Chapter 148
Chapter 148
Nyssa pov
From the looks on their faces, I could tell everyone was shocked when they heard me say I knew Kieran and Aria were mates.
Ah, of course they were because now they could actually hear me. My words no longer turned to air.
From what I could guess, they could hear me now because this wasn’t about the past anymore. Since Serena had revealed the truth, it had become something that happened in the present and somehow, that made all the difference.
That meant the force could no longer slam into me for talking about it.
Normally, I guess I would have been happy about that, maybe even used it to get Kieran in trouble but right now, I wasn’t.
I wasn’t happy.
Because I was upset. Upset that Serena had known and hadn’t told me. That she had kept it to herself in the past life.
If she had told me…
If she had told me that Kieran and Aria were cheating on me, that she had seen them together, I would’ve believed her. I trusted her. I would’ve at least seen things differently, stayed on my toes, and maybe I wouldn’t have married him.
But instead… she believed that bastard’s words. He managed to manipulate her into thinking I would hurt myself.
Pfft. Even back then, as smitten as I was with Kieran, I still knew myself, I would never have hurt myself just because I found out those two idiots were mates.
Sure, I would’ve cried. Maybe thrown a fit, caused a scene, whatever. But I would’ve moved on.
But Serena was easily deceived. She let me marry Kieran… and in the end, I lost everything because of him.
Still, I couldn’t even fully blame her.
If I remembered correctly, she used to drop hints, small ones whenever we were alone.
“My lady, do you really trust Lady Aria? I don’t know, but the way she acts with you these days… it isn’t respectful. Now that the Alpha is dead, she’s becoming a lot bolder.“–
“Miss, Sir Kieran didn’t come home again last night. Aren’t you even curious why? S–shouldn’t you investigate?”
She used to say things like that back then.
And me? As dumb and love–blind as I was, I ignored her. I didn’t think too much of it.
But now I knew, she really had been trying to warn me.
Still… all she really needed to say was:
“Miss, your husband and best friend are cheating assholes and you need to get away from them.”
I sighed, fighting the urge to shake my head and rub my brows infrustration.
“Nyssa,” my father called out again but this time, I could hear the frustration and sternness in his voice.
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Without looking at him, I gave a small nod and finally spoke.
“Yes. I knew they were mates. That’s why I ended it with Kieran that day.”
My voice was low–too low and anyone listening might’ve thought I sounded hurt.
But I wasn’t.
I was pissed.
Almost immediately, Serena’s eyes widened in shock, staring at me like she couldn’t believe what she’d just heard.
“M–Miss… y–you knew?” she stammered. “You knew they were mates?”
I nodded.
“Mhm. I did. I knew the reason Kieran was even with me in the first place was because they were planning to take over the Emberfang Pack,” I said, before I could stop myself.
And almost instantly, that familiar force slammed into me again, knocking the breath out of my lungs.
But this time, instead of coughing up blood, I swallowed it down and winced silently.
Ah, fuck.
I’d forgotten they didn’t know that part yet.
“What did you say?” my father asked, confusion creasing his brow as he stared at me.
“I didn’t hear you.”
For a second, I didn’t say anything.
My eyes flicked to Darius, who still wore that unreadable expression but the way he raised a brow told me he’d definitely heard.
And then…
“And it seems I’ll need to have that doctor check up on you again, since you clearly don’t seem well in the head. But then…I don’t believe
your lack of sanity will interfere with breaking the curse in any way, so I suppose there’s no need to worry about that.”
Those words echoed in my mind again, making my face flush pink.
Tquickly cleared my throat and shook my head.
“I said nothing, Father,” I murmured, shifting my gaze back to him, only to find that he was seething with rage.
His hands were clenched into tight fists, his jaw tight as he stared at me, and in that moment, I was certain:
If my father ever found Kieran before I did, he would kill him. Without hesitation.
He looked like he wanted to speak, but before he could, Darius’s voice rang out, low and emotionless.
“Arrest the servant.”
Those three words were enough to make everyone whip their heads toward him in shock.
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His gaze was locked on me, sharp and cold.
“Arrest the girl and interrogate her properly. Afterwards, she’ll receive her punishment for her crimes.”
He paused briefly,
“Well… that is, if she survives.”
The air instantly thickened with tension, so heavy it felt suffocating. I could practically feel the fear radiating from Serena.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Cassian and Drake exchange a glance, both swallowing hard but in the next second, they didn’t hesitate.
“Yes, My King,” they echoed in unison.
Drake lowered his head and began walking toward Serena, who had already started crying.
Still, she didn’t resist.
He muttered a soft apology as he reached out to grab her, but before he could even touch her, my hand moved on its own, instinctively rising to stop him.
But my father appeared in front of me in the blink of an eye.
As if he knew exactly what I would do, he caught my hand mid–air and stopped me.
I looked up at him sharply, and he shook his head, tightening his grip on my wrist as he muttered under his breath,
“Don’t.”
I frowned, wanting to yank my hand free especially as I watched Drake glance at me sadly before helping Serena to her feet.
As they started walking toward the door, I struggled against my father’s grip, but I couldn’t break free.
“What are you doing, Dad? Let me go!” I screamed, then turned toward Darius, rage bubbling inside me. I didn’t care that he was the Lycan King.
“Why do you want to investigate her again? She already admitted it! She did it because of me! She didn’t know it was Ashvein, she was deceived!” I yelled.
But Darius simply stared at me, unmoved. Then, without hesitation, he tilted his head slightly and said,
“And? Does that change the fact that she poisoned a rogue I was planning to interrogate? Does it change the fact that she interfered with my plans?”
I froze. A chill ran down my spine.
He was right.
He didn’t care about the why. As long as she committed the crime, nothing else mattered to him.
“Take her to the dungeon. I’ll interrogate her myself later,” Darius ordered. And without sparing anyone another glance, he turned and walked out of the room.
Hearing that he would be the one to interrogate Serena sent me into a panic. I couldn’t stop myself, I screamed.
“Wait! Wait, please—my… my king! Please, spare her! Forgive her! She didn’t mean it, she didn’t really know. I–I’ll take the punishment
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instead. Just please, spare her!”
But he didn’t stop.
He didn’t even look back, didn’t acknowledge my voice.
He just kept walking… until he disappeared from view.
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“Nyssa!” my father snapped, trying to restrain me as I thrashed against him. His grip tightened even more as Cassian and Drake glanced at me once, just once then continued walking, taking Serena with them.
“Wait! Please don’t take her–I’m begging you, please!” I screamed again.
But no one stopped. No one listened.
And as Serena’s figure disappeared down the hallway, Sandra who had been silent the whole time lowered her head… and followed after them.
At that moment, I wasn’t sure what happened but I felt an intense surge of rage, and my whole body burned with heat, the air changed.
Thicker.
And before I could even comprehend what I was doing, my vision blurred and an unknown strength coursed through me. I yanked my hand free from my father’s grip, taking him by surprise.
Just as I was about to get up and rush after Serena, he grabbed me again, pulling me toward him. His voice dropped into a growl as he hissed,
“Stop it, Nyssa! Doing this will only get Serena killed!”
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