168 Can you love me?\u00a0<\/p>\n
168 Can you love me?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leilani.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Gavin told me several days ago that even though I would never forgive him, he wouldn\u2019t stop until he had succeeded in clearing my name, I never took him seriously until I witnessed what he did to Chalice a few minutes ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t even know how I felt as I watched their\u00a0<\/p>\n
altercation, or afterwards, when he carefully carried her out of the room whilst screaming for\u00a0<\/p>\n
a doctor after she\u2019d \u2018fainted\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All I knew was that I didn\u2019t feel anything. Anything at all, even as I knew that there was nothing wrong with her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That that was her usual response to\u00a0<\/p>\n
confrontations she couldn\u2019t lie her way out of.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was something I have seen happen time and\u00a0<\/p>\n
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time again in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So now, I have become immune to it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was however snapped out of these thoughts. when I heard the sound of my door creaking open and I sat up quickly, afraid that it was someone else, and turned in the direction of the door only to let out a sigh of relief when a mane of shiny pink hair came into view.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMaya?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLeilani!\u201d She screamed, crying ugly as she ran over to wrap her sexy long arms around my neck (unrelated, but I don\u2019t know why she\u2019s refused to be a model.)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tears fell freely down her face and her shoulders. shook as she held onto me so tight, I feared she would break my bones.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And heavens, I\u2019ll be a liar if I said that her reaction didn\u2019t shock me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I do not know for how long we stayed there with her arms around my body like tentacles; But by the time she finally let go, the collar of my shirt was soaked through with her tears.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Though she had long stopped crying, her eyes were swollen and red. I asked carefully; \u201cAre you okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She shook her head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened? Why are you crying so much?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she heard my question, she tilted her head to the side and stared at me like I\u2019d just lost my mind. Her eyes flashed with a comical anger, and she snarled; \u201cAre you really asking me that?!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I frowned. \u201cYes, is that wrong?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
This time, she rose from the bed as if to distance herself from my madness, and I almost laughed when she wiped at her face angrily and sneered at me\u2014 even though her lips still trembled like\u00a0<\/p>\n
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she was holding in laughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She cried; \u201cI was worried about you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, that made a small smile appear on my face-\u00a0<\/p>\n
one that widened when she came back to sit\u00a0<\/p>\n
beside me on the bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her fingers brushed at my hair, sweeping off all the escaped strands away from my face as she muttered; \u201cI heard that you were injected with silver and wolfsbane; and I also heard that you were shot with silver bullets\u2026 and you know what that does right? RIGHT?\u201d But as if stopping to ponder over something, she suddenly asked; \u201cHow are you even awake if all of those happened to you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I smiled. \u201cI wasn\u2019t shot.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlpha Caelum was the one who was shot.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh!\u201d She gasped, slapping her hand over her\u00a0<\/p>\n
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mouth in surprise. \u201cI didn\u2019t\u2026 I thought it was you. Oh wait, did you just say Alpha Caelum?!\u201d She screamed incredulously, and I could only shake my head at her reactions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d I drawled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCrazy! That\u2019s strange!\u201d She spat. The look of surprise on her face was almost comical, and I couldn\u2019t blame her for it because even I still couldn\u2019t wrap my head around the fact that Caelum would do anything like that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That he would save me\u2026 and take a bullet for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The thought and images from that moment made me shudder slightly and I was only snapped out\u00a0<\/p>\n
of\u00a0<\/p>\n
my reverie when Maya continued to speak. She said; \u201cI know that this may sound mean but I am\u00a0<\/p>\n
almost glad that he took the bullet for you. Maybe that\u2019s just the beginning of his Karma!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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168 Can you love me?\u00a0<\/p>\n
And at her words, I chuckled softly. However, before I could respond, my eyes darted to the door for a very brief moment and I froze in shock when I found Zevran standing there with a strange look in his eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goddess, he didn\u2019t look exactly annoyed\u00a0<\/p>\n
especially after hearing what Maya had just said. He wasn\u2019t even fazed by it and waved slowly over\u00a0<\/p>\n
his head with a small smile on his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a moment, I was stunned into silence. So stunned that I couldn\u2019t even move. I managed a slow wave back at him, smiling when Maya turned to see who I was waving at and froze when her eyes met Zevran\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And I could swear that she wanted to disappear!\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked like a cartoon character with her\u00a0<\/p>\n
flushed face and extremely red ear tips. Embarrassed, she turned to me and whispered; \u201cHow long has he been standing there?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d I whispered back with a grin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShit, did he hear what I said?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know I can hear you but you keep whispering.\u201d Zevran cut in before I could respond, and goddess, I couldn\u2019t help it. I laughed when she slapped her hand over her face and rose to her feet, bowing slightly to Zevran before rushing out through gritted teeth;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so sorry I said that, Alpha Zevran.\u201d She whispered; \u201cI didn\u2019t really mean it!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s okay!\u201d He answered whilst stepping further into the room. But the way he lightly waved her\u00a0<\/p>\n
off wasn\u2019t what stunned me. What stunned me\u00a0<\/p>\n
was the smile on his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The smile on his face was genuine. Like\u00a0<\/p>\n
G.E.N.U.I.N.E. And he looked like someone who was having some sort of fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When he plopped into the chair furthest away\u00a0<\/p>\n
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168 Can you love me?\u00a0<\/p>\n
from the bed, Maya bowed again; But due to how embarrassed she still was, she leaned close and whispered into my ear; \u201cI\u2019m sorry but I have to scram for a few minutes!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
And with that, she ran off. Like absolutely ran out of the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I watched her leave with a mixture of regret and annoyance; But when my eyes left the door to meet Zevran\u2019s stormy gaze, my annoyance soon morphed into frustration and confusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I snapped; \u201cWhat?!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLeilani, I\u2019m not here to cause any trouble.\u201d He tried to reassure me, but I wasn\u2019t having it. And maybe I\u2019m just an ingrate but I really didn\u2019t want to talk to him even though he\u2019d helped me earlier\u00a0<\/p>\n
with Keisha.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanted to know how you\u2019re doing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At his words, I shrugged, as if to say; \u2018See how\u00a0<\/p>\n
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168 Can you love me?\u00a0<\/p>\n
well I\u2019m doing,\u2019 but when he still wouldn\u2019t leave, I\u00a0<\/p>\n
had to use my words. I drawled; \u201cI am doing fine. Thank you. Now, you can leave.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Naturally, this was supposed to be the part where he would remind me of how I\u2019m being such an ingrate. This was the part where he would try to justify their meanness towards me for being such a vengeful \u2018brat\u2019. I waited for him to use these words but he didn\u2019t. Instead, he sighed and glanced away, his voice barely above a whisper as he asked;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you hate us that much?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
And holyfuckinghell, that was the last thing I\u2019d expected him to say. It was the weirdest words I\u2019ve ever heard from any of the triplets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
-This and what Caelum said before he passed\u00a0<\/p>\n
out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My hands fisted into the bedsheet as I pinned him with an intense glare. I snorted; \u201cHuh?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cLeilani, can you love us again?\u201d He murmured,\u00a0<\/p>\n
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