Claimed By My Husband's Enemy novel Chapter 103

Chapter 103

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“I didn’t want to regret. Regrets are terrifying monsters. The more you think about them, the more they haunt you and remind you of the things you lost, of the many things you could have done better. That’s why I try really hard not to look back. But I saw the crib you made, Creed.” Elianna’s voice faltered.

“It was lovely. I can’t regret,” she added yet again, shaking her head. “I don’t want to be haunted. God knows I can’t handle those monsters right now. But at night, when I look at you, especially after seeing the crib this morning, I still can’t help but wish that I met you first. That you’re the father of my baby so I wouldn’t feel so guilty about you doing things that his real daddy ought to be doing

But I was the daddy.

I tried talking about it the night I regained my memories. Like what happened to others. I bled and Elianna freaked out. My wounds reopened. She turned so pale she lost consciousness. Although I did not want her to keep being guilty about it, I had no choice but to wait for her to remember the truth on her own. I didn’t waIDE to scare her again. It would only bring her physical pain.

I wanted her to save her mental and physical strength. Because I had a feeling that her hunters would finally introduce themselves to us very soon.

They were testing the waters, checking our preparation for their arrival, and I had to pretend not to notice. Staying ignorant at the moment was better than revealing my cards

“You have nothing to feel guilty about, love. We met at the perfect time. Even if we didn’t, even if it’s another man’s baby you are carrying, I would father him. I would father as many children as you want to as long as they are from you, as long as you are their mother”

I kissed her tears away.

Even with the memory loss. I was determined to commit myself as the daddy. Nothing and no one could have stopped me.

“What happened to the princess? Is she alright?” Dale asked, frowning, when I approached the newlyweds with Elianna sleeping soundly in my arms.

“Eli is fine, just tired,” I answered. “I’m taking her home. Take care of my sister and my niece. Dale. I am entrusting them both to you now. You must be warned, though. They are going to cause you trouble and bring you headaches from time to time.”

“Hey!” Lizbeth protested, pouting.

I grinned. “I was not finished. But despite all that, they are guaranteed to have your back for life, to love you faithfully and unconditionally.”

Dale’s smile grew wider. “I know.”

“All the best, buddy.”

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“Thank you, alpha.”

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Elianna and I rode Alistair’s dragon while the rest of them flocked around us. Through the mana we surrounded her with, she was able to have an uninterrupted and comfortable sleep in my arms the whole journey back to Isla El Vera.

I laid her gently on the bed and only left to take a quick shower when I sensed a strange force trying to break through the chains of mana I casted in the room. I stormed out of the ensuite and found my mate still sleeping on the bed, exactly as I left her.

The only difference was the jacket that was wrapped around her.

It was not mine.

It belonged to another man who trespassed while I was gone.

Anger simmered in my blood as I grabbed the jacket. The temptation to burn the filthy thing instantly crossed my mind. Instead of giving in, I threw it in the shadow guard’s direction. The hunter was taunting me. He was smart; I had to give him that. His jacket lacked the scent needed to track him down. It was devoid of mana even when he used so much of it to break two of my mana chains because no physical form could get through the four corners of this room.

The tribrid hunter was clearly very skilled in mana usage. There were many people who wore leather jackets, especially among the werewolves. It looked ordinary although the fabric used was expensive. There was nothing else that would give us clues about its owner but something inside me was against destroying it for good.

My beastly instinct was insisting that I keep probing.

I could call Aurelia, have it delivered to her doorstep in a day. She might find a clue; she could untangle whatever crap the hunter put on the garment because I was sure there was something I was missing here. But when I thought of Dale’s latest report about the Queen which I confirmed with some of the lords from her realm, I changed my mind.

It was not just her. There were other people too, people I had known for many years.

If our allies and friends become our foes, who could I fucking trust?

“Creed?” Elianna stirred, her eyes still closed as she instinctively searched for me on the other side of the bed.

“Right here, love,” I responded as the shadow guard snatched back the jacket to hide it from her sight. I laid on the bed with only a towel wrapped around my waist. Her searching hand found my chest. I took it and brought it to my cheek as I forced myself to calm down.

“You’re angry. I don’t know how, but I can feel it. What made you so angry?” Elianna asked, opening her eyes.

The circumstances.

The people.

Every fucking thing.

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Instead of answering, I claimed her mouth, and she let me.

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The kiss was rough and she took it like she knew I needed it. Elianna was my whole world, the main source of my strength. But the thought of losing her the second time was making me weak, making me drown in this helplessness.

And I… did not know what to do with it.

This sense of vulnerability was new to me. The first and last time I felt it was when Richards took her. But the lousy bastard was turning out to be a mere pawn in this intricate game. The man who was behind all this carnage, all this mind fuck, was somewhere safe.

And he could be close, watching all of us, watching me have a meltdown over a goddamn piece of fabric.

I could not control my eyes. They changed their colors and Elianna saw it, she saw how they turned crimson. She could feel my rage. And yet, she did not push me away. Instead, she pulled me closer to her as if she was embracing the darkness I was certain she could see in me.

As if she could tell that I was losing it, that my mind was disconnecting, that the beast in me, the darkness within, was rising.

Yet, I was sinking.

Drowning.

Elianna kissed me back, softly at first, and maybe after realizing it was not enough, not in my current state of mind, she kissed me just as wildly, just as fiercely, dragging me up, helping me float.

Helping me breathe.

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