Sacrificed To The Triplet Alpha Kings novel Chapter 284

Chapter 284: You Lied To Me

Nicholas nodded slowly. "Yes."

"And the strange things that have been happening to me lately? The lights flickering? Things moving when I get upset?"

"Yes," Nicholas said quietly. "We suspect it’s all connected."

Something inside Lilith broke.

"Then why did you LIE to me?!" The words came out louder than she intended and tears were already forming in her eyes. "I came to you, Nicholas. I told you on several occasions that I suspected something was happening to me.

But you told me it was stress. You told me I was tired. You told me it was nothing."

Her voice was rising now and the tears were falling and she couldn’t stop them.

"Now you’re telling me I’m some kind of supernatural thing that you don’t even understand?! You lied to me! You kept this from me and you lied!"

She was gasping for air now, her chest heaving, and Sebastian was immediately there, his hand on her back rubbing gentle circles.

"Breathe, Lilith," he said quietly. "Breathe. You’re okay. Just breathe."

She tried to follow his instruction, tried to slow her breathing, but the panic was overwhelming and the incomplete bond was aching and everything was too much. She felt as if her chest was about to explode.

"In and out," Sebastian murmured. "Slow. That’s it. You’re okay."

Gradually her breathing evened out and the panic receded enough that she could think again. She wiped her face with shaking hands and looked at Nicholas, who had not moved, who was just sitting there watching her with an expression that looked like it was breaking him.

"I didn’t know what was happening to you at first," Nicholas said, and his voice was careful and measured. "I still don’t fully understand it. But I didn’t want you to panic. I didn’t want to tell you something was wrong when I had no answers to give you."

"So you lied instead."

"I told you what I thought would keep you calm until I knew more." He squeezed her hand gently. "The things that happened during your heat...the power surges, the way the room shook when Kael marked you, we’ve been investigating since then. Trying to understand what you are. What’s waking up inside you."

"And?"

"And we’re going to look into your mother’s side of the family," Nicholas said. "That should give us answers soon. Real answers. Not speculation."

Lilith looked down at their joined hands and felt exhaustion settle over her like a blanket. She was so tired. So confused. So scared.

"He did what he had to do," Sebastian said quietly from beside her. "Please don’t blame him, Lilith."

She looked at him.

"He did it to keep you safe," Sebastian continued. "To maintain your sanity. He didn’t want you to worry about things we don’t have answers to yet. So please... don’t be mad at him."

Lilith was quiet for a long moment, looking between Nicholas’s careful expression and Sebastian’s desperate one and Lucian standing at the foot of the bed watching her like he was afraid she was going to disappear.

"I’m not mad," she said finally, and her voice was small and tired. "I’m scared."

"We know," Nicholas said.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify