163 His fear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leilani.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow are you doing, beautiful?\u201d Keisha sassed, snapping me out of my reverie, and when I turned to look at her, I couldn\u2019t help but notice the very smug grin on her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She continued; \u201cI am sorry I haven\u2019t given you anything to eat. I know you must be very hungry right now, but I need you very weak and I don\u2019t think the tranquilizer or the silver holding you down can do anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her words made me frown slightly because in truth, I didn\u2019t understand why she would go to these lengths just to weaken me. In confusion, I tilted my head to the side, watching her carefully and before I could stop myself, I asked the only question I could think of:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you doing this?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
And at my words, Keisha stopped what she was doing, turned to look at me and smiled again. Her brazen attitude made me so mad that I wanted to punch right through her throat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And as if realizing the kind of thoughts I had, her smile widened as she drawled, \u201cI do not plan to hurt you, Leilani. Gosh, I just want us to have a conversation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd what kind of conversation do you want us to have?\u201d I seethed, \u201c\u2026what kind of conversation entails chaining me to a chair?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My voice came out sharper than I intended, but now, I was too mad to care. Too frustrated by everything happening to control my tone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I rolled my aching shoulders and winced slightly when pain lanced through my shoulder blades. Goddess, I was in so much pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know you\u2019re a freak.\u201d She said suddenly, snapping me out of my thoughts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes widened, not in surprise, but in the way she had said it. I shrugged; \u201cAnd what does that have to do with you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re a hybrid, just like me.\u201d She continued, ignoring my sarcastic tone; And something about those words had me freezing momentarily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Keisha stopped to look at my face, and as if satisfied with my current confusion, she added; \u201cYou\u2019re a Lycan and a werewolf. And I know that because I am one too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I rolled my eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cHowever, what I don\u2019t understand is why it feels like you\u2019re stronger than I am. And why Jarek isn\u2019t as repelled by you as he is by me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I knew that laughing right now was a terrible idea, but I couldn\u2019t help it, especially after listening to the garbage that she had to say. Her gaze darkened when she took in my face, and the more I laughed, the angrier she became. She growled;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s so funny?!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou!\u201d I shot back immediately. \u201cYou sound surprised that Jay isn\u2019t repelled by me, but for some reason, you never stopped to imagine that maybe\u2026 just maybe it\u2019s because I\u00a0<\/p>\n
didn\u2019t kill his sister.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At my words, her face darkened so much, there was little difference between it and the night sky. She extended her claws as she walked slowly towards me, her voice dropping a few notches as she seethed; \u201cI didn\u2019t kill Grace!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, she wouldn\u2019t be dead if you didn\u2019t-\u201d I began to say but stopped when she forcefully grabbed my face, digging her claws into my chin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tears burned at the corners of my eyes and I shuddered when the smell of my blood seeped into my nostrils.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI see he told you about it.\u201d She spat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I do not know why but for some reason, I wasn\u2019t afraid of her. Hell, I knew what she could do. I knew how dark and twisted most lycans were, but still, I wasn\u2019t scared.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you surprised?\u201d I asked cockily, tilting my head to the side, despite the pain searing through my skin. Her fingers dug deeper into my flesh, breaking skin, and the more I bled out, the more satisfied she looked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suddenly, she let go of me and leaned away, her smug smile still plastered across her face as she continued; \u201cI really do not want to hurt you, Leilani. I\u2019m only doing this because Jarek is refusing to see me or talk to me. He\u2019s rejected me. He wants me to return to Gerald and Grace but I don\u2019t want to. I don\u2019t want to ever leave his side. I don\u2019t want to lose him to yo\u2014\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you should be saying all this to him, not me.\u201d I spat, and as soon as the words left my mouth, her face darkened again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the blink of an eye, she smacked my face so hard that my head lolled to the side, but just as I was about to curse at her, I felt something in my head. I winced.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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It was a voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A male\u2019s voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLeilani, where are you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It took me a moment to recognize the voice, and another to understand how it was possible for me to hear him in my head\u2026 but Zevran, thinking that I was probably unconscious or too hurt to respond, began to sound panicky. He rasped; \u201cLEILANI!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow are you in my head?\u201d I snapped back, but instead of responding to my question, he asked instead;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a solid ten seconds, I was stunned into silence, shocked that he was sounding so worried\u2026 so desperate. I contemplated blocking him off, but upon remembering how dire the situation was, I briefly described all I could see. I also briefly told him about Keisha, and to my utmost surprise, he replied\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I have an idea where that may be, and if I am right, I\u2019ll be there in a few\u00a0<\/p>\n
minutes!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He sounded reassuring, genuine even, but I didn\u2019t respond. I simply let the mind link go silent and closed my eyes, hoping to stall Keisha for as long as I could.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I do not know for how long I stayed there, quietly waiting for rescue or for Keisha herself to untie me, but when she returned moments later, she didn\u2019t look like she was here to let me go. In fact, it seemed as though she had finally made the resolve to hurt\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clasped in her gloved hands was a gun. I couldn\u2019t see what kind it was due to the lightning, but I could see the shiny silver surface as it caught the tiny light seeping through one of the cracks in the ceiling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her eyes met my face for a brief second and she bared her teeth at me. My heart raced as I watched her cross her arms over her chest. She spat; \u201cNot so cocky anymore, are you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just tired,\u201d I replied truthfully, \u201c\u2026and I\u2019ve decided to sleep, rather than waste my time talking to a woman who is so scared, she has to tie me up first before she can have a simple conversation with me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her nostrils flared at the insult. And that was what I wanted\u2026 to get under her skin. To\u00a0<\/p>\n
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make her make a mistake.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her hands shook when she pointed the gun at me and I immediately knew that she couldn\u2019t do it; and that all of these were just bluffs. She snarled; \u201cI hate you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I cannot say I love you too, so that\u2019s pretty understandable.\u201d I slurred, feeling my consciousness begin to wane.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was hungry, weak, bleeding and there were tons of toxins flowing through my bloodstream so it was normal for me to feel this way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, just as I was about to close my eyes and let the darkness creeping in to finally take me, I suddenly heard a shout from outside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLEILANI!\u201d The voice was loud. It was familiar!\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was Zevran.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My heart leapt in my chest and in that moment, I saw realization dawn on Keisha. A flicker of something like fear crossed her face before it was slowly replaced by a desperate determination.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her hand holding the gun stopped shaking and she raised it, pointing it directly at my head just as Zevran barged into the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She growled; \u201cMove, pretty man and I\u2019ll pull the trigger. Also\u2026 just so you know, it contains silver bullets.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At that moment, my eyes briefly met Zevran\u2019s and I was stunned when I saw the fear in his eyes. The anger\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
and then there was something else. Something that looked too much like desire tinged with panic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I froze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Healing Slowly But Surely By R. Joseph 163 163 His fear.\u00a0 Leilani.\u00a0 \u201cHow are you doing, beautiful?\u201d Keisha sassed, snapping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chosen-by-none-feared-by-all"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}