Chapter 88
THEON
My brother blinked down at me like I had just spoken a foreign language. Then his features hardened before checking the wall clock.
“Look at the time, Brother.” He said, pointing to the timepiece. “It’s two twenty–five in the morning. Where else will she be if not in her bed?”
I sighed, bending forward to place the glass cup on the table. When I sat back, I looked at him, “I’m asking because her body spray all over this place….and even on you.”
Miro swallowed, his eyes shifting from me to the furniture. “Well, she was a little bit sick so I had to carry her to her room.”
I perked up. “Ryn was sick?”
Before he could answer, I was already on my feet, heading for the stairs.
Why did I not feel her? Could it be because she’s on her period? Or because I was too far away?
“She’s sleeping!” Miro called after me but I was already at the top of the landing, determined to see her.
“Did you call the doctor?” I mindlinked my brother as I journeyed down the hallway to her room.
No. She didn’t want me to.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know, okay. Maybe you should ask her.” His voice came back a little sharp.
I shook my head in frustration and when I got to Ryn’s room, I took a deep breath and knocked. When I got no answer, I slowly turned the knob and went in. The first thing I saw were the curtains of her room billowing softly with the early morning breeze.
Then I found her in bed, sleeping on her back, facing up. Her right hand was tucked under a pillow, her long black hair forming a halo underneath her head. Her face was turned towards me, slightly hidden in her hair and in the dark, partially illuminated by moonlight, and billowing curtains, she looked ethereal.
I wanted to touch her but I curled my hands, holding myself back..
She was this innocent little bunny sleeping peacefully and I was this big, bad wolf who only knows how to kill and destroy and cause pain. I don’t deserve her. Someone like her doesn’t belong with someone like me. That’s why this whole Moonstone thing is a sham. It’screating fake feelings between us and before things get too deep, I want it off as soon as possible.
Once it’s off, I’m sure we’d go back to being strangers.
Satisfied that she was okay, I walked out of the room and went to mine. Then I took a long hot shower to relax my muscles and clear my thoughts.
After Chelsea stated her terms, I set up a meeting with her for a later date and chose to barter the letters for Adam and Viktor. When Viktor found out he was being traded, he tried to fight back but my men overpowered him and together we came back to the Greyhound pack.
“I thought you were going to betray me.” Nicholas had said the moment we handed Viktor to him.
“I thought I would too.” I had replied before leaving him standing at the steps of his house.
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Chapter 88
And that was the truth.
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For Ryn, it seems I’d betray anyone, even myself to save her. I mean wasn’t I the same man who told my brother that the part of me that cares for a woman was dead? Yet, here I was, about to make a deal with the devil to save her life.
I exited the bathroom, dressed in a boxer and just about ready to collapse on the bed. Then I found my brother moving around aimlessly, looking through my stuff. He took out one of my perfumes, opened the cap and sprayed it on his wrist. After sniffing it, he nodded to himself and pocketed the bottle.
“Last time I checked, that’s theft.” I said and he turned around to look at me with a smolder.
“He put you on a fucking unhealthy diet and tried to manipulate you to do his bidding. When are you going to realize that Dad is the villain and the moment you stop putting him on a pedestal and start seeing him for who he truly is, is the day you become free? Cause believe it or not, Ryn can be removed from the equation,” I snapped my fingers, “this fast, but newsflash, it still won’t bring the peace you’re looking for.”
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