Chapter 22
Ezekiel
âI donât know that. Or you can say that I donât remember that because she left me by wiping my memory, carrying Brielle in her womb. The day I learned about her and Brielle was when she was on her deathbed and she called me to take Brielle with
âShe wiped your memory? How is that possible? Her magic shouldnât have worked on you if she was a witch; after all, she was your mate.â
âShe had rejected me. And thatâs how her power worked on me. But when we met again, I fell in love with her again. That was another thing at that time; she didnât have a lot of time left with her to talk about everything. She just requested that I keep Brielle safe because one day they would come for her.â
âThey?â
âCreature from the sea,â
âWhy?â
âShe didnât get a chance to tell me that because she had to explain the lie that she had fed to my daughter about her father abandoning her mother and her just because she was a girl,â he muttered with a grim expression. âJust because Brielle would start hating her mother, I let her believe what her mother told me was true.â
He was bearing his daughterâs hatred just because he didnât want her to hate her mother.
If this wasnât love, then the Moon Goddess knew what was.
âWhy didnât you work on your relationship with her later?â I couldnât help asking.
âBecause I didnât want to make her the apple of my eye, or because I was positive that Emaline and Jade would have been treated like trash in my absence. After all, I didnât use to stay around her 24*7â I didnât know what to say. Even though he did all this to protect Brielle, his action broke Brielleâs heart because she was not receiving love from her own father.
âWhy did you agree with her marriage to Tristan?â
âSo that he could protect my daughter from danger after all, Moonlit Guardians is the strongest pack in our world,â he responded. âBy now, youâve already guessed that all the sea creatures are attacking us because they want Brielle.â
I already saw this coming.
Indeed, Tristan was powerful enough to protect Brielle, but who would protect Brielle from Tristan? My fist tightened, recalling the mark that I had seen on Brielleâs n*eck.
âSo, long story short, you gave your precious daughter to a monster so that he would protect her from another monster?â I asked him coldly. I saw Alpha Warren go out of words hearing this. He knew that Tristan wasnât the right choice.
âShe is strong.
âJust because she is strong enough to handle pain doesnât mean she deserves it,â I said, getting on my feet to reach my woman as soon as possible. My hands were inching to hold her in my arms.
âI know, but thatâs not the sole reason. King. When I took her to the oracle to see why her wolf hadnât shown up when she turned eighteen, I was worried for her and her future. She told me that Brielle was born to rule as a queen. I donât know how this is possible, but one day, Alpha Tristan will become the King. Maybe she will help him become a better version of
barself.
His words offended my beast. Everyone had a false misconception that Tristan let me become the king or gave me a chance.
Chapter 22
but we knew better that my beast was stronger than his. He didnât do any charity; I had earned this position.
But at that time, all I cared about was his words about Brielle becoming my queen.
She was born to be mine.
Without saying a word, I left from there. âSo, what exactly happened?â I asked Wren
âAnything but good news. Raya and Jade joined their hands to break this wedding. âThis was something that even I wanted to happen without getting my hands involved.â At the cost of ruining Queen Brilleâs image.
Okay! That was something that I couldnât risk. A person would survive after losing her sell-respect
Whatever she did in her past wouldnât have been a big deal if a man had done the same thing. The worst part was that both Raya and Jade were nowhere near Brielleâs clean character, but they still had the guts to roam shamelessly around.
âToday Alpha Tristan handled it, but I doubt this topic will settle down this easily because whoever took the pictures knows that Queen Brielle is involved with someone, or maybe that someone is you,â Wren kept speaking. âIâve asked our Gammas to keep their eyes on these two b*tches because we will be fooled by not taking them as a treat.â
I couldnât help but be worried for Brielle because her number was switched off. The last time her phone was switched off was when she got punished. I really hoped history was not planning to repeat itself.
Zera? Is Brielle fine? I mind-linked.
âIn front of us? Yes. You will get her killed, you know that, right?â I closed the mind link as I wasnât interested in her free knowledge. We both knew what we were doing and the consequences of this relationship.
I agreed that it was me who was holding the rope of the relationship tightly because Brielle didnât want to be tossed between the brothers. But she was the one who initiated me to hold the rope in the first place.
The next morning, when I reached the pack. I learned Brielle didnât join others at the breakfast table, so I decided to meet her in her room.
Before becoming the King, the room Brielle was staying in was my room. Both brothers had rooms beside one another. So, I was well aware of a secret underground passage to reach my ex-room.
But the moment I stepped inside the room, my blood ran cold, watching the state of the room. The carpet of the room was ruined, the vases on the table were broken, and the cushions of the sofa were on the ground.
Finally, my eyes landed on Brielle, who was sitting in the corner of the room, whose half-dress was ripped, and she was staring at the ceiling blankly.
I could already imagine Tristan throwing her, forcefully pushing her towards the table, because of which the vase ended up falling to the ground, then trying to force himself on her on the sofa.
I couldnât make up my mind about whether I should go near her or near Tristan.
And I found her staring right into my eyes. Tears dwelled in her eyes, looking at me, and I saw them rolling out of her eyes.
But the moment it dropped from her chin, two pearls fell on the carpet.