Intimacy or death

Chapter 20

Iris

Standing by the doorway with my attention trained on the unconscious prince, I felt my strength failing me. No one had said anything to me yet, but I knew that there was going to be a series of backlash against me once they finished attending to Prince Gradel.

Heavy footsteps traipsed towards the Prince's room, my knees weakening in fear. I quickly hid behind the hallway adjacent to his room where I could hear their conversation without taking the heat directly.

"How is my son doing?" He barked and I nearly jumped out of my skin.

I wasn't sure I would survive it if the Alpha yelled at me in such a manner, after all, he already wanted me to disappear and now I was the reason for his son's injury.

"He's not doing so well, Alpha," The healer confessed with little confidence in his voice, I could sense his fear from where I stood. "The wolfsbane is doing so much harm in his system and the only thing preventing him from going to the great beyond is his nature. He has stron