Chapter 211 211: The shadow of secrets...

Lyla

My chest tightened. "You can see the future?"

To me, Nanny has always been, Nanny – the woman who spoiled me silly and loves me more than my mother. I've never associated her with anything so spiritual as this. Even having this conversation with her right now, felt strange to me.

"In a way!" she muttered quietly. "It's just clairvoyance for important things that want to happen and if I'm bonded to someone, it's very easy for me to know when something wants to happen to that person."

"Then you knew everything that was going to happen to me? Did you see them beforehand? Why didn't you tell me that I'll be dumped on my wedding day and…"

She reached out and touched my hand, stopping me. "I can't…" she murmured.

"What do you mean? You just said…"

"You're blocked off of everyone, Lyla. I can't bond with you to that level to be able to have visions about you. The only time I can see what goes on with you is through some sort of ritual that saps energy and is very tedious, other than that, I can't," she shrugged.

"Not even a thing?"

"Not even a thing." She nodded. "Even Terra, who can read people's thoughts if she wants to, says you're blocked off. I thought it was just me but it's the same for everyone. But I think, Mother Liora did have a glimpse because when I went to the temple, way before we came back during that time you had the thing with…" she gave me a known look. "You know who…"

I nodded. She was talking about Xander.

"She already knew of everything that would happen and about the stars on your spine. Still, she couldn't bond herself to you in a way that would help her sense you. But we think the only people who can do that is…" she lowered her voice, sneaking a glance at Beta Jeremy who was swirling his drink in the air with a faraway look in his eyes.

"Nathan and Ramsey."

"Both of them?"

"Yes, but the one you've been most intimate with. The only reason why Mother Liora had allowed Nathan to help you when you you were trapped was because he didn't have deep emotional ties to you as Ramsey…"

about, Nathan loves me. He would

repeating what Mother Liora told me. I couldn't succeed because I had a deeper emotional bind with you. I am your

words and I could

you saved, Mother Liora that day of

she said breathlessly. "But it

be so sad knowing that she would die… I'm so sorry, Nan," I

plenty of Lycan Leaders - she saw

close to her, Nanny," I continued softly. "It must still

own way but right now, I don't feel grief. Not yet at

casual about the whole thing. I also saw the sorrow in her

life and served her purpose. But thank you, baby, for your

this one of the signs? I mean, I've had it rough a lot of times growing

she was

hoping to steer the conversation into

coronated. After the coronation, the second phase of the mourning would begin and stretch for a year. It would be

… will you go back and resume your

I am qualified by all standards of training, the silver mark and

subject that she didn't want to talk about it anymore. Still, my heart ached

and ignored both me and Nanny barely sparing us as much as a glance as he headed toward the

couldn't help but stare at him, wondering what was with

he stopped mid-stride and turned, his gaze locking onto me. "Lyla," he muttered

into a

cold. "Nathan, don't forget you're married. You can't just order

defiance as he turned to his father. "I need to discuss something with

arms. "Then discuss it here, in the sitting room. I

night in the same space, being in the same

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