Beth didn't know how to respond to Lucy's words. Her mouth had turned dry at the not so subtle warning from Lady Lucy. The vampiress then offered her a smile, "It was lovely walking with you," and she walked in the other direction, leaving Beth alone in the corridor.
Silence engulfed around Beth, she could feel the hollowness in her chest, like she was wronged. Why was it always Madeline? Asked Beth. It was like she was the one who had made the pie and Madeline was the one to eat it. She felt worse than awkward and embarrassed to be around people who knew what happened.
The King had not even taken the poison, nor had she offered it to him! Yet, here she was being blamed because she had followed Markus' plan.
