#Chapter 174 Execution

Aiden’s POV “Is that part of his brain sticking out his head?” Oliver asked. I had seen a lot of fucked up shit in my life, but this took the cake. I thought I was going to get sick. How was it even possible for him to be alive? The condition he was left in was sickening; I had to take a step away from the cell. Even the guard who brought us to the cell had difficulty looking at him. Fresh blood was soaking the ground around him, so I knew he had been beaten fairly recently. I wondered how much of this was the King’s doing. I knew the Beta was once a good friend of his, but because of the betrayal, and nearly getting the King’s daughter killed, it was clear that the King was not holding back. For a second, I truly thought he was already dead, but then a soft grunt escaped his lips, and his gaze lifted. His eyes were so swollen that he was barely able to keep them open but when he did, he fixed his attention on Oliver. A smile spread across his split lips, or at least I think he