Chapter 41: Ancient Languages.

Lilac

"WYLANDA."

I instantly push the tablet back to her, glancing around. "Why are you showing me this? And where the hell did you see that?"

"Because I need answers.. And I got the picture while doing some research."

I frown and then feign a disinterested look even though I am dying to know what all this is about. Perhaps if I can get to the root of this then the stability of my life will be guaranteed. "That has nothing to do with me, I do not know why you think I can help. By the way there are other Lycan students that will kill for a research with you, what does an Human like me know?"

"I saw you reading that book." Beryl says, folding her arms.

I clear my throat. "So? Now you're stalking me?" I spit my words.

"Goddess! No! The book... You got it from the library right?"

"Obviously." I huff.

"And you can read it?" I roll my eyes tiredly, already getting strung out of Beryl's weird antics. Why did I even decide to listen to her in the first place, she is probably trying to rope me into something and then use it to bully me. "What is it you are trying to point out Caulder?"

"That you read that book! The book is blank! The words are hidden with ancient magic! If you can read it then you can help me find out—"

I raise my hands, cutting her off. "Excuse you? Ancient magic? What the fuck are you talking about?" Like I said, she is trying something funny. "It is not blank, there are words on the pages!"

"No it is blank."

"Are you kidding me now Caulder?"

"I swear on my Father's life." She insists and that rears me back. She did not just... I bring out the book and open it to prove her wrong, wondering what the hell is going on.

"See? Words?"

"That is what you see! Not what I see?" She brings our her phone and then takes a picture of the page I opened and then shows it to me. Fucking hell!

"It's not—there is nothing there... On the picture..." I glance back at the book, "But it is on here." My hands are trembling as I lift my gaze back to Beryl. Something is wrong, I am absolutely confused. if this book is blank and hidden with ancient magic as Beryl calls it and I can read it then something is definitely wrong.

"See why I need your help? You are not just any human."

I don't reply as I get up, almost stumbling. I need to see Kael or Carla, anyone of then. I grab the book and my tab and stuff it back into my backpack, zipping it close "I need to go."

"Wait! Lilac!" I do not wait to listen to her or marvel at the fact that she just called me by my name as I dash out of the lecture hall in search of whoever it is I would find between my husband and his therapist.

I keep running and come to an halt when I get to the parking lot and then I throw a palm to my head. I just ran out of Carla's class, should I not have waited to see her? Suddenly a car zooms into the parking lot, startling me.

"Princess?" And just like he could sense my distress, he appears.

I watch as Kael steps out of his car and for a second I forget my devastating state as I take in his form. He walks towards me in long strides, muscles tightening through his t-shirt with every step he takes, his face knitted to a frown. Who said a frown cannot be sexy as hell?

By the time he stops at my front, I have gone to heaven and come back, and somehow I seem to have lost my sense of speech. "Princess..." He repeats. "Are you okay? Why are you out here alone?"

"H-hi" I mumble a reply, trying to blink out of my dazed state. Kael steps closer and then his palms comes up to my face, caressing slowly.

"Why are you out here alone, Princess." His voice is thick...with worry?

"Nothing.... I just..."

"Did someone hurt you? Because I swear if anyone lays—"

Forgetting my present predicament, I burst into a fit of laughter. Kael's face is pressed into a thin line as he frowns at me, obviously confused as to why I am laughing. Why the hell am I even laughing? Oh right? Because he looks so fucking cute when he was making that threatening statement.

I clear my throat and tell him. "Nobody hurt me, husband."

He blinks. It is the first I am seeing him do that. His fingers dig further into my neck making my breath hitch. "Say that again," He mumbles.

"What?"

"Say it again."

"Nobody hurt me?"

He shakes his head. "Call me husband again Lilac."

I bite my lip to hide my smile. "Husband." He gulps visibly and I watch, mesmerized as his adam apple bobs at the act.

"Hey! Lilac!" I immediately step away from Kael and turn to Beryl as she runs towards us. Her presence reminds me of why I am out here in the first place.

"Do not come close Caulder." Kael practically growls, pulling me to his side and leaving his palms to hold my wrist tightly.

Beryl halts. "Prince Kael." She lowers her head. "I really need to speak with your..." She pauses, her eyes roams around the parking lot and then settles back on us. "I really need to speak with Lilac."

"The last time I knew you were in close proximity with her, she landed in the clinic."

"That was a one time thing."

"That can still repeat itself."

"I will not dare hurt the prince's wife...again."

Kael looks down at me. "Do you want to speak with her?" My heart warms at this gesture. I do not remember Kael being this nice and soft spoken but if he wants to be then I should not question it, rather I'd bask temporarily in it before his switch is turned off again.

"Lilac—"

I am about to reply him when suddenly his arms shoot up as he pushes me, sending me flying down to the ground and before I can get what is happening, he screams to Beryl. "Get her out of here!"

Beryl is fast as she drags my hands and then I see what is happening because Kael is up in the sky and a man dressed in black has him by his throat. The man has wings, dark billowy wings that seems to emit smoke and he has Kael in a death grip. I cannot see his face but what I see his Kael holding his arms. "Kael!" The man glances down at us and then he releases Karl.

I scream and jerk my hands free from Beryl running to catch my falling husband. When he lands, he does land on me and we both tumble down at his weight.

"Kael!" My fingers graze his face shakily and he smiles up at me before his blue eyes starts to dull and they fall shut. It takes a while before I see the dagger stuck to his abdomen, blood oozing out of the place where he has been stabbed.

It takes a while before I actually understand what is going on.

It takes a while before I finally open my mouth to scream for help. And it takes a while before I notice the strange man is gone too and Beryl has gone still on the floor beside me., she passed out.

I think I am still screaming, holding tight to Kael's bleeding side when I hear familiar voices, or at least they sound familiar. That's all I hear though, as the world goes black before my eyes.

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