Claimed By My Husband's Enemy novel Chapter 65

Chapter 65

Chapter 65

(Eli)

“You said her name was Lilac.”

Creed’s very pissed voice woke me up although my lids felt too heavy, I could not open them yet. In an instant, I felt this uncomfortable tug in my chest like I was supposed to be doing something right away, supposed to be remembering something, but I couldn’t. Whatever it was, it made tears prick my eyes.

The next thing I heard was Terrence’s irritated response. Unlike Creed’s, the prince’s voice sounded a little far away.

“I didn’t fuck her, Creed. You did. You were supposed to remember her better than I did.”

Wait. Who fucked who now? And when?

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“Well, I didn’t remember she existed until you mentioned her at Elianna’s welcome party,” Creed answered unapologetically.

“Thanks to your amnesia, Alistair may take a while to get back to us.”

“He won’t. Dragons have a code of honor. They boast about it all the damn time. Hendrix was just being his usual self: an asshole.”

“Says the man who only retired from his asshole ways recently. Then again, can you really call it retirement when you only act decent in front of your mate?”

“Yes,” Creed answered shamelessly that would definitely make me giggle in another time.

I could almost picture Terrence’s expression. He could be very expressive when he wanted to. He must be rolling his eyes behind Creed’s back right now.

“Never mind. So… is it true that Mrs. Dawson is a tamer? Eli as well?”

“How was I supposed to know? I haven’t met a tamer in my life. I only had suspicions after seeing Lauren. She sensed things even I could not. There were no witches, mages, or conscious werewolves at the time of our encounter, so I assumed she saw something else. Something that terrified her so much that she was forced to leave her daughter into the hands of the man she seemed to loathe.

“She healed Elianna with her blood which no healers or physicians could do. She possesses this golden light that no mages could bring out. None of them glow like she did. And she vanished without uttering a spell unlike them. She simply did it at will.”

“What about Eli? What made you think she qualified as a tamer?”

I wanted to know too. I didn’t even know what a tamer was.

“They said a tamer’s beauty is otherworldly. Not to brag but my mate was one hell of a striking woman.”

“That’s it?”

“That’s it.”

Terrence groaned. “You are making my head ache.”

I would nod and sympathize if I could.

“Everyone’s aware that you are into Eli, but no one would have guessed it was that worse. You’ve become a total simp! Why did I even bother talking to you?”

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“Because for some reason unknown to both of us, we are still friends?”

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Terrence cursed again. “Can you take this seriously? Mrs. Dawson and Eli are not verified tamers. You lied, Creed. And lying to a dragon has consequences!”

“I would lie and even kill at this point, Terrence. I do not mind being the bad guy. They may be dragons, but I could be a demon when provoked. Richards is now one of them whether they acknowledged it or not. I don’t need them to kill him. I am confident I can do that myself. I only need them to untie whatever trick he casted around Elianna.”

Mentions of my mother and the dragon brought flashes of images in my head, finally making me remember that night. Mom’s grief stricken face upon revealing that I was carrying a werewolf’s child and how I heard the sound of the dragon’s roar echoing through my skull, Landon’s face forcing entry into my head, his voice calling my name fervently rang in my ears until the nightmare was too much I remembered falling into the ground and mom running to me as if she had seen a ghost.

“Gods… what did that vile human do to you? How could he?” I recalled her asking, looking as mortified as I was. “How dare he mark my daughter?”

Mom was shaking violently from anger that I was worried she would collapse and lose consciousness again, but I was too shaken by Landon assaulting my head all at once, as if he was pushing himself, especially his feelings and memories into me, like memories of him seeing me for the first time at the runway. I heard his heart racing like it was mine and how he uttered my name for the first time, making my chest tighten that terrified the living daylights out of me.

Suddenly, I felt like there were invisible chains tied around my body. I felt suffocated. I remembered it too well. It was the exact feeling I had when I was living in his mansion.

Mom was crying as she put my head on her lap. I remembered how her tears fell down to my cheeks and how badly I wanted to say sorry for causing her to cry that much, but instead of words, a scream slipped out of my lips as I felt something sharp sinking into my flesh as if there was an unseen force burning me and tearing me apart at the same time.

I remembered how tears and sweat mixed into my face, how my thigh was burning from the pain and yet, my body was getting cold. I held onto my mother, dread forming multiple knots in my stomach.

‘Sweetheart-‘

‘It hurts, mom. It hurts so much!’ I screamed as another sharp pain in my thigh hit me. She cradled me in her arms, crying with me desperately.

I wanted to keep holding onto mom, but the sudden attack was unbearable. As much as I wanted to stay awake to talk to her, to comfort her, wipe her tears away, and hug her, the pain knocked me up.

There was no physical pain at this moment, but my chest and thigh still felt heavy. What in the world happened that night? What was it about mom being a tamer? About Landon and dragons? What did he do? How low did my psycho ex sink this time?

“Kindly get your ass out of here, your highness. My mate is waking up. I don’t want her to see you first,” I heard Creed say, his possessiveness knew no decorum, no shame.

In another time, it would certainly make me smile.

“You ingrate! Eli will clearly see you first. You are beside her bed while I’m standing by the door. What more do you want?”

“That’s not enough. I want you miles away from her. I don’t want her to see anyone else other than me right now.”

“I still have questions to ask her-“

“Later.” And then I heard the sound of the door closing. “Goodbye for now, your highness. Have a nice day.”

Terrence let out a string of expletives towards Creed who didn’t seem to care. And then I felt his hand back into holding

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mine while his other hand became busy tenderly wiping the tears I wasn’t aware that slid down my cheeks.

When I got to fight the heaviness in my lids and open my eyes at last and saw his handsome face, another tear slipped from my eye. A baby. Somehow, I couldn’t doubt my mother’s words. How could I after every magic or miracle I’d seen from her? From this world?

She took one look at me and she knew. I’d been so busy dealing with all the changes in my life the past weeks that I didn’t notice missing my period.

“What is it? Where does it hurt?” Creed asked, alert. “I will call the doctor-”

“Where is my mom?” I croaked instead.

“She disappeared after healing you, but I have a feeling she will return soon. She would want to know how you were coping up. How are you, Vicious?” He kissed my hand. “Do you need anything?”

“Just the truth. What happened that night?”

His expression became as dark as the night.

“It’s alright. You can tell me. I need to hear it now. I don’t want to be surprised anymore.”

He took a deep breath before saying, “Richards had successfully turned himself into a hybrid. Not a werewolf-human hybrid, though. But a dragon-human hybrid. And somehow, he has found a way to bind you to him.” Creed looked in pain as he added, “He marked you, Eli. And maybe somewhere throughout the duration of your marriage, you must have marked him too. Unconsciously. The mark appeared the night you passed out. That’s the only explanation why the bond between you was so strong that you feel pain when he is hurt.”

“Mark? Bond? What are you talking about? It’s as if you’re saying that Landon has become my… my…”

I couldn’t even speak the word. It was too devastating to hear it out loud.

His jaw tightened. “Yes, Eli. Richards, that motherfucker, has become your official mate.”

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