Fated To Three, Betrayed By All… Until She Rose. Chapter 109: Stupid as fuck

Leilani.

"Because I want you..."

Those four words felt like poison to my ears. And if I felt hurt before, then pain was mild compared to the searing ache now tearing through my chest.

My eyes stung with tears but now... now, they were angry tears.

I spat; "Kael... leave." I said slowly, my voice coming out as a hoarse whisper. It sounded cold. Detached and had this edge to it that made it seem like my throat was being scraped against sandpaper.

Kael raised his eyes to et mine and the look I found there had forgetting how to breathe for a mont. It had my knees weak and my soul torn. Because so help goddess, he looked like he was begging with his eyes.

Like there was a thousand and one things he wanted to say to but couldn’t. I looked away from him— mostly to stop the traitorous flutter in my chest, but that was impossible.

And when he dropped his head and sighed, I had this irresistible urge to go pull him into a hug. To console him; but for what reason? I had no idea. So I clamped down that thought and hissed; "You should go."

"I don’t want to." He argued. I noticed how he stopped to glance at my car then back at my face. He drawled; "I really don’t want to."

"Why?"

"Because I want to talk to you." He spat, "I want to understand how I feel about you. I want to know why I feel the way I feel."

Now, his words were already beginning to turn into an almost unintelligible slur. I rolled my eyes at him, brushed past him to unlock my door and spun around to face him when I felt him following .

"What?" I snapped. "Who told you you could co in?"

"But I feel cold." He argued, "...and I don’t feel too well. But I want to talk to you."

Gosh, his attitude was starting to grate on my nerves. Or maybe it wasn’t.. maybe it was just my emotions that were all over the place.

My eyebrows shot into my hairline as I pinned a glare at him. I drawled; "You’ve talked to ."

"Please.."

"No, Kael."

"Please, I beg you." He whispered.

My hand hovered over my doorknob for a mont while I contemplated the implications of what he was asking of . Suddenly a strong wind blew and when he shivered, wrapping his arms around himself... that made pity him.

I spat; "Okay," and with that, stepped into the house whilst leaving the door wide open.

Kael followed closely behind , his eyes widening with innocent curiosity as he took in the entire set up of my ho. After a mont of silence, he turned to smile at and whispered; "Your house is lovely."

But I didn’t respond. I simply let the complint fly over my head.

Crossing my arm over my chest, I finally decided to address the elephant in the room once and for all, so I asked; "What do you want from ?"

And at that, he dropped his head, his voice lowering a few octaves as he said; "I don’t know how I feel, Leilani. I say I hate you. I say I can never forgive you for all the things you did to my brothers and I... I used to believe that I was in love with Chalice, but now... now, I don’t want to live in a world that doesn’t have you in it..."

And goddess, I do not know how I felt after hearing that... but I certainly did not feel good.

"Kael..."

"...I want you despite your craziness, Leilani, despite how evil and twisted you are; And you can call a hypocrite but I’d kill before I let you go."

Goddess, I felt like I couldn’t breathe anymore. Like there was an invisible force squeezing at my heart— but not in a good way.

Tears burned at the corners of my eyes, but they didn’t drop. They could never drop, especially in front of him. My chest felt heavy, even my knees were weak and wobbly. But ignoring the discomfort in my body, I managed to et his gaze squarely and drawled;

"You’re engaged to my sister."

"I know." He murmured almost instantly.

"And for that reason, you shouldn’t be here. You shouldn’t be saying these things to . You don’t deserve to share the sa space as , especially after everything."

"I know, Leilani! You think I don’t know all that?!" He yelled suddenly, making flinch in shock. "But co to think of it, you hurt too and I hate you for it. You were a bitch to too, so stop acting like I was— like we were— the only ones at fault."

Oh, right! Stupid Kael was back! Hurray!

"I don’t know what you an."

He scoffed. "Of course you wouldn’t. You’ll pretend. But unlike you, I don’t pretend. I’ve co to terms with the fact that I was a dick to you in the past— not like you didn’t deserve it, but even though."

"Kael, get out!"

"Goddess!" He growled, falling to his knees. "I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I didn’t an for my words to co out that way, but you need to understand ! You need to understand what I am asking of you. Let understand you! Let help you! And in return, help to sabotage my marriage with Chalice!"

I froze. Like quite literally.

I couldn’t believe the words coming out of his mouth. I couldn’t believe the nonsense he was spewing.

Maybe if he had said sothing as stupid as this four years ago, that dumb of then would’ve believed him. Maybe I would’ve listened and helped. But I wasn’t that girl anymore.

I chuckled. I know it was uncalled for and the worst thing I could do in this scenario but I couldn’t help myself.

I laughed so much and so hard that Kael turned to look at with confused eyes. He asked; "What’s so funny?"

"You." I spat.

"?"

"Yes, you." I said again, chuckling when a frown creased his eyebrows. "Is this so kind of ga? Are my feelings so kind of entertainnt to you?"

"No, Leilani... no."

"So what the fuck? What’s this nonsense you’re saying?"

"I’m just saying..." he drawled, his voice trailing off, "...I’m just..." he began to say but suddenly stopped and clamped his mouth shut.

And to my utmost surprise, he suddenly rose to his feet, walked over to cup my face with both of his hands, and...

And...

Slamd his lips against mine.

Flas like molten magma erupted on my lips as soon as his descended upon mine, and heat so hot and so scorching imdiately engulfed . But I didn’t kiss him back. Instead, I fought him. I thrashed wildly against him, slapping at his chest, biting his lips... but Kael wouldn’t stop.

His mouth devoured mine in a punishing kiss, his tongue forcing its way into my mouth despite the number of tis I bit him.

One ti, I bit him so hard that the tallic taste of blood filled my mouth. But that didn’t deter him.

And like the relentless maniac that he was, his hands fisted into my hair, and using it to tilt my head backwards, he claid my mouth over and over again in a kiss that was both possessive and wicked at the sa ti.

Suddenly, he let go of . His warm lips brushed against my cheeks; and like a boulder, he crashed to the floor with a loud thud.

My eyes widened and panic surged through .

"Kael?" I scread fearfully, "Kael what the Hell? Open your eyes!" I yelled, but regardless of how much I scread, and how much I hit him, he wouldn’t budge.

He looked... dead.

I froze.

My heart hamred against my chest rapidly, and sweat, despite the cold weather, broke out on my skin. Feeling scared, I placed my index finger under his nose to check if he was still breathing and a sigh escaped my lips when I felt his warm breath against my skin.

And then it hit ...

That this motherfucker had just slept off right after kissing .

He’d slept on .

And now, as if to mock further, his stupid soft snores filled the room.