Claimed By My Husband's Enemy novel Chapter 43

Chapter 43

Chapter 43

(Eli)

“I didn’t tell you because I knew you would react exactly like this, Vicious.”

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Hot rage filled my chest. “I deserve to know whatever is happening to my mother, Black. Why? Do you want to control that part about me too? Do you have any idea about what I feel right now? I feel cheated. Again.” I pushed Creed on his chest. “I feel like you stole whatever right I have to decide. Again. The men in my life always wanted to take my choices away. I thought you wouldn’t be like them at least, Black. I was wrong.”

I was starting to get over the fact that Creed dragged me here. That my choices were once again stolen from me when he decided where I would stay and how long.

But I tried not to think about it. Our situationship was getting better. Or so I thought.

“I didn’t want you to worry. I want to have all the information before I tell you anything. My men are doing their best to search for your mother, Elianna. I won’t stop until we find her.”

“I will help find her myself. I’m leaving. I only have a few days left anyway. I can’t trust you anymore, Black. You’re just like an upgraded version of my deplorable ex.” I laughed miserably. “Damn. When will I ever learn my lesson about men?”

Creed’s jaw tightened. “Since you have already compared me to your sick ex, then I should make the most out of it. You are not going back, Vicious. You are stuck in this realm. With me.”

I staggered. “You said I was going back.”

“I never told you a damn thing. The deal was only between Richards and I. And I’ve taken care of it the last time I met him. As for you and I, we never made a deal, Elianna.”

I’d always thought that Creed was a dangerous man. He was complex, yes. But I never saw him as a villain. That changed today.

All the softness I’d seen before in his eyes had morphed into ruthlessness directly aimed at me. Or was he always like this? Did I just fail to see it before because I was so desperate to believe him? To hold onto the only man who had the power to bring me back home?

“My home isn’t here,” I tried to reason out. “You know that.”

“Home?” He scoffed. “Don’t delude yourself. You don’t have that in your realm, Vicious.”

I felt like I’d been punched in the gut as I fought back the tears. Creed didn’t have to slap the truth to my face. I knew I lacked people by my side. Unlike him, I only have my mother, and he wouldn’t understand that. He had an entire pack behind him. He had a king who may disagree with him at times but still adored him. He had a sister who would wage war for

him.

While I only had one family member I could trust. And she was not even awake. Maybe for him, that was not enough to be considered a home.

“And where is my home?” I laughed harder, but it sounded miserable even in my ears. “Here, where the people are all like you? Who will make promises they don’t plan to keep? Who willistab me in the back because of their own trust issues? Who will mock me for being weak? For being a human? Who will insult the people and place that I call home just because it doesn’t fit their standards? I may not have a home there, but I don’t have a home here either, Black.”

Something crossed in his eyes. Something close to pain. But it disappeared in a blink of an eye so maybe I saw it wrong. I didn’t even know if this man was capable of getting hurt. Can monsters get hurt at all?

“Vicious-”

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Chapter 43

“Tell me one thing at least. Since when did you plan all this?”

“Since the beginning”

God, I wished I didn’t ask. The truth just destroyed me more. For the past few days, I was busy planning for a life that I wouldn’t get to live anyway. Creed had no plans of returning me and yet, he made me expect. He made me hope. He made me dream. Only to crush them in the end.

“Was it fun watching me pack my suitcase? Hearing me plan my return? Seeing me buy things that I was supposed to bring to my family? Did you have a good laugh about it with your pack? It must have been so entertaining for you all.”

“Elianna, it wasn’t like that-”

I covered my ears and shook my head. “You are such a goddamn liar, Black. I hope you enjoyed the fucking show.”

I turned my back on him and marched towards his house. The glass walls cracked as soon as I walked in. What now? Was he so furious a mere human was able to talk to him like that? Was that the reason why he was making this hocus-pocus thing with the glass walls?

When I screamed from so much heartbreak and rage, the chandelier broke and crashed on the floor.

Creed ran inside; his chest was heaving. Was that concern in his eyes? Really? After what he did?

“What’s this new trick? Are you trying to scare me now?” I asked, my anger increasing with every second that passed.

He glanced around him. At the walls. And cursed when the ground shook next that terrified the hell out of me, but I refused to run to an enemy even if I was panicking like crazy. Thankfully, the quake or whatever it was, didn’t last long.

“Elianna, listen to me first-”

Instead of doing that, I ran upstairs and headed to my room. I locked it and hid under the sheets, feeling like my world just collapsed. It was funny how the shifters kept talking about how the humans betrayed them, but they were quiet when it came to their own betrayal.

Creed slammed his fists on the door. “Vicious, we need to talk.”

I glanced at the suitcases I happily filled. Tears rolled down my cheeks. “If you want to talk, then do it to someone who will listen. And you won’t find that here, Black.”

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15:47 Fri, Jan 9