Troy:
"I cannot believe that," I said, scratching my scalp. "You’re telling that Yorick knew what his parents were doing?" I asked her again, trying to confirm that her information was right.
"Yes. When he arrived, I requested that he stop his parents to save us, but he would not listen. Then he callously threw Oriana aside to die," she replied.
She continued talking while I watched her face, silently letting her know that I could not keep up with her claims because it was getting too much.
"And you’re telling that he has a monster for a brother?" I asked, raising my finger as I tried to rember that detail she had ntioned.
"Yes," she answered, nodding confidently.
"I’m sorry, Leysa, but I don’t understand any of it," I admitted, feeling embarrassed for not knowing anything about Yorick.
"Listen, he has a brother nad Charles. He’s a monster, and they are performing so sort of ritual where they need to—" she started to explain.
As she began repeating herself, I reminded her that I already knew that part and rembered it.
"I rember that part," I told her. "Yes, yes, they need to feed Charles Yorick’s fated mate’s close family relations, and his mate, either chosen or whatever."
When I finished, she gave a blunt look.
This was not how I rembered Leysa being.
She looked much more confident for soone who had been in captivity.
She also seed more mature. She was not rolling her eyes, and she was not acting strangely.
It was just so shocking to see.
"By the end, Oriana was using all sorts of excuses. She was even saying that she is not Oriana anymore, that she’s Suki. I don’t know, it was just crazy," Leysa explained, sitting on the grass and picking at it, looking very weak.
"Yeah, that is Oriana for you. When she gets caught, she starts lying," I comnted, rembering her ways. She had always been like that.
"What about you? You were ready to marry Yorick?" I asked her instantly, looking down and hiding my eyes.
"I don’t know why I did that. I an, I had nothing else to do. I was pretty much staying in the orphanage, waiting to return to my pack so I could redeem myself. Sadly, I cannot do that on my own. I’m just too weak. I need an alpha beside ," she replied, looking gentle.
"You should eat sothing," I told her.
I do not know what ca over , but I pulled a chocolate bar from my pocket and handed it to her.
"Oh, great. I’ve been starving," she said, snatching it from my hand and opening it.
Watching her eat without much elegance while trying to sit straight was quite a sight.
I even laughed at her, and she rolled her eyes at .
"Anyway, what are we going to do now?" she asked with her mouth full, looking like a chipmunk.
"Now we are going to go inside and save Clentine," I answered.
As soon as I said that, she almost bit her tongue. She let out a silent wail and covered her mouth with her hand.
"What?" she complained.
"Yeah, why? Why is it so shocking?" I asked in confusion.
"You know why that is," she replied, shaking her head in disapproval. "We cannot do that. I just told you they have a monster for a brother, and they have Alpha Yorick. And do not forget, they also have their parents and their warriors. How are we going to go alone?"
She did not believe in my strength. She was right, but I was not going to tell her that I had co alone because I was selfish and did not want to share Clentine with anyone.
"You need to understand, we have to be sneaky with them," I said, forcing confidence into my voice as I tried to convince her that my decision was not selfish.
"And you thought that coming alone would give us more chances to save Clentine?" she asked, slowly taking another bite while keeping her eyes on with a look that made feel judged. She was not wrong.
"Well, let’s just say we have to be sneaky instead of being bold and attacking them right away," I replied, quickly looking away as she kept staring at with those judging eyes.
"Co on, Leysa, do not be like that. We have to do sothing. It is not like they are going to let us leave here alive. If they saw at the border, they will realize that I snuck out and that I had been hiding sowhere. And at this point, if the border has not told them I left already, they will start looking for . So we do not really have ti," I explained in a hurry.
After a long mont, she began to look like she understood .
However, as we hid behind the mansion, chaos erupted inside.
We heard noises, then screams, full of agony.
Leysa and I shared a glance before we jumped to our feet because we realized Clentine was in danger.
"I think it has started," Leysa said to .
Both of us rushed toward the mansion.
"Wait, are you sure you want to go in there? There will be warriors and..." I paused when I looked up and heard Yorick scream at his parents.
Even Leysa looked back at in confusion.
"Have they started fighting each other?" she asked, and I honestly had no clue what to say because I did not know either.
"Well, there is only one way to find out. Let’s go," I replied.
But when she followed , I stopped again.
"Wait, no. You are not coming with ," I said, annoyed that I kept forgetting.
"You’re forgetting I’m an Alpha’s daughter too. Let’s just go," she hissed.
This ti, she did not stop for .
We both rushed upstairs toward the commotion.
The warriors were so busy inside that they did not even see us run up the stairs. I also noticed that there were not many warriors around anyway.
When I stepped through the doorway, I was struck by the most bizarre sight.
My beautiful mate sat on the bed, unable to fight like she used to, just staring at the chaos around her.
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