Chapter-86. The veil

[Raven]

"Where have you been all this time? I thought you left," I addressed Nyssa, walking towards the entrance of the council hall with Asher.

Asher entered the hall while I stayed back with Nyssa.

She glared at me. "What kind of boyfriend are you? Your girlfriend was missing for over an hour and you didn't even care to stalk her? What if I was kidnapped or something bad happened to me? We are in a political war zone, after all." I narrowed my eyes, raising an eyebrow.

"First, if you were ever kidnapped, Nyssa, I'd be worried about the kidnapper and second... what's up with that temper? Got your heat?"

Scowling, she hit my arm and I could feel the grievance in her touch. My laughter died on my lips as her eyes flared, burning with something darker.

"I want you to look at me, Raven!" she said, and I nodded slowly, scanning her.

"Oooo-k... and?"

Taking a sharp breath, she hit my arm again-harder this time. "Seriously Raven? You see no difference in me?"

I squinted my eyes, peering at Nyssa with utmost concentration.

"You grew a tail!"

"NO!" she growled.

"Boob job!" I said with utmost confidence.

"Gross, no!" she snarled.

"New... hairstyle!" I said, and she punched my arm with every intention of cracking my bones.

"I changed my fucking clothes, Raven!" Nyssa hissed. "You really never notice. You don't even care."

"Tsk!" I clicked my tongue. "Nyssa, I-I noticed. I was just teasing you. These new clothes look great on you. But why did you change your clothes?" "There are three Luna candidates now, Raven. This isn't about just looking great. It's about staying on top. One mistake, and I lose everything," she said.

I saw Viella earlier. She was probably in the same clothes as she was wearing before. Does that mean... Nyssa changed her clothes for that omega? I broke into laughter.

"Stop laughing!" Nyssa snapped, her eyes tensing up. "Do you really think this is a joke?"

"Come on, Nyssa. Lowering yourself to compete with an omega?" I scoffed, shaking my head. "What happened to your standards? You don't need to feel so insecure because of... an omega. Your pure alpha blood is enough to overshadow her mere presence."

Nyssa stared at me blankly.

"Yet somehow I disappear every time she's around you," Nyssa's low voice trembled as she held back her frustration. "And even when she's not around, you're always watching her; stalking her. She haunts-your phone-your computer-your butterflies... your eyes."

eyes, letting out a mocking sigh. "Nyssa,

at her!" Nyssa stepped closer to me,

stomach twist with emotions so foreign, I didn't even bother to

this. Not with the other brides, not even with me," she whispered, with tears lining her eyes.

stared at Nyssa as she tried to hold

words sounded ridiculous and delusional. However, I couldn't bring myself to laugh or even

from Asher, once she breaks, I'll end this game. She's just a temporary thrill, but you are permanent for me. So..." I lifted her chin and leaned closer

her body arched against mine. "Then prove it..." she whispered, her lips inches away from mine. "Prove that you're mine, not hers." Her breath, warm and heavy, lingered too close. "After the meeting ends, be with

why, so I masked it off with a smirk instead. Wrapping my arm around her waist, I closed all

"As you wish..."

***

slouched back in my seat, one leg crossed over the other as

seats in the shadows

with beta Draknor. The alpha committee had stayed back as well. This was going to

seat. She clearly didn't want

inaudible murmurs hung in the hall, occasionally pierced by the groans of the elder impaled

pain. His cries for mercy had

the full experience. You won't find the next

One wrong decision, one misstep and an immortal's life could turn into an

of punishment. Until Ezra decided to spare him, he would stay in this state forever like a decorative item for this hall - setting an example to never challenge an Alpha's authority. The door creaked open, drawing my attention away from the

all eyes turning in his

Xanthea. Stupid, he

my problem if he makes a fool of

dais, his gaze flicked upward to the elder stuck on the chandelier. Without a

chandelier flew out of our sight into the infinite darkness

tell me he did that to impress

horrified to see a man strung up like a decorative piece. She

of her pale, disturbed face brought an amused

Ezra took his seat

when she's here," Ezra replied, exhaling like he

sighed, shaking my

a minute," Isagi announced. "I

in stiff silence. Asher walked to his seat beside Viella,

from his seat. His gaze remained locked in

the doors opened, and the entire hall dimmed,

yet it felt as though the figure stepping through the entrance had cast a spell, trapping me in a poisonous web, leaving me too paralyzed

who strutted into the hall wasn't the meek omega I

She was...

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