The Lycan King’s Healer – Chapter 43
Cathy
I did not slap him, nor backhand him. That was too nice.
I curled my fingers into a fist and smacked it across his face, making blunt force with his nose. Everyone gasped, some smiled, some laughed, some cried out. But mostly, they laughed.
uld blackmail me all she wanted, but with Aldrich stationed by my side, I could do anything, and get away with it, too.
llars.
before turning to walk away.
nal knot. Some people applauded me on my trek through the room, others smiled at me like I was a new shiny toy.
ficially made my memorable
ith furrowed eyebrows.
ed. “Auntie didn’t let me see!”
stuff.”
stuck hi
g his back.
smiling. He looked like he had a thousand words to say. “Let’s just say your mom has monstrous balls.”
“Where? I wanna play!”
a fit of laughter. Aldrich smirked sheepishly.
in the face, mate,” Alan warned, laughing.
e.
u’re going to punch?”
nodded. “Fine. One dance.”
him to the quaint, joyous tune.
lic, unless they wanted to avoid coming off as too nice and result in looking suspicious.
l I knocked into Aldrich.
ll have to punch him after all!” Alan said, grinning as I stumbled against his chest. He slipped an ar
f, Alan,” Aldrich chuckled.
kely to meet with the guards for an update.
d not tell him about my unplanned meeting in the hall
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em. Emily wasn’t exactly drunk, but Elias seemed to drink every droplet of liquor in the ballroom to stifle the embarrassment of the blow to Benjamin’s face, and everyone laughing at them.
the shards.
back from him as if she was intimidated.
Elias slurred, his words blending together with
Defensively, she hissed at him bitterly, “If I really loved him, would I have someone shoot hi
he attempted to calm him down, placing a hand on his arm.
d on our mission, Elias. Now sober up,” she snapp
to do with Emily. And if Benjamin and Elias were involved, I did not understand why they would be so blatant about it in public, unless they wanted to a
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. Now that Benjamin and Elias were off somewhere, I was genuinely beginning to enj
e to escape with me?” he asked.
otested. “I want to stay and dance!”
’ll stay here with him,” she said, and I smiled at her gratefully.
me through the flock of people, and we were greeted with s
double French door for us before we stepped into the dazzling night.
es.
w.
he recalled, looking distant while shaking his head. “I hated it.”
itting out here,” he chuckled, a smile beginning to spread on his face, “all I could think about was Theo and you. The way you stood up for yourself against me. I think I fell in love with you the moment you were rude to me.”
l in love with.
oise, booming in my ears like an explosion on my shoulder.