Chapter 144 - The strange old man

Skyler has fallen asleep but wakes up when Delilah stumbles in. She doesn't even notice that Skyler has dressed to prove that he is drunk because as soon as she approaches the bed, she falls on the bed, fully dressed, and curls up in a ball.

Skyler's wolf chuckles in his head.

“You preferred to be cold, so she would think you were drunk, and she was the one who drank too much.”

“When she wakes up, she will have a hangover.”

The wolf laughs again.

"Do you know something? I think I'll wait for everyone to fall asleep, and I'll do what I have to do.”

“What are you talking about?” – the wolf asks.

“I have a bottle for Julius. I can't give it to him and say, "Look, drink this and pretend to be dead". It won't work like that. I have to do this differently.”

"What are you going to do?"

“I'm going to wait until everyone is asleep, and I'm going to hide the bottle somewhere he won't even find it before he has to.”

Aethelwulf was becoming very suspicious. He did not feel that the queen was suf