hapter 167
Chapter 167
Sabrina’s POV:
The next thing I heard was a deafening crash, and the sound of a body hitting the wall.
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I raised my head up, shocked at what had just happened. My hands glowed with a faint pale light, and in seconds it was gone. In the wall opposite the bed was Caldan.
There was no way he had moved back on his own. There’s no way he slammed into that wall on his own.
“Oh my goodness,” I gasped, my eyes wide with surprise.
My powers! They were back!
I brought my hands up to my face and stared at my shaky hands.
It was real. I had almost gaslighted myself into believing that those papers were simply an effect of my hallucinations. Ever since that day with Acheron they refused to show up, I thought it was something that would never happen again.
Caldan groaned, his voice deep with pain.
I snapped out of my daze and swung my legs of the bed. “Caldan?” I called, a tremor in my voice. I inhaled sharply, putting together what I was going to say in apology. He tried to force his touch on me, I see no reason why I should be he one apologizing
Just as I opened my mouth to reply, he began to laugh.
I froze, a deep frown on my brow.
“Caldan?”
He gathered himself up from the floor and looked up at me. Blood trickled down his nose to his chin. He wiped it off and stared at his fingers. Then he scoffed.
“I’ll be damned.” He muttered to himself under his breath.
My heart skipped a beat.
What is he doing? He’s laughing, like he didn’t just make an indent in a solid wall. I’m sure that blast broke a few bones of his.
Why the fuck is he laughing right now?!
My stomach twisted in painful knots of worry. I couldn’t shake off the feeling that something was wrong, something was terribly and deeply wrong.
“What is so funny?” I whispered, my throat clogged with fear. I swallowed thickly and focused my gaze on him.
He wiped the blood on his trousers and stared at me. “So it’s finally happened. Took long enough.”
“What do you mean? What are you talking about?”
He rolled his shoulders and took a step forward. My instant reaction was to move back, my hands raised in front of me protectively.
“S–stay back!” I said, trying to sound brave.
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Chapter 167
He didn’t listen to me.
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My heart was pounding like a furious war drum in my chest. I tried to feel whatever I was feeling when my powers came alive. And instead of the feeling of heat rushing through my veins, I felt cold dread.
It quickly dawned on me that I was very likely doomed.
I still have no control over my powers. This was a coincidence, a trick. One that wasn’t going to repeat itself again.
1 took a step back and the back of my knees touched the bed. A gasp spilled from my lips and I jumped away, in case he tried to push me into the bed again.
Instead, he walked over to the bedside table. His strides slow and relaxed as if he had all the time in the world.
“You have powers huh?” He said and turned to glance at me. I swallowed the lump in my throat.
“1”
“Why did you keep it from me?”
Tdidn’t think they were powers,” I managed to say. “I thought I was cursed that it was a curse.
“You kept something this big from me.
“I’m sorry.” I choked it out, the words like venom on my tongue. I grit my teeth hard and glared at him. “I didn’t realize it was important to mention what I thought was a curse to you.”
He chuckled to himself. “Liar.”
I blinked. “What?”
“You’re. A fucking liar, Sabrina. You knew and you kept this from me. You lied to me.
“I didn’t!” I screamed out. “I didn’t keep it from you! I didn’t know!”
“That’s a fucking lie. You never wanted to tell me!*
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I gasped, my breath shuddering in my chest. “I’m telling you I didn’t!” I can’t understand why I feel the need to explain to him. But something about being accused brought up deep emotions I had shoved down. And I wanted to do everything to prove him wrong.
“Did the king know?” He snapped, and I sealed my lips.
My hands were beginning to tremble from being held up for so long. I shakily lowered them to my side. The silence between us stretched for what seemed like minutes but were in fact seconds.
He clicked his tongue and laughed, his laugh cold and bitter. “I thought so.”
“That’s not ” I started to say and paused.
“You know,” He said and leaned on the table, his legs stretched out in front of him. “I fail to understand why you would deny me your body. What’s fucking one more brother? You’ve already fucked one, so what’s the big deal?”
My blood turned to ice.
“W–what?” I whispered.
“Don’t even try to deny it. You fucked the king, didn’t you?”
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Chapter 167
“I didn’t,” I snapped immediately, “I didn’t…I didn’t fuck him. What are you on about?”
He stared at me like I was the most stupid thing on the planet. “Really?”
“Yes! Really! I didn’t!”
He threw his head back and laughed. “You must think I’m a very stupid person, Sabrina. And I can’t even say I’m surprised.” He looked at me, his chin tilted and a look of disgust on his face. “I’m not stupid, and I’m not blind either. I know that you fucked him.”
“I didn’t…”
“Really? Well, let me tell you this. You really think I was just gone? You really think I didn’t have people watching you and reporting every move back to me?”
The cold hand of fear grabbed my guts and twisted hard. I felt cold and sick. Bile rose in my throat and I gulped it down.
“And let’s not even go there, forget the eyes. He seethed, his eyes dark with a.ger. “You think I didn’t smell his scent on you? Marked so deep into your skin that your scent was gone?”
“That’s because I…”
“That was when I found you.” he said, and all my arguments died. “He scent marked you, and you tell me that you didn’t fuck him?”
Fuck. Just fuck.
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