Fated To Three, Betrayed By All… Until She Rose.-Chapter 256: Lose you.

Leilani.

Do you guys remember how I’ve been wondering why Jarek has been acting up ever since he came back?

I know you do!

I also wonder if any of you have noticed the inconsistencies in his behavior too or if it was just me getting all the heat alone?

Well, whether you noticed it or not... I now have a theory!

By the time I returned to my office after lunch break and after the entire debacle with Darius, I decided to pay him a visit to know what he must think about all of this... and guess what?

I found him in his office with his head planted squarely on his desk but that was not all. He was panting like he’d just been chased across town by some depraved animal, and... and—

*Drumroll plus insert a tense music*

He didn’t recognize me!

"Who are you?" He barked loudly, rattling me and causing the hairs at the back of my neck to stand on end.

I took a step back, and another... and another, and when I realized that there was more than enough space between us, I finally rasped out; "it’s me... Leilani."

He tilted his head to the side, watched me for a moment too long and then spat; "Leilani doesn’t look like this."

Like how? I thought, glancing down at my coat and boots. I thought about taking off my coat or something, but upon deciding that if he couldn’t recognize me with my silver hair, then there was absolutely no other way he could recognize me; so I pushed away that thought and frowned. "Huh?"

"You are an imposter." He seethed, his voice dripping with so much disgust, I could literally feel it crawling up my skin.

My hands shook slightly as I held on to the door’s handle, my breath coming in short gasps as I looked into the dark eyes that now stared at me with a sense of unfamiliarity. Then I whispered;

"You truly do not recognize me?"

But he didn’t respond. Heavens, he didn’t even seem as though he’d heard me speak.

My heart raced with fear as I watched him rise slowly from his chair, his movements precise and eerie as he stalked closer. But just as he crossed his table and began to head toward me, I dashed out of the room and slammed the door shut behind me.

Ladies and gentlemen, if you remember, the last time something like this happened, I had been crazy enough to believe that I was as powerful as Elena from vampire diaries. I had been stupid enough to endanger myself by believing that I could help him keep his sanity in check.

But not today.

Not today that I couldn’t even manage to keep my own thoughts together.

Not today that already feels like my life is crumbling right before my eyes.

I ran into Yvette as I dashed downstairs and as soon as we clashed into each other, she stumbled back, held her chest and breathed out; "What is it, Ma’am?"

"It’s Alpha Frostclaw! Call security! Not the human security but the—"

"Werewolves?" She asked, stunned, and I instantly nodded. And with that, she dashed away while I stood there, keeping my eyes on Jarek’s door and waiting to see if he would step out... if he would send the wood flying across the corridor. If he would—

"Ma’am?" A voice snapped me out of my thoughts and I jumped, frightened, before turning back to meet Yvette’s confused-looking gaze.

She bowed slightly as she whispered; "they’re here."

And it wasn’t until then that I managed to steal a glance behind her, my breath hitching when my eyes met with that of four burly looking men.

"Go to the Alpha’s office, check if he is well and if he isn’t or cannot recognize any of you, hold him down by any means possible." I ordered.

They didn’t say another word as they immediately went to do as told and I could only watch while fidgeting from foot to foot as they disappeared through the large double doors that now looked like the gates of hell to me at this point.

One of them stepped out seconds later, his eyes meeting mine briefly as he said; "He sends for you."

I stilled. "Me? why?"

"I don’t know. He simply asked that I send for you."

My breath hitched again but I did well to hide the panic flooding my veins as I followed the security guard into the office, and surprisingly... Jarek was sitting in his chair, his face buried under a pile of papers which he slowly lifted when he heard me entering.

He drawled; "Leilani."

Oh, this man’s got to be kidding me!

A mixture of confusion and suspicion surged through me as I made my way forward, the sound of my boots hitting the floor quietly as I made my way over to him. But I didn’t dare sit.

I didn’t dare to be comfortable.

God forbid I let myself be carried away like that.

I whispered; "You were..."

"I had an episode but I have it under control," he drawled; and goddess, you all may call me insane for doing what I am about to do but I laughed.

Like really laughed.

He cocked his eyebrows at me when I began to laugh and it wasn’t until the door clicked shut behind me that I suddenly realized that the bodyguards had quietly left the room. I froze, my laughter immediately dying in my throat.

"Does that sound funny to you? Am I funny to you?" He asked, snapping me out of my reverie and when I turned to him, there was no missing the sadness in his eyes... the turmoil... the conflict.

I shook my head. "No."

"Then why are you laughing?"

"Because Jay, it sounds foolish. Because... I’ll be foolish to believe that you have it under control when only a few minutes ago, you could’ve easily lunged at me if I wasn’t smart enough to—"

"I would never have hurt you." He snapped, interrupting me. But no matter how romantic that may sound, I also knew that I would be stupid to believe it.

So I shook my head again, my voice barely above a whisper as I said; "You don’t know for sure, Jay. I know what I saw when I stepped into this room minutes ago. I’d seen the way you looked at me. Hell, why did you come back when you know that you’re not feeling any better?"

At my words, he paused, dropped the folder in his hands on the desk and sighed deeply. This way, I couldn’t help but feel pity for him seeing how small he looked... how much in pain he seemed...

I wish I could take his pain away.

’You could.’ A voice whispered in my head but it left as soon as it came, leaving me wondering if I had hallucinated. If I was now hearing things that were not there...

I was however snapped out of my thoughts when he laced his fingers in mine, his voice soft as a caress as he said; "You."

"Huh?"

"I came back because of you."

My mouth instantly went dry, even my stupid traitorous heart began to pound against my chest like a wild bird in a cage.

When I looked into his eyes— which was a mistake by the way— my chest felt tight. It felt like he’d stolen my breath away, especially since I could see everything he wasn’t saying swirling around his orbs like a freaking tornado.

He drawled; "I came back because I thought the work load would be too much for you. I came back to take away some of the burden my absence may have brought to you... and I came back because word got to me that you’ve been seen a few times hanging around with the triplets and I didn’t like that."

"So in other words, you forsook your treatment because you were jealous?" I asked expecting him to deny it.

But to my utmost surprise, he didn’t. Instead he nodded once and said; "Yes, that. And also because I do not wish to lose you to them."

"But you wouldn’t—" I began to say but stopped when his eyes met mine again. Absolute and cold. He spat;

"I have, Lani. I have."