176 Never me\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leilani.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next couple of days flew by quickly and before I knew it, it was almost Christmas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The streets were filled with several wonderful decorations and people walking around with genuine smiles on their faces.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I swept my hair away from my face as I marched through the snowy streets, trudging behind Maya who looked as though she was having the time of her life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
dam!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Well\u2026 I, on the other hand, wasn\u2019t having any of my life as I couldn\u2019t stop thinking about the final court hearing tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tomorrow was supposed to be the day that the case with my family will finally be to see the lengths that Mr and Mrs Blackthorne would go to save themselves. I also wanted to know if they would get to release the video that Agnes talked about.\u00a0<\/p>\n
resolved- or escalated, and I wanted to know 20\u00a0<\/p>\n
I also wanted to find out why they had intentionally suppressed my wolf for so long and why they were so unbothered even after finding out about everything Chalice did.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was snapped out of my thoughts when I bumped into Maya\u2019s back. I winced, holding my head as I took a step back and frowned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy did you stop?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe question should be why were you so distracted?\u201d She snorted, turning around to\u00a0<\/p>\n
face me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes lit up when I noticed the small fancy keychain in her hands, but then, I frowned again when she pushed it into her pocket and snickered; \u201cYou\u2019ve been lost in thoughts since we started picking out the decorations for your house. What is the problem?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t give me that, Leilani.\u201d She snapped. \u201cIt\u2019s not nothing. You know you can always talk to me about anything right?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you know you can talk to me about anything too, right?\u201d I shot back at her, not missing the way she cocked her eyebrows at me before whispering in a small voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
14:28\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
176 Never me\u00a0<\/p>\n
+17\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo why didn\u2019t you tell me that you\u2019ve been seeing Gavin?\u201d I asked coldly, my voice coming out way harsher than I had intended.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At my words, her eyes widened slightly but then she blinked and looked away, sighing under her breath. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to tell you anything about that because I didn\u2019t know how you\u2019d feel about it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her excuse would\u2019ve sounded palpable if I wasn\u2019t already in my feelings. So I snorted and hissed; \u201cYeah, right.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou won\u2019t understand Leilani, he\u2019s my mate. I know that that doesn\u2019t mean shit, but the mate bond pulls me to him. It forces me to want to see the good in him, and\u2014\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think it doesn\u2019t pull me towards the triplets?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c-it doesn\u2019t help that he\u2019s been trying to make up for all his wrongdoings.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
We both said at the same time and stopped to glare at each other without saying another word. A moment of awkward silence passed between us before she finally walked closer, took my hands into hers and sighed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her shoulders hunched over as she looked away from my face and muttered; \u201cI never thought about it that way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd maybe you should also realize that I\u2019m more pissed that you decided to hide it from me than the fact that you\u2019re now with him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya turned to me then, her face scrunched up as she hissed; \u201cHell, no! We\u2019re not together yet. I\u2019ve just been helping him out with a few things.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA few things like what?\u201d I sassed suspiciously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goddess if she mentions me, I\u2019ll kill her!\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLike telling him the kind of gifts you like. Like helping him out by gathering facts that can help with your case, and-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re both \u2018bonding\u2019 by using me as an excuse?\u201d I asked, not missing the way she gulped, nor the way her face turned into a bright shade of red.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNO!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cForgive me if I don\u2019t believe you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
14:28\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
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176 Never me\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been trying to get his hands on the video. Also, I had to help him with putting the information he\u2019s gathered over the last couple of weeks into a flash drive and he\u00a0<\/p>\n
intends to take them to the Alphas of your old pack!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAka the triplets!\u201d I seethed in annoyance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goddess, I shouldn\u2019t be mad that they were trying to help. So why the fuck do I still feel so\u2026 so triggered. So annoyed?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned away from her, dusted off the little bits of snow that had landed on my shoulders and resumed my trek.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLani!\u201d She called out, \u201cI\u2019m sorry. I thought I was trying to help!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
And yes, she was. Yes, I understood why she would even want to do that\u2026 but it doesn\u2019t change the fact that Gavin was just as bad as the rest. That he was the one who physically abused me the most.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2014And that every time I tried to forgive him, I could not help but think back to those moments\u2026 those dark days where death was an escape I never got, when being ignored was a luxury I craved for.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I balled my hands into fists as I continued to march all the way to my house, and by the time I arrived at the front door, I froze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because Jack was standing there!\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had been severely injured when Keisha and her group of thugs attacked my house all those days ago; But now\u2026 now he looked different.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His eyes flashed when he saw me approaching, and then he bowed; \u201cI am sorry I couldn\u2019t protect you the other day, ma\u2019am.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were hurt so it is fine.\u201d I answered dismissively, hoping to brush past him into the house as I was still so salty from my argument with Maya.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, I halted in my tracks when he suddenly spoke to me, his voice carrying a bit of fear as he muttered under his breath; \u201cThe man who brings you flowers everyday is known as Alpha Darius Morningstar.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I froze then spun around to face him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHuh?\u201d I snorted and when he still wouldn\u2019t respond right away, I added; \u201cHow do you know that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
14:29\u00a0<\/p>\n
3\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
176 Never me\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI did a background check on him and I discovered that his pack is kept a secret from the rest of the world. But it\u2019s no secret that he\u2019s a dark knight.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A dark knight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The same set of people that Jarek\u2019s warned me time and time again to stay away from?\u00a0<\/p>\n
My heart began to race as the maths began to fall into place in my head and I staggered backward until my back hit the wall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else do you know about him?\u201d I drawled softly, my voice shaking despite my attempt to sound brave.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goddess I couldn\u2019t be brave\u2026 I could never be! Not right now, not when everything was beginning to lead straight to a dead end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing besides the fact that he belongs to an ancient family, and that your parents owe this said family some sort of debt. I don\u2019t know what the debt is, but I know that your father, Mr Blackthorne, has been looking for ways to settle it\u2026 and he\u2019s been failing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
This news came to me as a shock but what worried me the most was how all these had anything to do with me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And why Darius had singled me out from my siblings when his main focus should be\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gavin or Chalice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But never me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was never supposed to be me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
14:29\u00a0<\/p>\n
4\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
Healing Slowly But Surely By R. Joseph 176 176 Never me\u00a0 Leilani.\u00a0 The next couple of days flew by quickly […]<\/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-23379","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\/23379","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=23379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}