Fated To Three, Betrayed By All… Until She Rose. Chapter 243: Badass

Zevran.

I do not know if it was my imagination playing tricks on but I could literally see Leilani’s eyes glowing slightly with a strange bright light.

Or was it because I was standing too close to her?

Was it because I found her so breathtakingly attractive that I had begun to hallucinate?

Or was it her scent; addictive yet pure that perated my senses, almost making it impossible for to breathe properly.

Shaking these thoughts out of my head, I dropped my head and cocked my eyebrows in suspicion. It was over three minutes now since Chalice ’fainted’ but still, she hasn’t opened her eyes yet.

Heavens, she hadn’t even moved yet!

From here, I could hear the way she breathed— slowly and faintly, but still, I feared that she was faking that as well, seeing as she has fainted more tis than I can count in her short life.

As if thinking the sa thoughts as I was, Kael leaned close, his shoulders pressing against mine as he asked; "Is she faking it this ti?"

"I don’t know." I answered quickly, "...you never know with this one."

"But she hasn’t moved an inch in the past two minutes or so..." he continued, sounding more amused than worried.

My smile grew at his tone and I shrugged. "Maybe she’s getting better at it." I comnted.

But soon the crowd began to grow more uncomfortable with each passing second. Murmurs rippled from amongst those present. When Chalice still wouldn’t budge despite the chaos— and it was almost five minutes now, I dropped my voice and hissed; "She’s blacked out."

"But why?" That was Caelum, the beast who seed to be having so much fun from watching her suffer this much. He flashed a grin when he saw watching him then shrugged before discreetly mouthing sothing to .

I didn’t grasp it so I frowned.

"She was tryna pin with a guard’s baby!" He mouthed again and this ti, I couldn’t help the smile blooming across my face.

It was crazy that his main angst towards her was the fact that she’d lied about her baby’s paternity.

I hissed. "She’s not waking up!"

"It’s the shock!" Mariam, a maid, cried. "Let us resuscitate her!"

My eyes imdiately shot to the man who was still trembling like a leaf beside Leilani. Louis. And now, I couldn’t help but notice that ever since the mont Leilani forced that confession out of his mouth, he hasn’t moved. He hasn’t even spoken a word yet. He was just there: as rigid as a statue while staring straight into space.

I turned to him and gritted out; "Pick her up!"

He froze, turned to with wide eyes but still didn’t move.

"I said, pick her up!" I yelled, and then briefly turning to the crowd of onlookers, I added; "Soone call the healer!"

I had already finished saying that when I realized that he still hasn’t done as I had asked. And seeing him watch with unblinking eyes, my anger flared.

"Are you DEAF?!"

My Alpha voice had slipped out, but for so reason, he still didn’t move. He seed... lost. Out cold. He felt like a statue.

My eyes darted to Leilani then and when I noticed the confusion creasing her eyebrows, plus the way she now seed to stare quietly at her outstretched hands, I knew then and there that this had sothing to do with her.

Maybe her glowing eyes hadn’t been a hallucination after all.

But this was not the ti to think about that.

So I picked Chalice up myself and made to walk out of the hall when Caelum suddenly stopped by planting his hand on my shoulder.

I turned to glare at him with a frown that soon disappeared when he drawled; "She should be treated here."

I frowned. "Why?"

"Because she’s still being interrogated and I will not let her faint her way out of this one."

I gulped. Beside Leilani still stood quietly with her eyes drawn on a fat looking man who tried to hide himself by blending with the crowd.

But who was he kidding?

Who was he trying to deceive with that large stomach of his and those beady green eyes that made my blood curdle in a way that I couldn’t quite place?

rely looking at him, I already knew that he was up to no good. And maybe it was just pure instinct or maybe it was sothing else but I found myself shielding Leilani with my body despite having Chalice in my arms.

"Caelum, you know that I of all people would never allow her to walk out unscathed after everything she’s done. But she doesn’t seem—"

"She seems good enough to . She can be resuscitated here!"

Without another word, I dropped her into one of the plastic chairs and took a step back just as the paradics rushed into the room.

Surprisingly, as soon as they touched her, her eyes flew open and she began to cough hysterically.

Caelum shrugged; "You see, I told you! It’s not sothing that big!" Then he flashed a smile and crouched in front of Chalice.

I saw her gulp when his fingers trailed over her chin. I saw the fear that fleeted across her face without filter as her eyes darted from his face to mine and then to Kael. When they landed on Leilani, her expression beca cold.

She spat; "What is she still doing here?"

"I am here to juggle your mories a lil bit!" Leilani sassed back and then plopped into a chair, her posture a depiction of sexy arrogance as she drawled softly;

"Besides trying to kill and conniving with rogue Lycans. What else did you do?"

Chalice frowned. "I don’t understand you."

"Why is your nickna Candy?" She asked, hitting the nail straight into the head.

At her question, Chalice turned pale. She began to cough while the pedophile-looking fatso began to slip out of the crowd and towards the door. However, he’d just arrived there when Leilani suddenly waved her hands over her head and to our utmost surprise, the door slamd shut.

I gasped. My brothers did too and even Leilani herself was stunned.

Her mouth hung open in shock for a very short mont before she schooled her features back into one of cold indifference and hissed; "The party is just getting started, why are you trying to leave, Clent?"

"How do you know my na?" He spat back, trembling slightly with wide eyes as he glared between Leilani and the closed door. "How the fuck did you do that?"

At his words, Leilani stopped to look at her hands in confusion and I could swear that I saw that weird glow again before it disappeared. She shrugged; "To be honest, I don’t know. Not like it’s any of your business."

"But..."

"You asked how I got to know your na..." she snapped, interrupting him and he gulped thickly.

—Now, I’d like to chirp this in, and you all can call crazy, but bloody goddess, she looked so sexy like this!

Seeing her so badass, so strong and intimidating sent jolts of electricity straight to my bloodstream until it settled at my groin.

I gulped then too even though I wasn’t the one being intimidated.

She continued; "...but I was the one who invited you here. I am the anonymous person who inford you of Chalice’s whereabouts. So you either sit your ass down and do just as I want or have the words forced out of your mouth."