Untouchable by Marii Solaria

Chapter 65

Chapter 65 – The Flowers

“Everything that happens to you matters to me.“– Cassandra Clare

Kiya

Never get poisoned. The recuperation is brutal.

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I feel like I’ve been hit by a freight train. Twice! My head feels like a jackhammer to concrete with my muscles feel like a mass of limp noodles, and my chest aches with every breath. My treatments will continue

there was still cyanide in my system. It shocked the doctors and nurses that I survived ingesting an astronomical amount of poison.

However, I knew that if I died again, Selene would just toss me back to Earth again.

Adonis was cuddled at my side when I woke up, curled in a ball with an arm over my stomach. Raina revealed that he wouldn’t leave my side. My heart fluttered like bird wings. Raina stayed by my side all night, too. Deep happiness sprouted underneath the soil in my heart. I appreciate my sister and my nephew staying with me.

Adonis said he did it to protect me from the bad people who wanted to hurt me. Oh, little guy, I’m the one doing the protecting!

After they left, Dr. Jackson and Nurse Amara came in to draw more blood and to check my vitals. I never liked Dr. Jackson. He was the doctor that did nothing to treat my injuries when I was a slave. Many wounds and cuts festered and got infected because of his improper care. Now, he was making sure my stay in the hospital was as comfortable as possible.

I must stay for a couple of days before I’m cleared for discharge. That means I’ll get many visitors. Including my favorite ones! My friends were camping out in my room with Criminal Minds blaring from the television. They brought takeout too! I may be sick, but not sick enough to indulge in Chinese chicken dumplings!

“Your Alpha is going to kill the bartender who poisoned you by the end of the week,” Galen revealed, chopsticks digging at his noodles.

“He’s not my Alpha, Gal.” I rolled my eyes. “As for the bartender, I heard she confessed to the crime. But I don’t know if killing her would serve any justice. I’m still breathing.”

“You’re laid up in that hospital bed because she laced your drink with enough cyanide to kill a cow,” Jackie replied, folding one leg over the other. “The bitch deserves it for hurting you.”

Okay, I know she deserves punishment for what she did, but I feel as though there was something else going on. This was bigger than Emily. I remember that blond bartender, but our interactions before that were non- existent. Why would she want me dead? The only person who I knew hated my guts to the point of harm was

Odessa.

But was she capable of taking me out? I don’t know.

“Neron worked fast. I admire that.” Sapphire hopped on my bed. She was careful not to snag herself in the IV tubes. “He wasted no time hunting Emily down and securing the crime scene. Gamma Kwame found the glass with her fingerprints. She didn’t clean it in the chaos.”

“That’s so sloppy,” Darien grunted, scooping up some rice. “Speaking hypothetically, if I wanted to poison

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someone and save my ass, I’d get rid of the evidence as fast as I could. They have the glass and found potassium cyanide in her room. She didn’t plan her escape through.”

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“Maybe she’s dumber than we originally thought.” Jackie shrugged. “She’s a blond.”

Sapphire shot up. “Hey!”

at her friend, who rolled her eyes before settling. All of this left a foul taste in my mouth. Did Emily

as Abigail tossed her empty water bottle in the trash. “What happened before the poisoning? You came back to the

memory of Neron’s lips brushing against mine seared itself in my memory. The imprint refuses to disappear. The interse emotions, his touches–everything about it, I recall

between Neron and

to fight him?” Jackie asked, already rolling up her sleeves.

kill him?” Sapphire inquired, crossing

castrate him?” Galen grinned, holding up a flimsy plastic

out of their orbitals?” Darien implored,

violence?” Abigail sighed, pinching the bridge of

questions!” I yelled. “It isn’t anything bad. We almost kissed and-

responded in unison. Darien shut off the television and everyone scooted their chairs closer to my bed. L now, had five pairs of colorful eyes staring me

attention.

him?” Sapphire asked, the corner of her lips rising to a

don’t know, almost? An

cheeks heating up like a bonfire. “Little Bit, that

kiss!

is not!! Who made that a rule, anyway?”

ordered, silencing everyone. “Kiki, tell us what

revealed that Odessa interrupted us, which made Darien arch an eyebrow in confusion, but I went no further than that. I ran

Neron argue

stares were unmoving. Were they even breathing? I resist the urge of waving my hand in front of their faces but, luckily,

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I was

with a shoulder shrug. “It’s harder for you since your mate is an Alpha, and Alphas

that, would he? While I was unconscious, I overheard the conversation he had with his father. Neron understood me. But his father terrified me. The former Alpha was a nightmarish beast dressed as a refined gentleman. Jonathan Prince still scares the shit out of me. I have Lady Luck on my side for not running into him at all.

name.

made me feel

knows, for certain, that I was Selene’s avatar. Jonathan was inserting himself into a business that didn’t involve him. For what? He knew more than he was leading on…but I was too terrified to ask him.

answers myself. To what other powers

through my hair, huffing in

mate bond is a powerful thing, Kiya.” Darien grips my hand in his, rubbing soothing circles on the back of it. “I commend you for holding out for this long, especially against someone you hate. But you’re working closely with him, and after what happened, he’ll try harder to get you. Also…you felt the sensations, too. You might

to him. What happened at the party was dangerously close. If we’d kissed…I’m afraid that I wouldn’t have stopped. It would

session.

me again, I refuse to fall. I refuse to surrender. I don’t want

it easier for me to hate you!

these folks were supposed to be on my side? “I can’t! This stupid bond is fucking th my mind like it is doing to him: It is dumb luck the almost- kiss happened. Yes, I admit, it felt good. Why does something so

my shoulder. “Good job! The first

brush his hand off me. “I’m not accepting shit! This whole thing is stupid. Everything about this bond is stupid! Why couldn’t he just

Kiya?” Abigail

body and

sang, poking

my arm.

those stupid good

the back of his head, averting his eyes away

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