Claimed By My Husband's Enemy novel Chapter 121

Chapter 121

(Lizbeth)

“Close the door when you leave.”

That was Creed’s first sentence for me today and maybe the last because once the Alpha King was gone, he started wiping off Eli’s face with a damp towel. I was back to being invisible again. The only time I would feel my worth was each time he would leave to pick up my nephew. It meant that somehow, he was beginning to trust me with his mate although it was only for less than an hour.

I opened the door but could not get my feet to work with me.

“Anything else you need?” Creed asked without glancing my way.

He was terrifying this way. His voice was devoid of emotion. I swallowed.

“Creed?” He didn’t answer. Still, I had to ask. Or I might never find the courage again. “Are we… still okay?”

I stood beside the door for several minutes. All I heard were his sharp breaths. And that was enough as a

response.

“I-I’m sorry…” I said for the hundredth time. “I really wish it was me lying on that bed, Creed.”

I’d been wishing that every day. I did not wait for a response anymore. I bolted out of the mansion and only stopped when I saw the Alpha King standing outside the door. I thought he had already left. Terrence turned around and took one look at my face before spreading his arms.

“Come here, Liz.”

My tears fell. Before I knew it, I was sobbing as I ran into his arms. Two of our packmates found a secret room in the manor where Dale and I lived after our engagement party. It was a room where he had a collection of photos of his targets. Terrence and Creed’s photos were at the top, although the one which had the greatest number of darts was Terrence that it was almost hard to recognize the photo. Maybe it was because the latter had already figured him out that’s why he had been so eager to pin everything on Terrence.

For some reason, Dale seemed to consider him as his worst enemy. And here I was, in the arms of my husband’s enemy.

“Things are going to be fine,” he assured me like he always did.

My voice broke when I whispered, “What if they don’t?”

“Then come to me.”

I frowned through the tears. “How is that going to solve everything?”

“It won’t.” Terrence stroked my cheeks. “Unfortunately, coming to me is not magically going to solve everything,” he explained like I was not a mother of a nine-year-old girl, like I was a little girl myself that needed comfort, kindness, and… warmth. He smiled in amusement as he kissed the top of my head. “But you can rest in my arms like this, Lizbeth. I will hide you from the world, from your brother, share with you my strength, and only let you go when you feel strong again.”

(Creed)

‘Eli is truly one amazing woman. She saw me. You didn’t. None of you did! Those were Terrence’s last words before he vanished in the basement of the dragons’ territory. I did not pay much attention to it because I thought it was another one of his antics, another bullshit. I would never even remember it had I not seen how he looked at my sister when I followed her outside.

This was what he meant all this time.

This was what Elianna had seen back then. This was what made a skeptical woman like her believe in him.

It changed us and still continued to change us. Today, we stood here, both of us powerful on our own. We could rule people and realms, and yet, we could not rule over our fucking hearts.

I wrapped my arms around them both, around my sister and around the man who fought by my side during the war like a brother.

“Creed?” Lizbeth asked, surprised.

“We are okay, Liz. We still are. I see you. I hear you. I feel you. And I am grateful you are alive and well,” I told her, making her cry louder. “So, don’t ever say those words to me again.”

It was painful to see her bite mark on my mate’s skin, but it did not mean I blamed her. I would have done the same if I could that night. I would have embraced her as tightly as Elianna did and risked being bitten. Because that was what packs and families were all about: staying together even when the circumstances were pushing us apart. It was Elianna’s choice to protect her, especially from her raging self. Because my mate saw her as family.

I looked up and linked with the Alpha King. I patted his shoulder. ‘You, too, brother. I see you too. Forgive me if it took a while. But I see you now. And I am never covering my eyes again.’

Terrence did not shed a tear when he was crowned or when he was being blamed for the sins he did not commit. When the world was judging him, he remained still with his head held high.

But today, his eyes watered.

Because I realized he did not want a lot. He just wanted something very simple and yet, we failed to give it to him.

The King just wanted to be seen.

His voice trembled a little when he spoke, “Thank you, brother.”