tinge around her mouth and nails," he mentioned. "Have you found anything else that connects to this?" "As a matter of fact, yes." Alexander glanced down to observe the chipped tea cup that had been spotted at the scene where Evelyn had fallen ill. "We all know that Evelyn tests each batch of tea before sending it out to others." Alexander nodded in confirmation.

"Right...Wait, are you saying that the poison was in the tea mixture that she brewed for her to test?" Oliver gravelly nodded his head. "Yes. Don't worry, sir. I'm going to personally see through that the whole mixture is sifted through to find out what exactly it was that sent Evelyn into this horrible state. Your focus needs to solely be on her, right now." It was times like this when he was grateful to have someone like this at his side to help. "Alright. But the second you find anything out of the ordinary, find me." ---- Alexander closed the door and returned to Evelyn's side.

"Evelyn...We don't know what poison you ingested. But something tells me that it's not going to be entirely easy to flush out of your system right away," he said to her. "But whatever happens, | promise that I'm not going to leave your side." Her lips parted while a tremulous whisper escaped. Alexander..."