novelBITTERNESS
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Jedrek stepped back when he felt Lyrus came with a few guards. His eyes fixed on Tordoff's body. It was only his raging breath that indicated he was still alive, despite all serious wounds that he suffered.
"What happened here?" Lyrus's eyes caught dreadful sight of Tordoff's body."Tordoff?" He watched in horror. The first thing that flashed in his mind was they were ambushed by an enemy, but when he saw the way Jedrek stared at his youngest general, he knew immediately, there was something more than what was seen.
"Bring the general to the healer." Lyrus took the initiative because Jedrek didn't speak a word. However, his next order caught him completely off guard.
"Bring him to the dungeon for execution tomorrow, " he spoke icily.
"Execution!?" Lyrus raised his voice and immediately adjusted himself when Jedrek glowered at him."But, Jedrek..." He was talking as a friend, not as a Beta."What crime did he commit?"
Direct execution was only for unforgiveable crime, such as; turncoat. However, there was no way Tordoff would stab his own King behind his back. Right?
"Treachery, " Jedrek said curtly and turned around to walk away while adding."No food. No drink. No healer. He will suffer until his execution!"
Lyrus was dumbfounded as he tried to grasp the situation, but failed to understand."What have you done, pup?" he said sympathetically and crouched down to help Tordoff sat down before the other guards helped to carry him away to the dungeon, where he would spend his last night.
In Jedrek's current anger, there would be nothing that could change his decision and it would be the dead of him if Lyrus tried to interfere.
Meanwhile, Jedrek was walking back, where Tordoff had dropped Lilac. He smelled her scent, but hated it when there was another scent that mixed near her.
The moment, Jedrek closed enough to see Lilac, his face darkened when he watched three of the guard hovered above her, in their attempt to carry her, giving a helping hand for the poor girl, because in one look it was visible to see that Lilac needed to see a healer.
However, it was not like that in Jedrek's eyes.
All he was able to understand about it was; after Tordoff was trying to bring Lilac out of this palace, the other men wanted to touch his mate again.
Jedrek let out a dangerous low growled when he stormed toward them. The sound of it reverberated under their feet and made them jumped in shock, but one of them was too late to move out of the danger as he rewarded with a claw on his face.
Even though the wounds would close in eventually, but the pain still sent him to his knees. The guard wailed in pain.
The other guards who watched what was happening didn't dare to move a step closer to the angry King. They kept their distance when Jedrek scooped Lilac's body and strode toward the castle.
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Don't worry Lilac, I will bring you out from here.
You will be safe.
That was the last thing that she heard from Tordoff before she closed her eyes and snuggled to the warm of his embrace and also before she heard an angry growl and she was thrown to the ground in the next second.
Lilac didn't remember what was happening after that.
Lilac moved groggily and tried to open her eyes to see her surroundings. Her neck felt stiff and her forehead was throbbing in pain.
Where is Tordoff?
She took her time to observe where she was in, but it looked like she was inside a splendid chamber, lavished with gold and silk.
Lilac tried to sit down, but it needed a great effort from her to even move a muscle. In the end, she gave up and rested her head again on the soft pillow.
The golden sunlight illuminated the room from behind the close white curtain. It could be morning or afternoon. Lilac lost track of time.
How long has she been unconscious? Where is she?
As if replying what was inside her mind, a hoarse voice sounded from her left side. From the far place of the room, hiding behind the darker spot of this chamber.
"So, you are awake now?" Jedrek's voice reached Lilac and it sent shiver down her spine.
She didn't have energy to deal with the Alpha King now. Not with her current condition. Especially when her left arm was wrapped tightly in white bandages.
"What do you want?" She spoke hoarsely and her throat was burning in pain, as if she had not used it for long time. Probably she was right. She could have been passed out for days.
"I already get what I want." Jedrek's expression still hid from behind the darkness and Lilac couldn't guess what he meant by that.
But, her next line of question got Jedrek under his skin."Where is Tordoff?" she remembered clearly Tordoff was about to bring her away from Jedrek, but if Jedrek was here, then something must have happened to Tordoff.
"The first person you ask was him?" Jedrek asked bitterly. He stood up and walked toward the light, let his feature basked under the faint sunlight from the close window.
Lilac rolled her body to the other side of this extravagant bed, trying to be as far as she could from Jedrek, who was approaching her.
"You let the other man to hug you, but you move away from your mate?" Jedrek spoke dryly, there was a sarcasm smile on the corner of his lips. His face was unsightly.
"You don't want a mate!" Lilac fought back her fear and anger when she said that."Where is Tordoff?"
And then, Jedrek did what he had never done before; he laughed, yet there was no humor in his cold eyes.
"He was dead. I made sure his head rolled on the floor with the sin that he committed." The sound of his own voice sounded hollow in his ears.
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