Cordelia’s hands went cold.

Zephyr blamed himself. “Cordelia, it’s my fault. I was careless. And I watched Aunt Helen drink the soup without stopping her…”

Cordelia looked at him.

He had his head lowered like a child who had done something wrong in front of her again. He took all the blame because he knew that she liked Helen. The latter doted on her like a mother and took good care of her when he did not have time to keep her company.

He cared a lot about the people she cared about.

It was just that this was not his fault. This was an ambush no one could prevent.

“You can’t be blamed,” Cordelia said softly. “We can’t avoid it when someone wants to harm us.”

Zephyr froze.

Cordelia’s sweet smile lit up his whole world.

“Besides, I know that you did it for me. You’re worried about people harming me, so not even Aunt Helen, who’s so close to us, can do it.

“So why should I blame you?”

Cordelia cuddled him after that, stunning him before he lifted a hand to stroke her smooth hair.

“It’s fortunate that we discovered it early,” Zephyr said seriously. “And so fortunate that Aunt Helen is fine.”

“Mm.”

that stuff got into the kitchen when she

that, Robert rushed over from the other end of

as much as he could. “Phil Nelson has applied for

it’s very light. I’ve already treated her. She

Cordelia gasped. “Food poisoning?”

looked at her. “Cordelia… I didn’t let you drink the soup in the morning because I

in a cold breath. She knew that Zephyr would not suspect someone out of the blue or

the soup to you, but Ginger came to the window sill looking for food, so I gave it a bowl

went away after sniffing

suspicious that something had been added to

understood why he had looked worried and said strange things about how

was already suspicious of her then and thought I’d wait for her to expose herself, so when she asked why you didn’t take the soup, I told

Helen scooped some out and tasted it

as she listened

soup, she would not have tasted it knowing

was clueless about it as well! Did that mean someone could come in and out of their house freely and even

not help the chills that ran down her spine and the

of poison is

held her lightly and could feel the tremors

doctor. “There’s an additive in the drug that will damage one’s central

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Cordelia’s hands went cold.

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