822: WHY DID YOU DO THIS?

WHY DID YOU DO THIS?

"Yes, he did," Carina finally said, her voice was soft and steady. "Chiron has taken the king's mate." The female centaur raised her head and looked at Jedrek.2

This statement raised another wave of uproar between the centaurs and the lycanthropes. The former didn't believe what their fellow centaur said, while the latter was too eager to finish them off for the atrocious act that they committed.

"You have to kill them!" roared one of the Alphas.

"They can't be forgiven!" the other suggested the same thing.

"Give your order and we will finish them off!" one of the Alphas stepped forward and demanded a command from Jedrek.

Upon hearing all of that, Jedrek's blood seared with eagerness. He really wanted to see those wretched creatures' blood streaming down this road.

However, a small part of him, which was still able to think properly, knew that was not the right thing to do now, because every second was important. No one could guarantee Lilac's safety.

Not to mention she was with two of his big enemies.

F*ck!

"Carina, tell us the truth. What is actually happening?!" Zarrn hissed, he grabbed Carina's hand, so she could face him.

"You heard what she said!" Alpha Romulus approached them with heavy steps, elongated claws as his eyes flickered to black. He wanted to kill them. "Give us the order and we will kill them right away!" he said to Jedrek.

Meanwhile, the other centaurs, eventually backed away. They protected the children and women, forcing them in to the middle as they moved nearer to the gates.

On the other hand, the hunters tried to protect them as well, though they shouldn't drag themselves in to this chaotic situation, but they had been living alongside with the centaurs, thus they couldn't abandon them at a time like this.

"KACE!" Delta called out for Kace. He didn't say anything except his name, but from the look on his face, Kace could understand that they reached for his help.

"Jedrek, don't do this," Kace shifted his attention to his brother, his eyes were still red and this was not a good sign at all. One order from him, and those lycans would be more than willing to kill them all.

The centaurs and the hunters moved toward the gates that they had busted down, one small step at a time. However, the distance between them was too far, therefore, the lycanthropes easily blocked their way and now they were trapped inside this city.

On the other hand, Zarrn looked at the lycanthropes that surrounded him and Carina viciously. In their position, there was no way for them to escape, especially when they were separated from their people.

"Tell me where your chief took my mate?" Jedrek asked coldly looking at Carina, while the female centaur kept looking over her shoulder to her group, which now had been surrounded, without a way to escape.

"I will bring you to him, only if you promise me their safety," Carina demanded.

"You ask me to not kill your kind?" Jedrek scoffed derisively. "I will not kill your kind as long as I can get my mate unscathed. However, if my mate suffered any injuries, I will kill one from your kind for each injury that marred her body."

Carina gasped loudly when she heard that and Zarrn balled his fists, he couldn't understand, why Chiron had to do this? Hadn't he already gotten over his grudge against Jedrek? Therefore, why had he done this when they were only a step away from returning to their land?

If Chiron's betrayal was true, he had risked the lives of hundreds of them for a single grudge. Was it worth it?

Zarrn shook his head to clear his mind when he heard Carina.

"Kill me first then," she said without fear.

"Carina!" Zarrn shrieked, but there were no other words to confront her statement.

Before their eyes, a devilish smirk appeared on the corner of Jedrek's lips. "It will be my pleasure." After that, he turned his attention toward the lycanthropes. "Arrest them all!"

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Lilac felt the hard and cold ground when she fully regained her consciousness, but she didn't immediately open her eyes.

She remembered what had happened as her consciousness came back and forth all this while, from the moment she felt Chiron taking her into his arms and carried her away from the castle.

However, she was not sure, whether what she had seen was true or not when she watched, through her murky mind, when Serefina drew her blood and went to join the devils.

She wouldn't do that, right? There was no way she would betray them. It was not possible for her to betray Jedrek. Right?

Lilac let out a small and soft grunt when she tried to move her body, but all she could feel was the aching pain that prevented her from moving around recklessly, especially her neck, the spot where Jedrek's mark was imprinted, was burning like a hot rod had been pressed there.

But, the images during the time while they marked and mated, flashed in her mind and made her blush, or at least that was what Lilac thought, since she was too pale to have tinges or red on her cheeks.

'This was not the time for that,' Lilac grumbled internally and tried to focus her mind elsewhere, trying to use her senses to feel her surroundings.

Lilac had a plan to pretend to sleep until she was sure that she figured out a little bit more where she was or who was with her.

However, when she felt soft hooves approaching her, she knew it was Chiron, especially when he spoke addressing her.

"You are awake," Chiron said with the same tone that he always used.

At this moment, there was no point for Lilac to keep her pretense, thus she opened her eyes slowly and spotted the centaur, who was bending his front legs while holding something in his hand.

"Drink this first," Chiron helped Lilac to sit down first, then bringing a wooden goblet near her lips.

Yet, Lilac tilted her head side ways and avoided it. She narrowed her eyes at him. "Why did you do this?"

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