Fated To Three, Betrayed By All… Until She Rose novel Chapter 158

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Jarek.

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For several hours, Leilani slipped in and out of consciousness, and by the time she finally came to, she peeled her eyes open slowly, looked up at me with grateful gleaming eyes and murmured; “Thank you very much, Jay.”

Hearing her… seeing her smile… immediately made my chest feel lighter. I smiled softly at her whilst leaning in to pat her now matted hair; But as soon as my skin accidentally grazed against hers, I froze.

Because she was as cold as ice.

So cold, it sent chills down my body.

My widened eyes snagged on hers, confusion creasing my eyebrows when she didn’t even seem like she was in any form of discomfort. She simply

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smiled at me again, forcing me to carefully ask;

“Are you okay, Leilani?”

“Yes, I am. Thank you for staying by my side.” She answered softly, then looking at the door, she asked; “Where is Maya?”

I sighed. “She went to get us something to eat.” I said, slowly taking her hands in mine despite the freezing temperature.

A tingling sensation remained where our skins touched, but pushing it down, I held on tighter, smiled and whispered; “You seem better.”

“I feel better.” Then she looked at me in a

matter-of-fact way and added; “I want to return to work.”

Earlier today, Orion had called me to tell me that the lab tests I’d asked to be conducted on her earlier had shown that she had indications of lycanthropy in her genes, and while that

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should’ve been enough to keep me antsy, it was the least of my problems.

My main problem was the other ‘thing’ found in her DNA that was difficult to name or get their hands on, and how I would inform her about this.

Another challenge is the fact that they’d asked me to come ‘with’ her and knowing fully well that she would not be in support of that, I shook my head and said;

“No.”

“But Jay, it’s the only thing that keeps me sane!”

“Have you tried traveling? Eating good food? Have you tried hiking or shit like that? Trust me, they’ll keep you saner than some technological jargons

ever could.”

She was about to respond when her eyes drifted to something by the door, as I watched in horror as the color slowly drained from her already

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pale-as-fuck face.

I turned too just then to see what she was looking at and I was immediately filled with rage when I saw the triplets standing there, holding gifts and staring-wait, softly?-softly at her.

She frowned when Zevran took the initiative to step into the room. He respectfully nodded at me and then placed his extremely large bouquet of roses on the table close to her bed.

As soon as he dropped it, he took several steps away from her, his gaze a mixture of conflicting emotions as he said softly; “We felt your illness Leilani before hearing about it. And I know that you don’t want to see us… Gosh, we’re not even meant to be here due to the restraining order you filed against us… but I had to see you. To know how you’re doing.”

“I am doing just fine.” She answered coldly, not even sparing him a glance.

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And maybe you should call me mean, but I liked that she wasn’t looking at him. I liked that she wasn’t polite to him… and I liked that I had her all to myself.

“Also, we’re not here to cause any form of trouble. We only wanted to bring these things to you and leave quietly. I hope that’s fine with you?”

Just then, Leilani turned to meet his gaze and my breath hitched when their eyes met. Hers cold but his were soft. It looked as though he was whispering apologies to her through his eyes. Like there were things he could say to her through the mate bond that I couldn’t hear.

And that made me feel enraged.

Leilani slowly nodded once and turned away again, her voice cold and detached as she mumbled; “Thank you, but please leave soon.”

Just then, Caelum slipped into the room too. He placed some boxes onto the table- one of which

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was a box of mango cake, and then he said;

“I know you like mango cakes, so I got you one.

Please recover soon.”

Leilani didn’t respond. She didn’t even turn to acknowledge him.

His eyes dropped to the floor and in that minute, I noticed something that I never have before, he looked… regretful. Sad. He looked like he’d just taken a shit in one of purgatory’s infamous

terrible toilets.

And that affected me in a way that I couldn’t possibly understand.

Why?

Because I feared that if ‘they’ were this

remorseful, then it meant that they’ve accepted Leilani as their mate.

It means that they may try to get her back.

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Well, not under my watch!.

Kael was the last to come in and my frown deepened when I realized that he’d come with a hamper. He placed it on the floor close to the table and said softly; “I wish you recovery Leilani. I never got to thank you for coming to see me at the hospital after my accident, so thank you.”

And I watched in surprise as he slowly slid out of the room, his brothers following closely behind him.

It wasn’t until they were gone that Leilani finally turned to me with sad eyes. Maya stepped in then, her eyes widening when she saw the several gifts on the floor and table.

She asked; “Woah, who are these from?”

“The triplets.” I answered.

“Throw them away.” Leilani snarled, and I froze at the tone of her voice. It sounded sharp and

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cutting, ley and filled with rage,

However, my initial shock soon wore off when the meaning of her words dawned on me and I smiled in glee, only stopping when Maya caught me and cocked her eyebrows at me.

Witch!

She doesn’t want to be with them anymore, so why the fuck was I still so reluctant to tell her how I feel? Why was I still so scared, thinking that something would happen?

‘Maybe because you both are like the wrongest kind of pair to ever exist.’ A small voice whispered at the back of my mind. ‘She’s a freak and you’re a what? A semi feral wolf?”The voice came again, and this time, I shut it down.

My hands trembled at the thought, and what was

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more alarming is the fact that I didn’t know what exact kind of freak she was-

“A penny for your thoughts?” A voice came from beside me and I closed my eyes, heaved out a sigh and drawled;

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