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Kaya’s POV.
Kieran seems to be in agreement with whatever Kade is aware of in his head. It’s as though both of them understand more about the coming war than Kyle does.
Of course, it’s no surprise. Kyle is never the type to be serious; it is never ingrained in his personality, so I can understand.
“We’d be having our heads on the spike just as Alpha Luscious promised if we don’t get Chester helping us with his ships and men.” Kieran agrees with Kade, which makes him tickle his head.
Kyle finds Kieran’s words funny, to which he laughs. “All right, that’s impossible anyway, but then, yes, you both are correct. We need reinforcement and a lot-I mean, a lot of mercenaries.”
“Now, you’re growing older, brother.” Kieran is the one mocking now, which causes Kyle to laugh again.
“And you’re growing funnier. Childish in a situation that requires seriousness.” As Kyle finishes insulting him, Kieran grits his teeth at him, releasing a snarl.
Kade is silent, and when I try to steal a glance at him, my face slightly raises with my eyes roving up to look at him through my lashes, and he’s looking back at him. Seeing him catch him makes me snap my eyes away.
“Kaya.”
And I’m in trouble.
I raise my face at him and smile. “Yes, master.”
“Why aren’t you saying anything? I am assured that the food isn’t bad, according to your mouth. I mean, you’re already done with it.”
I smile sharply-a fake one that doesn’t reach even my cheeks. “Of course, sire. The food is perfect.” I wouldn’t want to disagree so I don’t get punished or the chefs.
“Then, why have you grown silent?”
Wait, is he kidding me? Or is this some rest to make me wrack my brain for no reason? I mean, he and his brothers are having a discussion over a war that has no meaning; it all started because of their obsession with not being able to leave me for the other leaders to kill, and as a result, it has now caused a national war. So, what can I have said?
My eyes are shifting from left to right, thinking of whatever I could tell him, but I can’t come to think of anything, so I’d just say the truth.
“I don’t know, sir. There’s just nothing for me to say.”
“Well, I should let you know. You’ll be coming with us.”
“Er, I think I’m lost. Didn’t they say they wanted the Chester guy to come here instead or something of the sort?” My brain is really beginning to work out a ton of reasoning here.
My lips part, “Yes, sire.”
“You don’t have an objection or…?” He trails off, and his voice is telling me that he’s trying to get something negative out of me.Original content from NôvelDrama.Org.
“Not at all, sire.” I pause for a minute before I quickly add, “please, if you’d excuse me, I’d…” My throat suddenly tightens, causing me to lose my breath sharply, and my whole body feels as though it wanted to collapse. Profusely, I blink and clear my throat before I try to speak again. “I should…”
It’s all a sudden effect. My eyes feel weary and instantly filled with tears at the edge, while my stomach churns with pain. There’s a harsh twist within.
I stand up and try to breathe when I realize that my throat has tightened again, as though there’s a lump there that I just can’t bring myself to swallow down my gut.
“I… I want to…” The more I talk is the more I lose my breaths.
Beads of sweat have already formed on my forehead, and they’re sliding down my cheeks already. My hands try to hold my standing position against the table, but frankly, I can’t even feel it.
It’s as though my fingers have lost all blood and numbness has settled in.
Before I knew it, my eyes rolled to the back of my head, and I fell-except I didn’t fall as someone caught me.
My brain is fading in and out, like it is being edited. When my eyes open again, wet from tears that are forced to come out, a showcase that my body is going through a pain that it can’t control, I see Kade talking, but I can’t hear.
Then, it comes like a whisper, “Kaya!”
Then, suddenly, I could hear his voice shrieking into my ears. “Get in contact with the private physician. He should come here right away, fast, and now! I need her treated!” He’s giving a command to someone that I can’t come to see. My sense of sight has shortened and is restricted to just him and him alone. Perhaps because he’s closer to me.
Then his eyes falls on me. “Kaya, stay with me. Open your eyes!”
“Am I closing them?” I thought I was talking out loud, but it’s only inside my mind.
“What’s happening to you?”
A pain shoots up inside my stomach once again, and I cry out loud. My ears must have been blocked out as well, because I can’t even hear my own scream.
I close my eyes for a second just to rest my head, and when I open them again, I feel myself being lowered down on a bed. Someone is caring for me, and the only person that I can see is Kade.
His eyes are peeled at me as he keeps on patting my cheeks. “Keep your eyes open, Kaya, no matter what.”
But that isn’t his voice this time around. I’d recognized it anywhere. Kieran is here too.
Out of the blue, I hear another’s voice, Kyle’s, “he’s here. The physician, he’s here…” He’s quick with his words, and his tone shows just how much he’s scared.
I feel a quickened hardness in my throat and cough it out, only for blood to spurt out.
My body is out of my control. I could smell and feel my own blood all over every part of my inside, and from my mouth, more kept coming until a worsened part came where I lost total control.
I am convulsing.
And that’s when I lost all consciousness.
Another point of view is Jared and Emilie, impatiently waiting in a room. Emilie keeps making noises with her heels, which keep clicking continuously as she paces from left to right, unable to take a grip on herself.
Jared, on the other hand, is getting offended but wouldn’t want to talk because of the situation that they’re in.
“This has to work. It must, Jared!” Emilie is fast with her words as she rushes to stand in front of Jared.
“And I know it will.”
Emilie is about to speak again when the door opens sharply and a girl walks in. She is the girl who passed Kaya food earlier.
“How did it go?”
“Perfect. My Lords didn’t want to give it to her at first, but they didn’t stop me, however. The witch has eaten the food along with the poison that you gave me. She’s currently dying.” The girl seems happy, but more importantly, Emilie’s and Jared’s happiness is flying over the roof.
“Yes!” Jared jabs his elbows with a large grin on his face.
“This is such good news. You did great, and you shall get your reward in full!” Emilie speaks before her eyes shift over to Jared.”
“Oh, yes, of course. In full.”
The girl quickly rushes to Jared, since he was the one who came up with the idea and hired her. She is just a lowly maid who’s trying to find her own escape too and won’t mind doing anything to achieve it. “I’m so grateful. So, finally, I’d get out of here and live a life that I’ve always imagined and wanted. Thank you for this privilege. I’m so glad that I didn’t let you down.”
Jared smiles, his index finger stroking the girl’s face as he says. “What else do you know?”
The girl’s eyes drop as she thinks. “Oh, my Lords have rushed her to their rooms. I think they’re trying to call a physician for her. I’m sure the witch must be dead by now.”
“You’re so loyal, aren’t you?” Jared speaks out loud before he cups the girl’s face with both hands of his. Her smile cracks down into a horrific look within a second when her head twists to the opposite side, followed by a crunch, an action caused by Jared.
Once the maid has fallen to the ground, Jared turns to Emilie. “We have to stop the triplets from saving her. No matter what.”
The both of them speed off to the triplets’ room.