Fated To Three Betrayed By All Until She Rose (Leilani) by Ahvahh novel Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Null.

Leilani.

I woke up to the sound of beeping monitors and to a nasty headache brewing at the back of my skull. Sitting up, I glanced around me only to realize that I was in a hospital room, with an IV containing a dark crimson liquid connected to my vein and a whole bunch of multivitamins stacked at my bedside table.

I vaguely remembered the events of last night. How I had been taken hostage by Kael and Caelum who still thinks I am responsible for Chalice’s child loss. I also couldn’t shake out the shock I’d felt when I realized that my supposed saviour was their brother, Zevran, and how worried he had seemed when he brought me in.

"You’re awake?" A deep groggy voice snapped me out of my reverie. My heart pounded against my chest as I slowly turned to see who it was, gasping when I was met with a swollen-eyed Zevran whose hair looked as rough as a bird’s nest.

His dark rimmed eyes stared at me intently for a moment and then he whispered; "Do you feel pain anywhere?"

’Around my ribs’ I thought but I couldn’t bring myself to speak.

Did he sleep here?

Why’s he being so kind to me?

Is this some sort of game?

These questions and more plagued my mind as I watched him quietly, as if waiting for the exact moment his mask would slip away and he would jump me. He didn’t.

Instead, he tilted his head to the side, a small frown tugging at his eyebrows as he asked; "Leilani, are you okay?"

And then he smacked his lips, snorting; "Sorry, that is a very stupid question. You shouldn’t be okay. But tell me, what’s wrong?"

Still I didn’t speak. I couldn’t. I didn’t trust him. And maybe that was obvious because he then sighed, dropped his head and whispered; "I am sorry for what happened between you and my brothers."

Ha! Finally the cat was out of the bag!

I frowned, watching him, looking for signs that he was lying... anything, just anything including the most insignificant twitch of his brows that would give him away and that I could hold on to.

But there was nothing.

He continued; "I didn’t know they would do something like that... I wasn’t even aware that they would go that far just to prove a point. And I don’t know what you may have gone through or how you may have felt, but I’m sorry. I’m apologizing on behalf of my brothers and mine... we’re really sorry."

And while I knew he sounded sincere, I also knew that ’agreeing’ meant lying to him, so I shook my head. "Did you sleep here?"

At first, he was visibly stunned by my question, and then he let out a loud sigh, a small smile on his face as he nodded slowly. "Yes." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Why?"

"Because I want to be here with you. I also wanted to be sure that you were out of danger. I know you may not trust that but it’s true; And after seeing what my brothers did to you, I was mad and I felt guilty... and I could not leave you to yourself."

At the mention of his brothers, my chest hardened. A feeling akin to disgust crept up my skin. Goddess, I could still remember the way had treated me like I was dirt. How they’d drained me without an iota of remorse.

—And how Caelum, oh Caelum the bastard, had kicked me square and hard in the rib, as if desperate to end my life. It’s only a miracle I do not have a broken rib now..