Caelum.
It’s been a few days since I last saw Chalice and that was the day she’d been thrown into the holding cells; and now, seeing her walk down the stairs in a beautiful red dress that accentuated her curves and a tiara sitting on top her head that so shiny it rivaled the chandelier above, I couldn’t help but be disgusted.
She looked like a big pile of shit in an expensive dress.
And maybe it was just my annoyance speaking but I felt like she was doing too much to look like Leilani, because tell me why she now had purple contact lenses on to cover her blue eyes?
Tell me why she was dressed elegantly and not in her usual slutty attires.
Tell me why she was glaring at me coldly just like Leilani does, when we all knew she would lose all sense of reasoning as soon as I or one of my brothers took off their clothes?
As if reading my thoughts, Zevran gave her a once over and spat; "Take off those contacts."
She froze. And I could swear that I saw her jaw drop to the floor before she quickly blinked back the tears in her eyes and cried out; "Zevran, please!"
"I told you last night that henceforth you’re to call me Alpha Zevran, and I’ll respect you by referring to you as Luna Chalice, so tell me, how did you quickly forget about that?"
Her face reddened so much, she almost resembled the color of the dress hugging her body like a second skin and she lowered her lashes, trembling as she shook her head.
A few seconds later, Kael joined us too but as soon as his eyes landed on Leilani 2.0 aka Chalice in purple contact lenses, he froze and frowned.
He wasn’t even looking at her when he said; "Take that shit off."
And I watched in fascination as tears streamed down her smooth face before she ran up the stairs like the devil was hot on her tail.
When she reemerged moments later, the contact lens was gone, her eyes were puffy and it felt as though most of the courage which she exuded only minutes ago was gone— not like I cared.
I spat; "let’s go."
Outside the house, a shiny black limousine waited for us, and as soon as the door was opened, Chalice turned to us as if expecting one of us to help her in.
And goddess, at that point, I couldn’t hold back anymore. I began to laugh.
I laughed when Kael simply walked past her and got in, and my laughter increased when Zevran did the same. Her eyes found mine in a pleading manner and for the love of me, I couldn’t bring myself to pity her.
Goddess, how did I even love her for so long?
She pouted in a way that would’ve looked adorable if I didn’t know her so well, and with a shrug, I murmured; "If you cannot help yourself in, then don’t come with us." And with that, I got in too, found a seat by the window and closed my eyes.
The ride to the airport was going to be a long one so I rested my head on the headrest and didn’t spare Chalice another glance.
I even forgot about her totally until I heard her whimper several minutes into the drive.
My eyes shot open to find her seated at a corner with her arms wrapped around her body and her face so downcast, it almost looked like a mask. And I found that annoying because if anyone saw her right now, they would easily believe that she was innocent. That she was a saint... not the devil in prada that she was.
I snorted.
"When we arrive at our father’s private island, you all should do well to pretend like we’re in a very big happy relationship, or family... or whatever this shit we have going on is. Do you understand me?" Kael said suddenly, and I pried my eyes open again to glare at him before squeezing it shut.
"Okay."
"And as for you, Chalice, you’re to remain by our side all through our stay there. On no occasion should you wander. Okay?"
She frowned but said nothing, and that made me open my eyes again.


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