Fated To Three Betrayed By All Until She Rose (Leilani) by Ahvahh novel Chapter 165

165 The thought of losing her

Leilani. O

If there’s something I just realized, then it is the fact that the entire earth wasn’t one big geoid surface where life grows like most scientists claim. It was simply one big baked bread; watery on some spots, dry on some other spots, and extremely burnt in

the rest.

And I was on the burnt part of the baked bread earth.

I could never believe that the first thing I asked when I finally came to was; “Where is Caelum?” Not even the usual; “Where am I?”

Because damn, on what planet does that even happen?

Since when did I become so stupid that I would worry about my tormentor?

‘Since he jumped in to take a bullet for my sake.’ A voice whispered in my head, but I immediately shook it off. 3

Jarek, who was looking disheveled and tired, sighed in relief when he heard me speak. His warm fingers brushed over my face carefully as he drawled; “He’s in the ICU, Leilani, and we’re all hoping that he gets better.”

Since when?

Since when do we all care about Caelum’s wellbeing? When did we start to care if he gets better or not?

And why… why does that news make me feel relieved in a way?

I snapped out of my reverie when Jarek’s fingers lowered to carefully graze against my chin, so careful that he made it seem as if he was afraid of really touching me. His usually sexy slant eyes were hollow and dark as he gazed affectionately at me, and then he whispered; “I’m so sorry.”

“Why?” I couldn’t help but ask,

“Because it’s all my fault.” He replied coldly.

A part of me wanted to pull him into a hug and whisper reassuring words to him, but I was too weak to do that. My limbs felt like they were on fire, and it felt as though the silver in my blood had finally waited until this moment to begin to show its effectiveness.

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Pain lanced through me from every angle. It was so horrible that tears pricked at the corners of my eyes. I shivered slightly when his hands trailed down to my neck. And then after a moment of awkward silence, I finally had the strength to say; “It wasn’t your fault.”

“It was…” he argued, causing me to shake my head despite my terrible headache searing through my skull. “I underestimated Keisha so much. I let her get cocky until she was cocky enough to try to hurt you. And that is my fault.”

Due to how dry my throat was, I didn’t want to speak too much; And when I tried to sit up, my entire body protested. I winced. “What happened to me?”

“You tried to shift.” He hissed through gritted teeth.

“And I didn’t?”

“Thankfully, you didn’t because that would’ve been a disaster.”

His words made me frown slightly and I lifted my head to look at him; and I don’t know why, but I was slightly mad at his comment. It sounded as though all he cared about was how dangerous it would’ve been for others to see my silver fur, blissfully ignorant of the fact that I’d acted purely on emotions.

-Emotions that I would never have felt if his obsessive ex hadn’t decided to kidnap me in the first place.

I opened my mouth to say something cutting but before the words could slip through, he drawled; “If you had shifted with that amount of silver and wolfsbane in your body, it would’ve weakened your wolf so much… Jesus, I don’t want to think about what would’ve happened.”

I froze.

My swollen tongue felt glued to the roof of my mouth as I realized to mortification that once again, he wasn’t being selfish.

Goddess, could Jarek ever be selfish?

my

utmost

I smiled softly at him, closing my eyes as I dragged in a lungful of his rich masculine scent. His hand caressing my face suddenly stopped and I opened my eyes to meet his now stormy gaze.

I frowned; “What is it?”

“I have to leave.” He answered, his voice still gentle, despite the way his eyes had

darkened so much.

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Again, I tried to sit up but stopped when an intense pain sliced through my midriff. I winced, blinking away the tears in my eyes and asked; “Where are you going to? Are you okay?”

At my words, he flashed me a small smile but I couldn’t help but notice how it didn’t reach his eyes. He drawled; “I have a business or two to attend to… with Keisha.” (2

Something in his tone told me what the so-called business was and my heart began to

from my race in my chest. I tried to grab his arm but missed when he stepped away bed, his smile still soft but something in his aura had shifted.

He gritted out; “She hurt you, Leilani. What she did was unacceptable and would’ve cost you so much if the triplets didn’t appear when they did; and I need to correct that. I need her to know her boundaries. To understand what it means to lay a hand on the woman after my heart.” 3

He leaned in to plant a kiss on my forehead but before I could react, he stormed out of the room, leaving me reeling in shock, and wondering what he meant by the words:

“The woman after my heart.”

Goddess, I knew he loved me. I knew that he’s always made his intentions clear, and

that he wants to pursue me.

But hearing him say words like that… listening to him refer to me with words so endearing, made my heart flutter in my chest

I waited until he was out of earshot before I slapped my hands on my face, ignoring the pain that sent flooding into my ribs and squealed excitedly.

Oh heavens, I hate how childish he makes me act!

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What she never knew was that, Jay never left mmediately he walked out of the hospital room. He’d walked out of the room, yes, but he had leaned against the door, whilst trying and failing to calm his racing heart.

He covered his face in his hands and sighed tiredly, but when he was about to walk away, he vaguely heard Leilani’s excited squeal and a sure small smile spread across his face,

He didn’t want to, but he couldn’t help but peep into her room and his smile widened when he saw the smile playing across her lips as she pressed her fingers to the spot he’d kissed on her forehead.

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And then, something stuck out to him. It finally occurred to him that this was the same

girl Keisha had tried to hurt.

His Leilani.

His smile instantly wiped off his face and he walked away from her door whilst pressing his phone to his ear.

Orion picked on the second ring, his voice gruff as he asked; “What is it, Alpha?”

“Inject the prisoner with more silver. I’d like to have a word with her in a few minutes.”

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166 Trust me, baby girl.

Kael.

“It’ll take some time but he’ll be fine.” The female doctor, Ava, whose eyes never left Zevran’s face even for a single moment, said again and I nodded, even though I wasn’t quite convinced.

Merely looking at Caelum’s pale face made my chest hurt in ways I couldn’t even begin to explain. The corners of my eyes stung with tears and my limbs trembled when I tried to move.

“Kael, you look quite unwell. I think you should go home.” Zevran’s voice seeped into my ears but I couldn’t bring myself to respond.

I simply nodded but I didn’t move.

Because I felt sad. I felt like shit. And I felt filthy. Filthy because even though my brother was in a critical condition right now, a part of me was still glad that Leilani

wasn’t the one shot.

Filthy because even if we were to relive that moment for a second time, I’d still prefer if I was the one hurt, and not her.

Obsessed much? Maybe.

I looked up at that exact moment to find Zevran leaning against the wall. His hands were balled into tight fists and his jaw was set into a hard line. His eyes met mine, catching me staring; But he didn’t flinch. If anything, he squared his shoulders, looked me dead in the eyes and drawled;

“I need to know who that Keisha girl is.”

“And here I am more concerned with the reason she’s after Leilani… and the fact that

Leilani almost shifted right in front of us.”

At the memory, I shuddered slightly, vaguely remembering the weird aura I’d felt from her and the way it had sent ripples of strange electric energy coursing through my body.

And I am an Alpha. A full blooded one. I’d met other Alphas too and had witnessed them shifting, but none of their auras compared to what I’d felt from Leilani earlier.

It wasn’t even close…

Zevran seemed to think about it too because then he snapped his lips together. His

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eyes darkened with an emotion I could barely name, and then he muttered; “That too.”

“Which of the ‘thats”?” I snapped impatiently as I began to pace around the room. “Are you bothered about what the Keisha girl wants with Leilani or the fact that she nearly shifted?”

“Both.”

I stopped then and turned around to face him, my nostrils flaring in rage; But surprisingly, I didn’t know why I was mad. I didn’t know why I felt this tight feeling in my chest, and why I wanted to throw caution into the wind and go pull Leilani into a hug right now.

I was snapped out of these conflicting thoughts when Zevran pressed his hand against my shoulder, as if noticing my inner turmoil. He muttered; “Kael?”

“Huh?”

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