Chapter 183
Nyssa pov
Ella. Cassian’s mate.
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I wasn’t surprised, not in the slightest. Honestly, I had a hunch she was behind it all along.
It wasn’t hard to figure out, especially since she was the only enemy of high status I had made since arriving at this pack. Even though I mostly ignored her, I wasn’t blind. I noticed the way she looked at me, the glare that screamed she wanted nothing more than to kill me on the spot. But since I had decided to act as if she didn’t exist, I didn’t care.
Still, it was… amusing. She had gone so far as to use a maid to get me in trouble with Darius. Bold, reckless, and really stupid. And given how furious Darius had been earlier, I doubted she’d escape punishment.
Good. That should keep her off my back.
“Really?” I asked, a slow smile spreading across my face. “Did I hear you say Ella? Like…” I turned slightly toward Cassian, who was staring at the maid in stunned
disbelief.
“As in… Cassian’s mate? Ella?” I pressed, watching his eyes flicker between me and the maid, waiting for her response.
This time, she didn’t hesitate. She knew she had no choice.
“Y–yes, my lady. Beta Cassian’s mate, Miss Ella, is the one who gave me the keys and asked me to bring you to the forbidden room and lock the door before you could get out. She promised me money and said that if I didn’t obey, she could make my stay here short, I would get fired from the packhouse.
Her words trembled, and tears streamed down her cheeks.
A sharp intake of breath rippled through the room at the mention of Ella’s name, but Claire continued, desperation clear in her voice.
“I really had no choice, my lady. I promise, I didn’t want to… I have two little
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brothers to feed, and I couldn’t afford to be fired. Please forgive me,” she pleaded.
Before I could respond, Cassian’s voice cut through, heavy with shock as he stared at Claire.
“Ella? My mate? She actually asked you to do that? Are you certain she’s the one?”
He sounded as though he couldn’t believe it, yet there was a flicker in his expression that suggested a part of him suspected Ella could indeed be capable of such a thing. Even I, having just arrived at the pack, knew how she looked at Darius, how she wanted him, the way her eyes undressed him every time she stared.
And now, thinking back on it, it irritated me. Watching another woman look at my mate that way made me annoyed. If I felt this way, I couldn’t help but wonder why Cassian never seemed to get truly angry, there was no way he hadn’t noticed it himself.
But then again, if he had, he hadn’t shown it all this while.
Claire shook her head so fast that you’d think it would fall off
“No, beta Cassain. It is really your mate, Miss Ella. Yesterday, before she left the packhouse, she called for me and threatened me that if I didn’t do what she said then she will have me fired. I swear on my life and my little brothers that I am not telling a lie. I had no choice to do what she asked me to do, please forgive me”
The corner of my lips tugged into a humorless smile at her words. Threatened? I highly doubted that. Still, I didn’t call her out right away. Instead, I simply echoed
her claim.
“Ah, I see. She really threatened you?” I asked in mock shock.
Claire immediately nodded, a little too eagerly, parting her lips to speak but before she could, one of the maids at the back stepped forward, bowing her head respectfully.
“Forgive me, my lady, for interrupting, but I have something I wish to say.”
At once, every gaze turned to her. I arched a brow, noting the open disdain in her eyes as she glared at Claire. My amusement grew, especially when Claire’s own
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eyes widened in horror at the sight of her.
Interesting.
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“Of course, you may speak. Does it concern this situation?” I asked, straightening as I rose from the ground and stepped aside from Claire.
The maid nodded, her attention fixed anywhere but on Claire. “Yes, my lady. I believe Claire is lying about being threatened.”
I tilted my head, listening in clear amusement. “Oh? And why do you say that?”
The girl didn’t so much as flinch before answering. “Claire and I share a room in the packhouse. Yesterday, when Miss Ella visited, I saw Claire outside speaking with her. Miss Ella handed her a wad of cash, and Claire laughed, thanking her. She told her she’d get it done and not to worry. It didn’t sound like a threat at all. Later that night, back in our dorm, she was on the phone with her brothers, bragging about how she’d gotten rich without lifting a finger. She said she couldn’t wait to blow it on new clothes, go clubbing with them, and finally enjoy herself after paying off some debts.”
She rattled it out in one breath, and I raised a brow. Clubbing with her brothers? Hadn’t Claire just claimed she had two little brothers to feed?
As if reading my thoughts, the maid pressed on. “My lady, Claire lied about having two little brothers.”
The words had barely left her mouth when Claire snapped, her face twisting with
rage.
“Shut up, you bitch!” she screamed, completely uncaring that Darius, the Lycan King himself, sat right there.
But the other maid didn’t even flinch. It was as if Claire hadn’t spoken at all as if she was used to her outbursts.
“My lady, Claire does have brothers, but they’re older than her. The eldest is twenty–eight, the second twenty–five, while Claire is also twenty–three. I doubt either of them need her to feed them.”
As soon as she said this, I almost burst into laughter. Around us, whispers grew
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louder, a ripple of shock cutting through the crowd.
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Wow. It seemed Claire really did have enemies. Her own roommate despised her enough to spill everything just to see her punished.
Still… something told me Claire had earned it. She had probably done something to the girl. Not my problem, though. I had gotten the name I wanted, and the rest, well, that was Darius’s business.
When I turned to him, I found him staring at me with an emotionless expression.
At the edge of my vision, Cassian was frozen, still in a daze, the maids‘ words echoing in his ears. For a moment, I actually felt bad for him.
I didn’t know what it felt like to have a mate whose eyes belonged to someone else. Then again, maybe I did. Darius only ever had eyes for Liana, treating me like I was invisible… but since I was Liana, that hardly counted. Heh.
Either way, this might be good for Cassian. Better he find someone who truly loved him, someone other than Ella.
“So, what should we do now?” I asked lightly, breaking the silence. I fixed my gaze on Darius, smiling as he stared back with that same empty look.
“Since we already know who the culprit is, Ella and I nearly died because of her… what are we going to do?”
Darius didn’t answer right away. He just held my eyes for a long moment, then leaned forward, his gaze flickering to Cassian as he gave the order.
“Bring her.”
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