164 Do not let her shift!\u00a0<\/p>\n
164 Do not let her shift!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zevran.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t do anything to Leilani! I have no idea what you\u2019re talking about. Gosh why do you even care about her so much? And why would you even think that I did anything to her?!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those were the last words Chalice said to me before I stumbled out of the house in a dizzying haste.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My body trembled with barely concealed fear and with my hands shaking so badly, I could barely control it, I snatched Chalice\u2019s phone from the table, searched up Zevran\u2019s contact on Google and called the first one I could find.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was directed to his PA, a girl named Yvette something.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My anger peaked when her sugary mechanical voice seeped through the speaker. Sounding nasal, she drawled; \u201cHello, I am Yvette-\u201d and goddess, I couldn\u2019t hear what she said afterwards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was too lost in my thoughts. Too scared of what Leilani must be going through at the moment, and extremely mad that I couldn\u2019t get through to Frostclaw himself that I had momentarily gone deaf.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you there sir? Sir?!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to speak with Alpha Jarek Frostclaw.\u201d I hissed through gritted teeth, and at this point, my trembling was skyrocketing. I could barely hold the phone anymore, standing felt like an even bigger chore\u2026 and my vision, my vision was waning quickly, being blinded by my barely concealed rage and confusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When her nasal voice came again through the phone, I lost it. She asked; \u201cOh, he\u2019s in a very important meeting, but do you have an appointment with him?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTell him that Leilani is missing.\u201d I spat, and with that, dropped the phone without waiting for her respond and immediately mindlinked my brothers to tell them of the current situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My heart raced as I leaned against my car, shivering due to fear and confusion. Hades, I was confused because I had no idea where I could go from here. I had no idea who to reach out to\u2026 how to help her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If only I could mind link her as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
12.26\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/0\u00a0<\/p>\n
164 Do not let her shift\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wait, can I?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes briefly, exhaling as I tried hard and failed countless times to reach her. But I wasn\u2019t giving up. I couldn\u2019t. Not when she was probably in danger\u2026 not.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\u00a0<\/p>\n
when.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stop and do it! Morwen snapped impatiently in my head and I instantly focused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the last trial, I thought of her hard and for a long moment\u2026 I imagined her silky silver hair; they looked so soft but I\u2019ve never touched them before\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
I imagined her electric purple eyes; the way she would always frown at me\u2026 Her face. Her scent\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goddess, I feared that it was impossible to mindlink her- I mean, she doesn\u2019t have a wolf, but recently, she\u2019s been swearing to have one. And if she does, this should work, right?\u00a0<\/p>\n
RIGHT?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLEILANI!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow are you in my head?\u201d Her voice, weak but firm, echoed in my head and for the first few seconds, I feared that I was hallucinating. That she wasn\u2019t the one, so I tried again;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I heard someone heave a loud sigh-but it wasn\u2019t me, and I was the only one here\u2014 so I waited for a second then ten before her soft voice echoed again in my head. She answered coldly;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know where I am but I can describe everything I can see and the person held me hostage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
who\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
It took me a brief moment to finally convince myself that I wasn\u2019t imagining this and a sigh of relief slipped through my lips just as my once heavy chest started to feel light.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I murmured; \u201cGo on,\u201d and went mute as I listened to her explain everything she could in detail. She finished up by describing a girl I\u2019ve never heard of in my entire life, whom\u00a0<\/p>\n
she said was behind this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I didn\u2019t care one bit about the girl.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hell, I wasn\u2019t this flustered because of some wench who had gone after something-\u00a0<\/p>\n
someone- that was mine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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184 Do not let her shift!\u00a0<\/p>\n
My knees wobbled, maybe from relief or desperation, as I surged forward and as I rushed back into my car, I mindlinked my brothers again, informing them of Leilani\u2019s current situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caelum was the first to respond. He sounded out of breath as he drawled; \u201cI\u2019m on my way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
And with that, the mind link went dead, just as my wolf began pacing around my skull, seeking escape.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNot yet, Morwen\u2026 \u201cI chanted. \u201cDefinitely not now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2013\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leilani.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as Zevran barged into the room, another person rushed in behind him and my breath caught when I saw Kael panting like he\u2019d just run a marathon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His shaky hands were bloody and fisted, and there was a deep gash just underneath his chin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caelum ran in shortly afterwards, looking way worse than his brothers. And for a minute, I feared that this may be a dream-a nightmare perhaps, because tell me why all my enemies were jam packed together in a room all at once?\u00a0<\/p>\n
My vision waned one more time, but forcing myself to stay awake, I gritted out; \u201cKeisha, let me go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you call them over?\u201d She spat darkly, \u201cGod, I always knew that you were weak, but I never knew the extent to which you-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen untie me if you really think I am weak!\u201d I spat back, almost smiling when her face darkened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She never stopped pointing the gun to my head, and any time the triplets did as much as breathed in the wrong direction, she would aim it higher until they\u2019d be forced to take steps back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caelum\u2019s eyes met mine briefly and something akin to panic flashed across them before he raised his hands above his head and said softly; \u201cHey, can you drop the gun please? We can talk about what you want. You don\u2019t have to hurt her\u2026 she doesn\u2019t even feel so good at the moment!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
And truth be told, when I heard him say that, I blanched. I mean-\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wait, what the fuck?\u00a0<\/p>\n
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164 Do not let her shift!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Is this Caelum? CAELUM? The same man who\u2019d done even way worse than what Keisha\u2019s done to me?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Keisha turned to him briefly and snorted, her eyes flashing with malice as she spat; \u201cI have nothing to say or do with any of you. So leave now or I\u2019ll shoot her!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, you can\u2019t-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLEAVE!\u201d She yelled, causing the veins at the sides of her neck to pop against her flesh.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To my utmost surprise, Kael nodded quickly. He drawled; \u201cOkay, okay\u2026 we\u2019ll leave!\u201d And with that, he turned away, causing my eyes to widen in shock.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I realized then and there that it was foolish of me to think that they could ever save me. That I had thought they were here to help.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My heart plummeted as I watched the three of them turn around and begin to walk out of the room; And when they did, Keisha turned to me with a sly grin. She sneered; \u201cThat was quite easy, wasn\u2019t it? I guess they never even liked you to begin-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bang!\u00a0<\/p>\n
A startled scream left my lips when suddenly Caelum spun around and struck her so hard in the face that she crashed to the floor face first.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t even stop to check the extent of damage to which he\u2019d caused her. He didn\u2019t waste a second and began to ransack through her pockets, making me wonder what he was looking for.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, I soon got my answer when a few seconds later, he brought out a key, tossed it to Kael and snapped; \u201cCheck if this unlocks those chains!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I gasped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael, on the other hand, immediately slipped behind me and began to unclasp the chains around my hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He hissed in pain when the silver burned his fingertips; But that didn\u2019t stop him. If anything, it spurred him on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I held my breath, my eyes never leaving Keisha\u2019s unmoving form as Kael helped me out of the chains, and as soon as he helped me rise to my feet, my knees buckled, my vision blurred again and I stumbled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thankfully, before I could fall like a mini version of Keisha, Zevran wrapped his arms around my body, picking me up bridal style and began to walk out of the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
12:26\u00a0<\/p>\n
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164 Do not let her shift!\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, they hadn\u2019t even taken more than three steps when a loud sound suddenly reverberated through the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was deafening and loud, momentarily snapping me out of my spell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes widened when we quickly turned around to face Keisha, and to my utmost surprise, for someone who had been knocked out cold only moments ago, she was standing with the gun in her hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But it wasn\u2019t her ugly sneer that had my attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was the man standing before me. The man who had jumped behind me and Zevran at the last minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man who now had a bright red stain spreading under his chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His face twisted into a painful frown as he fell to his knees, groaning in pain. My mouth instantly went dry, and goddess, I didn\u2019t know when I jumped out of Zevran\u2019s arms to rush to his side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLeilani\u2026\u201d he rasped, clutching his bleeding chest, \u201cI\u2019m so sorry. I\u2019m so so sorry.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCaelum, please. Caelum wait! Don\u2019t you dare close your eyes!\u201d I screamed in his face, clutching desperately at his face even as he crumpled to the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you forgive me now?\u201d He cried softly, and when I wouldn\u2019t respond, he added; \u201cYou know you can still punch me in the face right? You can still take a few more teeth from my mouth\u2026 I\u2019d be happy to donate them. Just say you forgive me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll forgive you when you get better!\u201d I yelled as tears streamed down my face, but this time, he didn\u2019t respond.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His hands simply lingered on my cheeks, painting them with his blood before they fell limply to his sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My chest suddenly felt tight. My body trembled violently and a scream tore out from the back of my throat as I tried and failed to shake him awake.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caelum wasn\u2019t moving. He wasn\u2019t breathing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And at the moment, that was all I cared about\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t care that Kael and Zevran had finally managed to knock Keisha out for the second time. I didn\u2019t care that she was tied now to the chair with the same silver chains she\u2019d tied me with.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All I cared about was inflicting her with as much pain as she did to me and I didn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
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realize how mad I was until I heard the sounds of my bones cracking, just as panicked\u00a0<\/p>\n
screams filled the air:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLeilani! No no!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNO!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDO NOT LET HER SHIFT!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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