Chapter 194

Inez snapped her head back down and looked at Killian. He had replaced Laxus, who was standing outside the lodge and glaring at the front door. She was sure that the man was an inch away from barging inside the lodge by breaking it in the caveman style. It was quite a surprise when he didn t. Now, Inez knew why he didn t.

It was because Killian had replaced his position.

"What are you doing here?" Inez asked as she stepped down the stairs. "And why didn t you step inside? Why wait here?"

A crooked smile appeared on Killian s face. He said to her, "I wanted to make sure that the little lesson that my dear sister should have learnt ages ago was stuck and embedded deep in her head."

"You knew?!" Inez s eyes widened when she heard his words. She thought that Killian had no idea what was happening to Selene, but it seemed like he knew and turned a blind eye to everything.

Killian only clasped his hands behind him. He tilted his head to one side and questioned, "Why the surprise note? You should have known me by now, Bubbles. I will do everything to protect my family. My loved ones, but when they are being exceptionally foolish, I have no choice but to leave them alone."

"Like a naughty kid. Once they fall and scrape their knees, they will realise that I was right all along. It s only when it hurts that we remember the lesson that we need to keep in mind." After he finished speaking, he turned to look at the lodge as if he could see past the walls.

Inez sighed. Though she understood his meaning, she couldn t help but feel that the man was being a bit too hard on Selene. "You could have told her." noveldrama

"Do you think I didn t?" Killian asked with a hint of amusement and exasperation in his tone. "I did. Many times, but she was just too lonely, too depressed, that she was willing to take the alms that were being thrown at her." He paused and added, "She needed someone like you to make her realise that she was worth more than those alms."

"You are her brother."

"And that s what makes everything even more difficult. Sel believes that I will support and stay by her side because we are family. She didn t need that. She needed something else."

Inez had no idea what the man even meant by those words.

She walked down the stairs and looked at the man with a hint of confusion in her eyes. "Are you always like this?"

"Like what?" Killian asked as the two of them started to walk down the cobblestone path laced with seashells and beach sand.

"Wanna be mystery man?" Inez shrugged as she continued, "I don t know why don t you just make things easier for everyone and tell the truth? In easier terms."

"Sometimes when things become too easy, people start taking them for granted."

Inez huffed. She hated it when he did that, speaking as if everything made sense. They did, but she hated how right he was at every turn.

Noticing that she had gone silent, Killian glanced at her and realised that Inez was holding back. "Something that you want to ask?"

"There is," replied Inez with a serious expression. She turned to look at the man beside her.

Killian s eyes surveyed her for a while before he nodded. "Let s hear it."

"What happened to Selene?"

The air around him turned subtly chilly, but not enough to push Inez away. Maybe that was his way of controlling his temper and letting her know that she can continue speaking, thought Inez.

"I keep hearing that she was poisoned, but I have never heard how it happened."

Inez also wanted to ask about his mate, but she realised that it would be overstepping her limits. Especially when she was not ready to share what happened between her and Dominic.

"You have the correct information." The expression on Killian s face didn t change. "As for how it happened, I can only say that obsessive love never ends fairly."

"Obsessive love?" Inez mused. A piece of the lost puzzle clicked, and she somehow understood the entire picture in a matter of a few seconds.

Killian smiled, and this time his smile was a bit feral as his fangs became a bit more prominent. "Oh yes. You might have heard a little about my sister s great feats. Brave, she-lycan, who could take down an entire pack on her own. While fame brought her many fans who would come to our pack s territory and leave their little gifts, which would line up all the way to her lodge, it also brought a rather persistent admirer."

"Now, there is nothing wrong with having a certain bit of affection for someone. What s wrong is not being able to take rejection well," continued Killian. "My sister made the mistake of refusing a highly respected member of the council. The man couldn t take her rejection well. In return, he turned around and schemed with a few members of the council to poison her."

"The aim was to kill her. What do you say in human terms? Hmm... Yes, if she cannot be mine, then I will not let her become someone else either. Unfortunately, he underestimated the strength of a lycan."

He scraped his chin and remarked, "I had quite a fun time while trying to hunt that man down. Not that he made it any easier."

Now that Inez understood the entire situation, she pursed her lips before adding, "It is quite lucky that she has Laxus by her side."

"Are you sure about that?"

She paused and turned to look at the man. There was another teasing glint in his eyes, which showed that he was holding back another bit of important information from her. "What what now?"

What else was there that she didn t know?

"The man who tried to kill Sel was Laxus s twin brother. A wolf shifter. Do you still think that it s a good thing that Sel has someone like him?"