Fated To Three Betrayed By All Until She Rose (Leilani) by Ahvahh novel Chapter 338

Chapter 338: The man who is my father.

Caelum.

The night was incredibly chilly but for some reason unknown to me, I was restless. I couldn’t shake off the dull ache in my chest nor ignore the whack headache making its way through the back of my skull.

My hands balled into tight fists as I slowly rose from my bed after trying for the nth time tonight to go to bed but failing miserably, so I decided to go downstairs to the kitchen where I poured myself a glass of scotch.

The fiery drink burned its way down my throat, igniting my blood with a kind of fire that I found unsettling yet addictive; and just when I tried to pour myself another glass, I heard the sound of approaching footsteps.

I froze.

"Who is there?" Zevran called out, his voice gruff with tiredness.

He glided into the kitchen like the grim reaper that he was, cast one glance at my glass and shrugged. "Unable to sleep?"

"Yes," I replied coldly, not even bothering to lie.

"Is something the matter or you do not intend to speak to me about it?" He drawled and this time, I nodded without saying a word.

"I’d like to pour myself a glass too."

I do not know for how long we stood there drinking or when we moved to the living room several minutes later. All I knew was that the more I drank, the more this irresistible urge to see Leilani grew.

I let out a deep sigh, closed my eyes and leaned my head against the sofa’s headrest, my voice coming out as a whisper as I said to Zevran; "I wonder how Leilani is doing. I have been feeling strangely for quite a while now."

And at my words, he lifted his head, turned to look at me and smiled forlornly; "Same with me, I have been worried about her for no reason since some time in the afternoon and I do not know what to do."

I was about to ask him if it was okay to call her when suddenly, I noticed that he wasn’t looking at me anymore. In fact there was something by the door that now had all of his attention. I turned in the direction he was looking at too and froze when I found Leilani standing there, looking as though she’d just waltzed right out of my dreams.

Her hair was a mess and was sticking in all directions, and her face... her usually pale creamy face was now flushed as though she’d spent the last hour running. But all in all, she looked breathtaking. She was enthralling, making it quite difficult for me to look away.

My mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water... and then opened again in surprise. But before I could speak, Zevran beat me to it, he asked;

"Am I the only one seeing this? I want to be sure I am not hallucinating right now..."

"You are also seeing Leilani right?" I asked desperately, whilst praying fervently in my mind that I wasn’t going mad. Goddess, I couldn’t be going mad right now...

And to my utter delight, Zevran nodded. He hissed; "Yes!" And then turning to Leilani, he asked, sounding almost cold; "What are you doing here?"

I saw her flinch at the tone of his voice and almost struck him in the face when she took a step back. In that very tiny moment, her gaze flickered to my face and I could swear that I saw something akin to regret flash in her eyes... and with it came something else that seemed like disappointment... like annoyance.

I rushed out; "Come on in! I was worried about you earlier!"

Something in my voice probably snapped her out of her reverie because then she turned to look at me, her stiff shoulder slumped quietly and she glanced away.

"I wanted to ask you about something. Where is Kael?"