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205 Her lover.\u00a0<\/p>\n
205 Her lover.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kael.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I could tell that there was something going on with Zevran and that it also had something to do with Leilani, but no matter how hard I tried to pry it out of him, I just couldn\u2019t because he was so closed off about it, so secretive too\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, there were times when I would walk into his office or someplace else to find him staring into space.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other times, he was receiving countless mails, making secretive phone calls or sending out investigators for things only he knew about; And now, I couldn\u2019t even deny the fact that I was becoming genuinely worried.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I feared that he- or maybe Leilani- had gotten into some form of trouble; And goddess help me, even though I was madly curious to know what it was about, I was also feeling an inexplicable sense of inadequacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I felt like I wasn\u2019t enough when all I wanted to do was to protect them\u2026 to save them from whatever it was; But I couldn\u2019t, and it was infuriating.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes snagged on his silhouette sprawled lazily on a couch with his phone in hand. A few paperworks were scattered on the table in front of him and his hair\u2014messy from having his fingers running through them over and over again- fell over his forehead like an overgrown moss as he typed away on his phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even though I had tried to be quiet while approaching him, he still heard me walking over; and I didn\u2019t miss the way his eyes widened slightly before he began to set away the items in front of him and smiled at me, his eyes crinkling by the corners as he asked; \u201cHow long have you been standing there?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At his words, I lifted my eyes to meet his gaze. And even though my first thought was to ask him what he was hiding, I couldn\u2019t help but say; \u201cNot long ago,\u201d hating the way the lie tasted like ash in my mouth. He looked up at me then, as if sensing my\u00a0<\/p>\n
hesitation; And sighed;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you good?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t even lie so I shook my head. And deciding to go straight to the point, I immediately asked; \u201cIs there something you\u2019re hiding?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
And at first, he looked like he was about to deny it. His bottom lip curved downward\u00a0<\/p>\n
into a frown as he shook his head and muttered; \u201cNo.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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205 Her lover.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I knew that he was lying. I could see it in the way he couldn\u2019t bring himself to look me in the eyes. I could feel it in our bond\u2026 and it was stupid because how could I sense his lies but could not easily know what he was lying about?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Okay, maybe that didn\u2019t come out right\u2026 What I meant to say is how could I not find out what the truth is without having to pry it out of him?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I plopped into the chair beside him but just as I tried to pick up one of the documents scattered in front of him, he shot out to grab my hand and said in a voice so gruff, I had to do a double take. He said;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo! That\u2019s none of your business!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd since when did you start having businesses that don\u2019t concern me?\u201d I asked, feeling something akin to jealousy settle at the base of my stomach at the thought that he had things to do with Leilani that I couldn\u2019t know about.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hell, they may even be working together now as we speak,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Maybe they\u2019re a team now.\u2019 A voice whispered in my head; And guess what?\u00a0<\/p>\n
All I felt was rage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pure unadulterated rage!\u00a0<\/p>\n
I pushed away the thought before it would dampen my mood more than it already was; And Zevran seemed to notice this too because then he shook his head and sighed; \u201cIt\u2019s probably not what you think.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s about Leilani.\u201d I bit back before I could stop myself; and from the way his Adam\u2019s apple bobbed, I immediately knew that I had hit the nail right where it hurt the\u00a0<\/p>\n
most.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That I had him under my break lights now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That I was right.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A frown tugged at my face when he rose then immediately packing up the discarded papers. When he turned to look at me again, I didn\u2019t miss the array of several strange emotions in his eyes- guilt, confusion, stubbornness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He drawled; \u201cYou are right. It\u2019s about Leilani.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it is about her, then why are you hiding it? Why does it seem like there\u2019s something big happening and you\u2019re the only one who knows about it?\u201d I said, more like accusing him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
15:39\u00a0<\/p>\n
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205 Her lover.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He cast me another long glance, and after what felt like an eternity of thinking it over, he finally said; \u201cBecause she doesn\u2019t even know that I am doing it. She doesn\u2019t know that I\u2019m trying to help her and I want to leave it that way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I help too?\u201d I blurted out even before I could help myself, and again, he turned to look at me. And as if suddenly realising how impossible it would be to convince me otherwise, he said;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay, but on one condition.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything\u201d I rushed out, knowing fully well that I could even give out my kidney if only it would mean that she would have one extra for emergencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI cannot tell you everything I know,\u201d he said softly as if talking to a child. \u201cBut you\u2019ll help me find out why a particular Lycan Alpha has set his sights on her and what he wants with her. You\u2019ll also help me find out what secrets her parents are hiding\u2026 and you can start by torturing it out of them in their cells.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can leave the torturing to me,\u201d a voice suddenly called out, causing Zevran and I to turn to the doorway, only to find Caelum standing there with his hands on his\u00a0<\/p>\n
waists.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I groaned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because Caelum was a brute and I meant it in every sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was a reason he was the least favorite triplet amongst us. A reason a lot of people found it difficult to reach a negotiation with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve ever watched the Originals, then he was the prime Kol amongst the Mikaelson\u00a0<\/p>\n
brothers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shook my head. \u201cNo.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I want to.\u201d He seethed. \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to. Moreover, I have a few questions of my own to ask Beta Malakai and his wife.\u201d He added, and knowing that I couldn\u2019t possibly change his mind, especially not now that he\u2019s set it to this, I shrugged and snorted;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay?\u201d This time, it was a stunned Zevran who echoed my\u00a0<\/p>\n
words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shrugged again. \u201cYes. But don\u2019t kill them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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205 Her lover.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAhh, I would never!\u201d He answered delightfully; And with that, he turned and walked away without another word.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But something about the gleam in his eyes made me slightly scared. Not of him\u2026 but of the things he could do to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A POV that\u2019s unimportant but important.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Agnes sat tied to a chair, trembling all over as she looked into the eyes of the man she loved. The man who she used to think loved her just as much\u2026 the man who had promised her the heavens and the earth in one sentence.1\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her heart raced when her eyes met his red rimmed ones. She smelled the booze on his breath, sensed the rage in his blood\u2026 and the hatred.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she couldn\u2019t understand why he suddenly hates her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why he, the man who used to let her do anything to him, could no longer stand her presence anymore\u2026 and why he makes her do all those terrible things now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She tried to speak but her mouth was gagged He always gags her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He sneered; \u201cDo you know where she lives?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whenever he says the word: \u2018She\u2019, Agnes would immediately know who he was talking about- Leilani. But she would rather die than betray her a second time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She would rather be tortured by her lover for all of eternity than betray the one person she\u2019s ever loved more than herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When he realised that she wouldn\u2019t respond, he bared his teeth and smacked her face so hard, her head lolled to the side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But still, Agnes remained firm in her resolve.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHave you ever met with her at her house?\u201d He continued, but still nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you have her cell number?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Silence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His eyes flashed wildly as he leaned away to rest his back against the wall behind him, his voice as cold as ice as he spat;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay then, since you\u2019ve gone deaf, maybe I would have to torture your hearing abilities back into you. So what do you say? Do I whip you? Skin you? Or fuck you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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205 Her lover.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Agnes trembled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She wanted none of those. None at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She simply wanted to sleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her heart raced violently when he began to unbuckle the clasps of his belt, and instantly\u2026 just instantly, she knew what was coming. 3\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her heart fell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
66\u00a0<\/p>\n
Happy New Year my babieeeeeessss!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ahvahh_\u00a0<\/p>\n
Creator\u2019s Thoughts\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Healing Slowly But Surely By R. Joseph 205 \u00a0 205 Her lover.\u00a0 205 Her lover.\u00a0 Kael.\u00a0 I could tell that […]<\/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-23408","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\/23408","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=23408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}