Claimed By My Husband's Enemy novel Chapter 110

Chapter 110

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While I was babbling about the ancients, the relics, and Moses’ besties, the Alpha King would smile and laugh but each time, his gaze would land onto Lizbeth and then his playful expression would soften. He looked at her the way Creed looked at me. I saw through his wounds that night, including that deep wound he had been carrying in his heart.

Maybe that was the curse of being a new blood. I kept seeing things I was not supposed to.

Lizbeth didn’t seem to know. In fact, nobody seemed aware of Terrence’s feelings, of the fact that while he was dancing with me, I saw his beast look at her once and never looked away. He was smiling the whole time that day and putting on his jolly mask, but I saw how damaged his wolf was. I saw its tears. I heard its howl while staring at Lizbeth.

Despite that, he attended her wedding, brought her the rarest kind of jewel as a gift, smiled as she smiled sweetly at her husband, and genuinely wished her happiness before he left.

Terrence looked like he would become the greatest ruler of the werewolves if it meant ensuring that the woman he loved would live in peace. For most people, he was playful. But that was only a facade. He was a different man when it came to love.

He just didn’t have the chance to express it.

And a man like that who only had eyes for a specific woman would never bother sending letters to me and hunting me.

“For how long?” He didn’t answer. “I just saved your ass, Terrence. The least you could do is be honest about it.”

He breathed sharply, looking like a cornered beast. “Ten years? Fifteen? I don’t know. I stopped counting anymore.”

My lips parted. “That long? Why didn’t you tell her about it?”

“Lizbeth only ever saw me as a big brother, as a family. I didn’t want to ruin that.”

“So you just watched her fall in love with different men all these crazy years?”

He took a deep breath. “Creed doesn’t want me for his sister. And I don’t even blame him. He knew I fooled around a lot in our younger days. He warned me not to ruin our friendship and not to lose him as part of the council by messing with his sibling. Our realm, our people, can’t lose Creed.”

But Terrence lost his chance in the process.

“I don’t need your pity, Elianna. I was happy watching Lizbeth from afar. Had I told her anything, our relationship would have been strained. She might not even want to dance with me on her wedding day. Besides, there are many benefits to loving in silence, you know,” he added defensively.

“No, I don’t know.”

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“In silence, it’s safe. In silence, you don’t get rejected. In silence, it’s comfortable for other people.”

“But not for you.”

I blinked to fight back the tears. Tamers had the tendency to feel too much at once. And that was our problem.

“I don’t mind. Besides, Lizbeth is happy now and that is what matters to me. Maybe some love is not meant to be spoken. Maybe some of them are meant to be kept a secret.”

That was… sad.

Some people spent their whole lives waiting to be loved, others died without knowing what it felt to be loved. And here was this man with so much love to give, keeping it all inside. It wasn’t fair. But when was life fair?

Terrence and I didn’t have the opportunity to share many memories, but I could feel that he had good intentions for Lizbeth, for me, for Creed, and for the realms. Maybe we would have been best friends in another time. And as early as now, I hope he could love again and be loved in return. Because he deserved to be loved out loud. He deserved to have someone who would be proud to have his love.

“Good thing we are such beautiful people,” I said instead, hoping to brighten the situation a bit.

“I’m sorry… what?”

Terrence looked stunned as if he wasn’t expecting that from me.

I shrugged. “Just imagine if we’re ugly, poor, and still need to deal with all these complications. We may not be fate’s favorite people, but hey, we still had it good with our genes. Silver lining and all that shit.”

Terrence grinned. “You are so silly.”

I flipped my hair. “I know, right? The Goddess must have felt guilty about giving me some god-tier difficulties. She didn’t think to give me the ability to solve them, but at least she gave me a goddamn sense of humor as if that could save me during an emergency. Damn her.”

The Alpha King laughed, only stopping when his wounds reopened. I tossed him the vial containing my blood, the last from my treasure bag. It still had the pure blood of a tamer. It could help his wounds.

He needed to get better fast.

The footsteps were getting closer. We were about to be found any minute now.

“I’ve bought you a few minutes to rest. I’m afraid I can’t give you more. Use that to recharge and to get out of

here.”

“I will be eternally indebted to you, Elianna.”

He emptied the vial. His face had a little bit of color now as he helped me stand.

“Try to stay alive until we meet again. You need to be alive, Terrence,” I added in a firm voice.

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“You still have to defend your honor. You can’t do it when you are dead.”

By now, I was sure his ‘treachery’ had reached the other kingdoms as well.

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He nodded and frowned after a second. “What about you? Creed and your family will hate you for this.”

I swallowed. I couldn’t tell my mate the truth in front of my uncles and the warriors because what if the real hunters out there heard me? If the real hunters were out there, they would know that I could now read complex spells. I didn’t want them to know that I was improving. Not to mention that it was not enough if I simply told them I could see the bindings around Terrence’s body. I needed to show them something.

And I didn’t have that kind of ability at the moment.

“I’ll deal with that.”

Creed will hate me tonight, but if he found out the truth, he would surely blame himself for this one day. I just hope that Terrence would survive from his injury, from his assailants, and that if he did, it wouldn’t be too late for reconciliation between the two men. They were friends, for heaven’s sake.

When the door exploded, Creed saw Terrence vanishing before his eyes. As expected of my mate, he found me first. He was about to follow Terrence when I looked at him dead in the eye and said the words that would break him.

But this was the least I could do for the king that he almost killed tonight. This was for his friend, for the man he treated as a brother, for Uncle Aramides, but mostly for him. Because with the level of wrath I was detecting from Creed, he could no doubt kill his king if he were to catch him. He would be severely implicated. And I would rather die than have the father of my son taken away from me through imprisonment.

“Go ahead, Creed. Follow him. Just know that if you do that, it’s over between us.”

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