I dashed out of the room and into Torian's clinic ward; I didn't need to kill him now because I wanted his useless father to see him skinned alive and tortured before his death; I just needed to make him forget I stabbed him.
I barged in without knocking on the door, and three male doctors were working on him. They all paused and turned to me with arched brows and questioning looks.
"What... please, can you stay outside at the moment? He can't meet anyone now," one of them with messy blonde hair and round glasses spoke out after seeing how I stood there without doing anything.
I scoffed and started walking closer while their faces grimaced more in confusion.
"Ma'am, you are disrupting an important part of his treatment and we really need your absence, please," another with dark skin added, as if I was deaf to what the first doctor said.
"Give him a drug that will cause his brain to forget what happened a few hours ago," I ordered in a whisper but strong tone after getting very close to them.
"What?" They all exclaimed, cringing back as they frowned deeply at me, sneering from my head to toe as if I had turned into an alien.
"Are you out of your mind? Do you know what you are saying!" The last one, who had a short figure and a bald head, half yelled, his tone telling how pissed off he was. He looked angrier as he glared at me, like he was going to attack me in a few seconds.
"You either do as I say or I will kill him. Don't you think it is better for him to forget those memories and stay alive than dying?" I smirked while flipping my hair.
"Please, it isn't time to joke. Maybe you both might have had some lovers' quarrel a few hours ago which you want him to forget, but we are sorry, we can't give him such a drug now, it will delay his recovery." The blonde-haired doctor explained with a reassuring smile and cheerful voice, attempting to calm the tense atmosphere.
The others laughed with him, but all paused as they saw I wasn't returning those laughs. My face was rigid and all I craved was to bite off their gullet and pluck their eyes one after the other for delaying my order, but they didn't have to die, at least not yet.
"Will you all do as I say or will I take the option, and you know I won't spare three of you after killing him? Just inject and make him take whatever drug it is so he will forget all that occurred a few hours ago. I am trying to be patient here. Don't push me to the wall!!" I bellowed, leaning forward toward the blonde doctor with bloodshot eyes.
His glasses fell off due to his quaking body as he kept shivering like he was electrocuted.
"Who are you to order us that? Who are you to threaten us?! Aren't you Sophia, we all know?" The short doctor yelled in anger, clenching his fist for a fight, and there I saw the reason to show them what I can do. They need to see something to convince them.
"You want to know who I am?" I giggled and mumbled a spell, pinning my eyes on him, and the next moment, he was convulsing on the ground as I directed the unseen serpent right into his body, stinging him painfully. I also had to clamp his lips with magic powers to avoid getting attention from outside.
"Do you know who I am now?" I asked with a grin as he stumbled and slammed himself all around, sweating and shedding tears with his eyes all bulged and red, showing how much intense pain he was in.
The others were terrified as they watched their colleague going wild and slapping every part of his body like a mad man without saying a word, even when his eyes told them he was dying slowly.
"Now you all are going to do as I say instantly!" I snorted, withdrawing my serpent and releasing his lips.
"I am dying!!" He gasped, breathing heavily as both eyes poked out in agony.
"You just felt a tip of what I can do if you don't do as I say!" I threatened, and the other two rushed to get the syringe and ampoule that were resting inside a cupboard.
"That is it, right?" I asked, and they both nodded stupidly, panting in fear.
Just then, Torian opened his eyes, and the doctors cringed away.
"He is awake!" They shouted with wavering voices, not knowing what to do next.
"What is happening here?" Torian asked weakly, trying to raise his head.
"I will kill both of you if you don't do as I say! He is weak, so pin him down and inject that into his veins. Secondly, no one should ever hear about my identity!" I snapped and walked away, suddenly uncomfortable around Torian.
"Sophia!" I heard him call out my name with a deep groan of pain when I was already at the door, and it strangely made my legs tremble and stick to the ground.
That voice was exuding deeper pain of not just the wound but betrayal. It was stark and heartbreaking, and it surprisingly made me wonder if I did the right thing by stabbing him.
It was the first time I hurt Torian, and I felt no pity while gashing and plunging the knife into his skin, making me wonder why I felt somehow now that he called my name.
I spun my head to glance at him briefly and saw those weak hazel eyes shimmering with tears as they looked at me in my face while the doctors pinned him to the bed, injecting the syringe into the vein in his arm.
In a swift move, I looked away and scurried out of the ward like I was being chased by an enemy. I don't know what just happened to me not long ago. It was a pity and a regret that I don't know where it came from. Since when did I start to have pity on Torian?
I don't love him and don't care if he dies. Why are those tears in his eyes touching my heart? Fuck! I need to wind up.
Let it not just be what I am thinking!
Blake's POV
"Where have you been?!" My parents snapped in a chorus just as my feet stepped into the Royal Mansion. I could see how worried they had been, which was what I expected after leaving the house at dawn only to return in the night without any of them having an idea where I had gone.
Their eyes shifted from me in an instant, darting at Lola, who was standing beside me with a bowed head like the maid she was going to pretend to be.
All thanks to her hybrid powers, her wolf scent can't be fished out. I had to introduce her as a mere maid so they wouldn't think anything about love between us. They all believed I lost my wolf lover and couldn't fall in love immediately.
"Who is she?" My mother was the first to ask. She had always been the first to question me. What an inquisitive woman.
"A mere slave. The difference is that she will be my toy, mine only. I need someone to unleash my anger on at any time! Since you both decided that I would never be happy being your son, she is dead, so just let me be!" I bellowed, gripping the hem of Lola's gown with a stern face, making sure I didn't give myself away.
"So you went out all day to find a maid? Do you know how you kept us worried and exasperated? We couldn't find you in the entire kingdom! I was already thinking of raiding the neighboring wolf pack, thinking they had captured you." Dad rasped, while scrutinizing Lola, who was shivering in fear, just as we had scripted.
I'd been back since we rescued Jace, but we couldn't just leave him in the middle of the road. We had to help him locate his mate's house. I hope she remembers him after he impulsively rejected her and performed that rejection ritual with her, which he is really regretting now.
"Yes, I left the kingdom for a far place just to be away from you both. That took my joy away. Hope you all are happy!" I snapped with a hiss, pulling Lola's clothes while heading up the stairs.
"You won't even introduce her to us or let her tell us her name and family? Or was she picked from the gutter?" Mom drawled, and a yelp skipped my lips.
Gosh!
We didn't even plan for the family name to use.
"Nina, greet my parent! And tell them your name and about your family!" I commanded, maintaining a strict tone and expression.
"I greet you, my king and queen; my name is Nina, and I have no parents because they died when I was young; I was raised by a family who fed me to grow but mistreated me. I had to run away from them after I grew to this age because I deserved a better life. The prince picked me to be his slave, and I am glad to be that. It is better than wandering in the street and being vulnerable to killers, thieves, or rapists. "She relayed the lies with emotions and fake tears.
I glanced up at my mother, and for the first time in my life, I saw her emotionally moved. I saw her eyes become wet and filled with compassion.
Even Daddy was wagging his head in pity. Wow.
Mom walked closer and pulled into a deep hug.
" I am so sorry for all you went through. You are safe in this place. My son isn't wicked, he will treat you well. Just respect him," she mumbled into her ears, and I was really trying hard not to smile.
Could this be a sign that I can have Lola as my queen and love her openly without any suspicion from my mother?
"Okay ma'am, I am glad." Lola mumbled, and I hastily grabbed her hand.
"It is okay. She has to do something for me in my room" I snorted, while we both climbed the stairs.
"You mean... sex?" My father chipped in, and I glared at him from the top of the staircase.
"We did it!!!" Lola's voice squealed happily through my room just as we got in and shut the door.
"You are a good liar and actress. All perfect!" I laughed out loud, and she punched me softly on my chest with a lopsided smile that made her lips more sensual and inviting to kiss.
"You made me lie. You spoiled me for my parents, dickhead. " Her sweet voice purred while she roamed around, scanning her eyes around to admire the room, which was painted all white, including the bed and couch.
I love white...
"So, we both have the same love for white," she giggled, plopping on the bed and lying flat.
"Remember, you are my maid. How could you lie on your master's bed like that?" I raised my brows with a cheesy smile.
"Master my foot." She laughed, closing her eyes as she rolled over the big soft bed.
"You haven't asked me what I told my parents you would be doing for me in my room." I smirked and her closed eyes flung open as she sat up hastily, narrowing her eyes at me as she crossed her arms around her breasts.
"Sex?" She whispered, and I couldn't help laughing at how innocent her voice sounded.
Wow. She appears so cute now.