Mated To The Cruel Prince novel Chapter 71

Chapter 71: Deal With Eli

"What?" Islinda felt the breath knocked out of her lungs. Her hands began to tremble and suspicion rose in her heart but she refused to believe it.

It can’t be.

Unaware of the change in her emotion, Belinda elaborated, "It was days after you left that Eli came to my store in tears, pleading that I should look for you. He told me that he had seen a Fae in the abandoned cottage when you found him...."

But Islinda was not listening to the rest of her story because she was lost in her thoughts. Islinda began to think about the circumstances regarding their meeting and recalled she had stumbled upon Eli in the forest after she met with Valerie. Could it be the boy had seen her with Valerie and was telling the truth?

What if he wasn’t just a boy?

The thought crossed her mind and her blood chilled to a freezing point. Islinda did not dare to make a move, not to talk or carelessly breathe as the dots began to connect in her mind.

Was it a coincidence that the village chief died the same night she brought Eli to the village?

By the gods, Islinda expelled a shaky breath. Why didn’t she think of this?

The more Islinda thought about it, everything finally began to make sense to her.

How did Remy come to like him if he didn’t bewitch her? She had heard that trickster Fae could beguile one to do their bidding. Remy could not have changed overnight and Islinda always thought it suspicious the way she took a liking to him overnight.

Islinda swallowed, her heart beginning to pound in her chest. Her eyes were finally opened and she was beginning to see what she was previously blind to. How didn’t she realize all of this? She was smart, why did none of this cross her mind?

Then it hit her, Ryder’s death. It wasn’t Valerie that killed him but.... Eli?

Islinda let out a strangled whimper, her legs were suddenly weak and gave out from beneath her so she landed on the floor without grace, shocking Belinda.

"What’s wrong, Islinda?" The woman was by her side, attempting to pull her up to her feet but she gestured to her to stop.

Her face was so pale it looked like the blood had drained from her body and cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She needed to think and standing was not helping.

Belinda stared at her conflicted, and had no idea what to do. She could not have Islinda sit on the bare floor in front of her store and draw attention, but at the same time, she had this nagging feeling inside of her that something was wrong. In the end, she let her be but shifted her weight on both feet, uncomfortable.

Islinda thought harder, feeling her heart break into a million tiny pieces. Valerie had only known the truth about Ryder days after she woke up but Eli had been there that day. He saw everything. He knew everything. He has known everything all this while.

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