Fated To Three, Betrayed By All… Until She Rose.-Chapter 334: Someone I hate.

Leilani.

For the first couple of minutes after I dropped that bombshell, no one moved nor spoke. And while Maya’s arms around my shoulders had long gone slack, Gavin looked like he’d just had a run in with the devil.

His face was ashen and pale, and his lips... oh his lips had long turned into a weird shade of purple.

He stared at me like he was just quite seeing me for the first time, his gaze piercing yet guilty. And then, as if on autopilot, they both began to speak at the same time.

"Leilani, I don’t think that’s correct—"

"How are you even sure of that, Leilani?"

Their words, so flippantly uttered, made me utterly devastated. My hands balled into fists by my sides and I dug my nails so deep into my skin until I began to bleed.

I could feel my face getting hot and I needed no soothsayer to know that I was probably as red as a beetroot right now, fueled only by my rage. I hissed; "And what makes both of you think that I may be wrong?"

"It’s just... it’s just that..." Maya began to talk but slowly snapped her lips shut, her face taking on every emotion you could think of ranging from pity to fear to sadness and then worry.

She lowered her head. "Isn’t your dad a Lycan? Wasn’t he rumored to be an alpha too? The man who was killed, according to Gavin’s story, was a thief who deserved to die, and—"

"If you say the word ’thief’ to me one more time, I would smack your face so hard, your teeth would have no other option but to jump right out of your mouth!" I gritted out, ignoring the way her eyes widened ever so slightly before she slowly turned to look away.

And hell, I understand that many of you would be mad at me for speaking to her in that manner. Many of you would label me pompous and rude or spoiled. But could you ever stop to imagine how you would feel if you were in my shoes?

Would you be all sweet and sugary if you had just learned that your biological father had been branded a thief and killed by the same people that swore to protect you?

The way my tears streamed down my face was torrential. It burned the corners of my eyes, leaving nothing but an uncomfortable heat behind.

My chest felt tight too, laden with guilt and pain and a sorrow so intense, I could barely breathe through it.

So I rose to my feet, my eyes trained on Gavin who for some reason could no longer bring himself to look me in the eyes and spat; "Did you see him?"

He blanched. "See who?"

"Did you see the man before he was killed?"

The look of pure horror on his face was almost comical. It would’ve been funny if the situation wasn’t this dire. He nodded quickly;

"Yes... yes, I did. He looked pretty powerful at first but after he was beaten to a pulp, he just seemed... ordinary. His hair was a mass of dirty..." he began to say but suddenly trailed off when something akin to realization dawned on him.

He gasped. "He had silver hair... just like you." 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

And by the gods, when I heard those words, I could swear that I heard my heart break. The sound was loud and deafening. It rang in my ears and brought a sharp pain to the back of my skull.

I couldn’t help but clutch at my chest as I staggered backward. And just as I did that, Gavin tried to reach out to me but I swatted his hands away. My voice was cold as I asked; "What else?"

He frowned. "Leilani..."

"What else can you remember about him?"

My voice was trembling, but it was nothing compared to the wobbling in my limbs. It was nothing compared to the searing hot pain lancing through my body, spreading from my chest and diffusing to other parts of my body.

When he wouldn’t respond right away, I staggered forward, grabbed his arm and hissed; "Gavin, what else do you remember about him?"

"I never went too close to him. I do not even know if he was a Lycan or a werewolf. All I knew was that he was so strong, he gave everybody a tough time. The then king was frustrated too, and that was why he made his sons finish the job for him."

"So you mean to tell me that Kael, Zevran and Caelum killed him?" I ground out and he nodded,

"Yes, they were following their father’s orders."

They killed him..." I whispered under my breath, ignoring his sorry excuse at protecting the triplets. "That’s all that matters."

I turned around just then to walk away when Gavin’s small voice suddenly came from behind me, causing me to halt my movement. He whispered;

"One more thing, sister."

Hearing him say the word ’sister’ felt like a slap to my face. I frowned slightly at him but stopped. And if you ask me why I stopped, the real answer would be: I do not know.

I guess I was just so desperate to find out more about the man I never got the chance to know.

Maybe it was because I was hurt and tired... and I was simply tired of this facade known as my life.

My lips trembled violently as I turned to look at him and with a shrug, I murmured; "What else?"

"He kept asking to see someone. He kept repeating that he was owed and was being forced into silence. This happened on the day of his trial. But the day he was executed, he was simply quiet... and mother entered into one of her infamous spells shortly afterwards. I never knew why but now, I think I do..." he said softly, his voice cracking at the end of his sentence, but at this point, his sentiment felt like nothing to me.

Even the worry in his eyes were translated in my mind as mockery

"Leilani..."

"Lani—"

Maya and Gavin called out to me as I stumbled out of the house in blind rage, and just as expected, I didn’t stop. I didn’t wait to hear what they had to say. I didn’t even want to be in the same space as them anymore.

My heart couldn’t take it!

Goddess, I had come here hoping to be reassured. I had come here seeking peace... and... and refuge. I had come to see them with the hopes of meeting people who I could lay my heart bare to; But what did I get in return?

More horrors.

I got to find out just how grotesquely my biological father had died, that and the fact that he’d been killed by the same people I was quick to let mark me.

My tears blinded my vision as I got into my car and drove off with no particular direction in mind.

But even in this state, I knew that there was someone else I needed to see. Someone who knew me, my father, the late Alpha and his sons... and knew Malakai as well;

Someone who had singlehandedly started this war in the first place all because she had refused to choose.

And someone who I now hated with every fiber of my being.

—My mother.