Finally realized the facts

"Better now come on, drink it so that we can sleep. And look at the shards on the floor! They are scattered all over. So, you can not sleep on the floor. You better sleep on the sofa!" Hazel admonished again and this time Elie bowed her head and nodded without any reluctance. She only bit her lips which made Hazel sigh!

Should she be sad that Elie had turned so obedient suddenly!

"Sigh! I am doing this for your betterment, little girl, so don't make me feel guilty!`` Hazel shook her head as she finally looked at the tea in her hands.

"Yes, elder miss. I trust you." came the low voice of the girl bringing a wave of surprise on the face of hazel which soon turned into a soft smile.

She traced the corners of the cup with her little finger and sniffed the tea. But she frowned when the smell passed her nostrils!

The smell was odd. She had never smelt that type of fragrance from her tea before.

"What happened, is the tea not up to your liking, my lady?" asked Elie with an embarrassed face. Should she tell me that she was not the one who had made it? But she was sure that the head maid would have made better tea than her!

Hazel took the confusion of the girl as her fear and her eyes softened. Maybe she was thinking too much.

"Hmm, no! The tea is perfect. You have done good work, Elie!" replied hazel with a soft smile on her face and took a sip of the tea.

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"Hmm, no! The tea is perfect. You have done good work, Elie!" replied hazel with a soft smile on her face and took a sip of the tea. She frowned again when the liquid passed though her throat. It left a stinging sensation as if her whole throat was burning in fire. The liquid was making her stomach burn too.

Elie smiled when Hazel drank the tea and followed her. She drank the whole tea in a single gulp as she felt the tea was too bitter. She knew that if she refused to drink the tea, Hazel would be angry again. And who knows when she would decide to return her back to Amelia.

With the fear of being thrown away, she closed her nose and drank the bitter liquid in a single gulp. She cursed all the nobles who liked to drink such a thing as their hobby and even called it good for their health.

Her whole body burnt and she started coughing. The stinging sensation that had hardly subsided after using the ointment came back again but this time it burnt her stomach. She felt like she was burning from inside.

She covered her lips with her hands as she coughed fervently. She frowned when she felt her hands getting wetter. With a frown she took her hands away to see them only to realize that she was coughing blood again.

Soon blood started to drip from her mouth. Her eyes widened when she looked at the mere mouth of the blood coming from her mouth. Soon the burning sensation spread to all over her body from her stomach and she held it tightly to stop the pain but it was not enough.

"Ahhh" she shouted and finally Hazel, who was feeling dull and dizzy, looked at the scene in front of her.

Ellie was vomiting blood. Her hands on the cup loosen, which rolled a bit when it fell on the soft mattress on the floor.

It took only a few seconds for Hazel to realize there was something wrong with the tea.

"Elie? After making the tea, have you left it somewhere even for a minute or two? Did you leave the tea unattended?" if that was the case then it only meant that the tea was poisoned. But in her last life she was attempted to be killed only when it was her day of getting married. Almost a year was left for it!

She had not even behaved suspiciously. Then why did they want to kill her today? Nothing was making sense but the pain in her body was real.

"Elie!" she fell on the floor as her knees gave away and for the very first time, Hazel was thankful that the floor had a soft mattress.

She clutched the armrest of the sofa tightly and stood up with great difficulty. Taking slow steps towards the door, while staggering a bit and stumbling over things, Hazel reached the door.

But when she tried to open it to call for help, it was locked!

Her eyes narrowed when she realized that it was all planned. So beating Elie was not for taking off anger but for getting time to mix poison in the tea. How could she be such a fool to not realize that when all the proofs were in front of her! She cussed herself many times in her heart when blood started to come out of her mouth too.

It was not that much as she had only consumed a few sips of it. But Elie was already unconscious and had coughed a lot of blood.