#Chapter 56 - Beneath The Bandages

[Violet’s POV] “Hold on, what do you mean that Lucian extracted the poison from your system? How?” Cathy questioned over the rim of her coffee mug. The two of us sat at the large island in the kitchen amongst the various morning issues of last night’s events. To no one’s surprise, the majority of the articles pertained mainly to me. ‘Breaking New! Lady Viora Falls Ill At Samhain Gala!’ ‘Lady Violet Seen Conversing with Venmers—A New Marriage In The Works?’ ‘First Julius Venmer and Now His Majesty The King! Is Lady Viora Trying to Climb Her Way to The Top?’ Good Gods. Each headline was worse than the one before it. I partly knew that something like this was going to happen. I just hadn’t realized how twisted the media was going to be. I genuinely thought that they were going to over-exploit the fact that I had collapsed in public. Hell, I was partially surprised that none of the reporters managed to find out that it was all because I’d been poisoned. Surely, that woul