Chapter 181 – Terrified
–LIA’S POV–
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“Please do,” he said, “by all means. If you can talk to her about this, please do it.”
I was still trying to decide if Blake had completely lost his mind or just halfway when he dropped the next bomb.
“Her name is Caitlyn,” he said, his voice low like he was afraid saying it too loud would summon lightning. “She’s from The Order. One of their soldiers. She’s extremely ambitious, and will be on the front lines.”
Zane crossed his arms, staring at him like he’d grown a second head. “You’re mated to someone from the same group that wants Lia dead.”
Blake nodded, not even trying to defend it. “Yeah. I wasn’t, at first. When I disappeared from town, I was actually abducted by her.”
Zane pursed his lips again, like he was holding back on an insult.
I didn’t.
“Serves you right.”
Blake continued, completely ignoring my remark.
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“She posed as a helpless girl, sobbing on the side of the street, like she was lost. She begged me to help her when I approache, just to walk her to the other block, because someone had been following her. She looked so… harmless. I agreed.”
“Yeah, because you’re such a do–gooder.”
“We had taken barely a few steps, when she injected me with something. I woke up in The Order base, poisoned and chained to the wall.”
“Kinky,” Zane muttered.
I glanced at him, scrunching up my nose.
He smirked.
“Then I managed to break free, and almost attacked her, when her senior showed up with a gun. He told me… that he could get me you. And made that plan for me to kidnap you.”
I stared at him, but before I even knew how to feel, Zane was grabbing his collar and slamming him against the wall.
“Do not speak about that if you’d like to live, Blake,” he growled. “I don’t even know why I’ve left you alive.”
“Because I’m not a threat anymore,” Blake replied. “She’s
yours.”
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“She always was!” Zane growled. “Way before you even showed up here with your sorry face.”
“I don’t deny it. Please, calm down. I’m just telling you what happened, man.”
“Continue, Blake,” I said.
Zane stepped away from him, face hard.
I took his hand, gently rubbing it.
He visibly relaxed, at once.
“The plan was just to take you away, so Zane would be distracted and they’d attack. But I ended up doing… and then the bond broke. That night, she visited me at my house, after Zane took you. She mocked me, and I grabbed her throat, only for those tingles to shoot up my arm. I let go immediately, but when I saw her the next time, it was clear. She was my mate.”
“Okay. Cute story. What now?”
He met my eyes. “After what I did to you, Lia, the last thing I deserve is another mate. But I got one.”
“So?”
“So please don’t kill her. Just her, Let her live.”
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I cracked a smile. “Why are you so sure we’re gonna win?”
“Because you’re on this side.” He shrugged. “You’re the Goddess’s daughter.”
It felt oddly good to hear that.
I glanced at Zane, who was still glaring at Blake.
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“You want us to let one of their best soldiers live?” he asked.
“Yes. Because I’ll take her away. In the middle of the battle, before she can do any damage.”
I cocked up a brow. “Why would we trust you?”
“Because I’m terrified of you, Lia,” he whispered.
I blinked, waiting for him to elaborate.
“I have hurt you enough times. Doing it again would surely get me killed. You’re not just a powerless human anymore. I have seen what you can do. I have heard the stories. You can bend people’s will.”
My eyebrows pulled together. “Bend people’s will?”
“Yes. You can command armies.”
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I glanced at Zane, who refused to look at me.
“Zane, is that true?”
He sighed softly. “Yes, Lia. I think you can do that.”
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“That… must be some kind of myth. I don’t think I have any
power over anyone.”
“You do,” Zane argued, finally turning to me. “That night when we were training. When you told me to let go. I didn’t do it by choice. My hands dropped like they had a mind of their own.”
My mouth fell open. “You’re kidding.”
“I wish I was. That was why the Hounds got weird after.”
Oh. My. God.
My head spun.
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