The King's Wife Is The Alpha's Mate

Leland looked at Eloise coldly. He asked her, "What do you want as an exchange for the antidote?"

Eloise pursed her lips. "I really don't have it."

"What do you mean you don't have it? It's YOUR poison." Leland wanted to get up and strangle his former friend but his damned body still didn't want to move. He was slowly worried that his life would be at the mercy of this grand witch before him.

This thought pained him. Leland would rather die than be at someone's mercy. He also surely wouldn't beg for an antidote if Eloise didn't want to give it to him. So, the only two options he had was to pay Eloise at whatever price she asked, or... kill himself and be done with it.

He wouldn't let anyone take him as a prisoner when he was weak. That was not who he was. He would rather die than lose his honor. Though... he would be really sad to leave Sophie and their children.

"Not all poisons are made with the antidote, Leland. Some poisons are made with the intention to torture and kill," said Eloise calmly. "Is there any cure for death? When you attack your enemy with your fangs and claws with the intention to kill them, do you think about treating their wounds to save them from death? No, right? The same goes for some of my poisons."

She stood up and crossed her arms. Her eyes were fixed on Leland's who gritted his teeth in anger.

He asked, "If you did have such poisons, why didn't you use them on Elias?"

"I couldn't do anything to him..." Eloise replied in annoyance. "That jerk learned about my horcrux. He stole my soul stone and made me swear loyalty to him. That was all thanks to your damn mother."

Eloise still couldn't forgive Isolde for taking Elias' side and telling the Alpha everything he needed to know about dealing with witches. Isolde's friendship with Eloise's mother gave her so much knowledge about the witches.

To get into Elias' good grace after she was banished from the Blood River Pack for betraying Leland, Isolde had nowhere to go. She came to Elias and tried to get her revenge using that man and his pack. Of course, Elias didn't easily accept her. Isolde bought her way in by telling Elias so many secrets of the witches.

Isolde was still salty that her friend was killed by Eloise and she wanted to make the young grand witch pay. Elias stole Eloise's soul stone and blackmailed her with it. If she was to leave him for whatever reason, he could kill her wherever she was.

Very powerful witches and wizards could take their souls and hide them in objects of their desire. Some people called it horcrux. If they lost in a battle and their bodies died, as long as their souls were safe, they could be brought back to life.

That's why when Eloise killed her mother, she made sure to also destroy her mother's horcrux, it was a medallion that was safely stored in an underground cave near Gazi Desert.

She intentionally planned to use Elias for her benefit, but because she was negligent, she ended up being the one used. Sure, Elias loved her and never did anything bad to her, but with her soul trapped within his clutch, Eloise couldn't leave him openly.

That's why she had to get him killed. The only person she thought was capable of killing Elias was Leland. So, she had to make plans to invite Leland to come to Armeria. Gah... she didn't think Leland would believe Celia's lies that Eloise was imprisoned and abused by Elias, but she had no other choice.

She was pleasantly surprised to know Leland truly came. Did he still care about her? Eloise couldn't help but smile at the sweet thought.

Ugh. No.

Eloise's smirk was suddenly gone when she remembered Leland must have come for the information regarding Sophie's parents. Ugh, that's right. He loved that family so much that he would do anything for them.

"Horcrux?" Leland had never heard of that before. What did his mother have to do with Eloise's horcrux?

"Ahh... you didn't know. Well... in a normal situation, I would never tell anyone about horcrux, but in this case, you need to know it," said Eloise calmly. "Horcrux is a magical item where very powerful witches and wizards store their souls to keep them safe. As long as our souls are intact, we will never die. It's the closest human can get to immortality."

Leland looked at Eloise with furrowed brows. He remembered his mother was very close to the grand witch Elaine. It was not surprising that Isolde knew a lot about the witches. He also knew his mother well enough to connect the dot and assumed Isolde must have sold Eloise's secret to Elias so Elias could control his wife.

"So, you were stuck with him for as long as he kept your soul stone?" Leland asked to confirm.

Now, he could understand Eloise' situation. Even though she might not receive physical abuse from Elias, but the fact that she was forced to stay with him showed that she was indirectly imprisoned and her freedom was taken away from her.

"That's right. I tried to play along as a good wife to him, so I can quietly find my soul stone, but that bastard was not dumb. He hid it really well. I have been stuck with him for years," Eloise gritted her teeth. "I helped him win the war and maintain his position as the alpha of his pack and the king of this country and I have grown tired of him. However, I couldn't do anything..."

"What makes you think you can find your soul stone now that he has died?" Leland asked again. "What if he gave it to his Beta and Likaios doesn't want to give it to you?"

Hearing that question, Eloise smirked. "Oh, Likaios already gave me my soul stone back. He didn't know what it is exactly. Elias didn't tell him the secret. Since I am Elias's widow, his Beta thought I deserved to inherit all his belongings. Hahaha..."

Leland took a deep breath. He missed Sophie and wanted to see her. Seeing a wife who rejoiced in her husband's death made him feel sick to his stomach.

He wanted to go home. Even if the poison in his body was incurable, he wanted to die at home. Not here.

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From Missrealitybites:

This chapter is dedicated to Maggie. Thank you so much for always cheering me on to update a new chapter.

I am not sure what happened. Time flew by so quickly, and suddenly it was already 9 days since the last update. I really lost track of time doing so many things at once. I will keep trying to update more and more. Hope you are well :)