Claimed By My Husband's Enemy novel Chapter 73

Chapter 73

Chapter 73

(Eli)

“Welcome to our new home, Elianna.”

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Landon spread his arms, beaming at me, as he chanted words that were foreign to my ears. They sounded wrong, this whole thing felt wrong, and yet, my body automatically moved to be enveloped in his arms.

“I missed you so much, honey. I’ve waited so long for this.”

Honey.

Even the endearment felt wrong. My mind was telling me that I was home, that I was where I belonged. I looked around the modern mansion hidden deep behind the mountains. It was beautiful. The scenery was majestic. But it was like something was missing.

It felt cold.

It didn’t feel home at all.

Landon wrapped his arms around me, giving me goosebumps. I pushed him away which made his lips thin as he stared at me. “Is something wrong, honey? Didn’t you miss me?”

“Why would you say that? Where did I go?”

“Far.”

“Where is ‘far?””

“Nowhere important. What matters is that you are back, Elianna. Nothing can separate the two of us anymore. They can try but they have no idea what’s waiting for them.”

A smile I didn’t like curved his mouth. It was ruthless. Devoid of feelings. Was I really involved with a man like this? But my body couldn’t deny our connection. There was something between us. I stared at him. He was handsome, yes, like the princes in the fairytale books that I enjoyed before. In his blue button-down shirt and pants, he was mesmerizing.

I knew that if I were to meet him in a sea of people, I would look at him and find him very

“Who is ‘them?’ What are you talking about, Landon?”

Every word he said just made me more confused.

attractive.

“It’s a surprise, honey. You’ll find out later,” Landon said as he licked the blood off my palm and groaned. His pupils turned gold. Right. I hurt myself because it was what the voice instructed, what Landon instructed.

I snatched my palm from his grip, stared at my blood, and ignored his erection pressing against my belly even if half of me wanted to give in and let him touch me. Something kept crossing my mind, no, someone.

A man who would get really furious upon seeing me bleed unlike the man in front of me who was enjoying my blood. A man I shouldn’t forget, but I somehow did, and it was making my stomach churn. His voice echoed in my ears.

‘As unhealthy as it is, I am truly, madly, and obsessively yours, Vicious.’

Now that nickname sounded more genuine and more… me, compared to an empty ‘honey.’

In an instant, Landon’s eyes had turned fiery red as he cupped my chin. “Are you thinking about someone else while you are with me, Elianna?”

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Just like that and my mind was back to being blank again. I shook my head, earning a sweet smile from him. When he spoke, the rough edges in his voice smoothened.

“Good. Let me show you to our room. You must be tired, honey.”

His arm wrapped around my waist possessively as he led me to the hallway where he hung three of our wedding portraits 1 paused in front of them. We looked happy there and very much in love. I stared at my wedding band on the portrait and instinctively reached for it in my ring finger.

There was none.

I should be panicking like any ordinary wife who had lost their wedding ring, but instead, a part of me was relieved that I was no longer wearing it. The second portrait showed Landon staring at me while I stared at the camera, both of us smiling. our eyes were shining. The third portrait was us kissing each other like our world revolved around each other.

And for a while, it was true.

“Let’s go-”

“I’m taking it back, Landon,” I whispered.

“Take back what?”

“What I said earlier.” I removed his arm on my waist and took as many steps as possible away from him. “No, I didn’t miss you. Not at all.”

God, I couldn’t believe I’d forgotten again.

I’d walked straight into the dragon’s lair.

Alone.

This was the second time I’d been under the haze for a long time. I smiled bitterly. Landon had improved so much since we last saw each other. His manipulation skills involve some kind of magic tricks now. And the victim was me. Again.

Creed must be losing his mind searching for me right now. He must be threatening everyone at this very minute. He must be worrying a lot because unlike Landon, he would freak out if he saw even a tiny cut on my finger. He would lick the wound and heal it immediately because again, unlike Landon, he didn’t enjoy seeing me in pain.

My pain was his too.

That was what real love was about, what real ‘mates’ were about. Creed may be obsessed about me, but he was not obsessed with my pain. He would either get rid of whatever that caused me pain or shoulder the pain himself. He may have given me no choice when he took me to his realm, our realm now, but he had given me the liberty to be me there, to live as a person and never as a puppet that can be.toyed with, replaced, or sold.

“It’s alright, I understand,” Landon said like he was only trying to calm himself. “Black must have brainwashed you. But you’re here now. You will finally realize that everything I did, I did to be with you, Elianna, because I love you so much. I will marry you again. We can live as husband and wife for good-”

“Husband?” I repeated incredulously. Hatred pumping in my veins at the audacity of this psycho. “No, thanks. I don’t have to marry you twice to learn my lesson. I’m a fast learner. I already learned the first time. I remember who you are now. You are the kind of husband that sells his wife to a billionaire and calls it love, Landon.”

“I had no choice, Elianna!” Landon yelled. “I had to be a shifter no matter what. I wasn’t sure if your mother’s blood would work. I wasn’t turning into anything and I was desperate!”

“Because you are a greedy bastard!” I yelled back, the walls cracking. “How dare you use my mother for your own gain? She was sick and, in a coma, you sick moron!”

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“I did it for love!” The cracks in the wall grew bigger. The portraits started shaking. “You don’t know what you look like when you are in heat, do you? You change. I knew from the first time I witnessed it that you weren’t normal. I researched and researched about it. I even hired specialists! I wanted to know why your eye color changes when you’re in need, why you emit a golden light, why you cry in pain as if I can’t satisfy you in bed, which is the truth anyway. In my weak human form, I could never satisfy you. I won’t be enough for you. And I couldn’t have that.”

For the first time since I met Landon, he gave me a glimpse of the stark fear in his eyes.

“I wanted to be the only man for you, Elianna. I was worried you would leave me if I couldn’t give you what you wanted. I had to be something else. I had to change. For you. I didn’t fucking care about the werewolves but when a witch told me about your involvement with them, I grabbed the opportunity to be one. And not just a wolf. But something better and stronger. I became a dragon for you, Elianna.”

“No, Landon. You’re not a dragon. You’re a demon. Only demons will do what you did.” My mother could have died from all the blood bags he had taken from her. He had no mercy. She was already hanging for her dear life. His confession didn’t touch me like he expected it would. It only disgusted me more. “Don’t use me or love as an excuse for your evil nature. You betrayed me.”

“It was the truth! I was in a rut, Elianna. Outside of your heat, you couldn’t handle my rut. It was the first sign that your mother’s blood was working on me. I needed those women. They were all temporary. They all knew what they were in my life. I abandoned them all after I learned to control my rut.”

Landon tried bridging the gap between us, but I stepped backwards, and he had the guts to look offended and clueless at the same time. “Why do you look at me like that? I didn’t use your blood, but your mother’s. I couldn’t hurt you and drain you like that, Elianna. Your mother didn’t die anyway so what’s the big deal? Besides, if she ever died, she was already sick at that time. You were bound to lose her one way or another. But me? I’m different.” A proud smile spread across his lips. “You can have me. Forever, this time.”

Landon’s last sentence made all the hairs in the back of my neck and in my arms rise. Forever sounded romantic from Creed, but from this lunatic? It only made me want to puke.

He took another step closer, and I found myself running away. The front door was locked. I bolted to the sliding door towards the balcony. I needed to get away. I’d fucking jump if I had to.

But nobody could ever prepare me for the sight that greeted me outside.

How the heck was this possible? I rubbed my eyes, hoping against hope that my eyes were only playing tricks on me. Unfortunately, the same sight greeted me again and again.

There were dragons… flying around. So many of them that I couldn’t count them anymore.

“The witches and I collaborated. This is why I told you that they can’t separate us anymore,” Landon said behind me, suddenly looking shy. “Did you like my surprise, Elianna?”

A shiver rolled down my spine.

Landon motherfucking Richards had truly lost his mind.

He

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