Third POV.
Leila cooperated with Oizys to give her what she wanted with an innocent look on her face.
Oizys looked at Leila and felt that she was so stupid and she felt that she as lucky as she would be able to control Leila’s darkness when it awakes as it would have been awakened by her and not its own.
“Leila, how are you feeling now?” She asked with an expecting look which made Leila think deeply.
“I really don’t know aunty. What should I?” she asked as she pretended to be anxious.
Although Oizys was disappointed that Leila couldn’t feel anything, she didn’t show it as she was afraid that Leila would notice something was wrong.
“If that’s the case, I will add a few doses then we will see. Okay?” Oizys said with a forced smile on her face.
“Okay aunty,” Leila replied as she nodded her head.
When she saw the injection, she pretended that she was afraid of it and took a moment to close her eyes so she could try reaching out to Amaya.
“What is Amaya doing? Is the drug affecting her?” she asked her wolf as it was so risky for her to talk to Amaya directly as it would expose them.
There was some silence for a while before a sigh was heard.
“She claims that the drug is forcing her to reveal herself. Also, it adds some energy into her,” she answered.
“What does it mean?” Leila asked as she had the urge to frown but she controlled herself.
“It's like Oizys think that Amaya is too weak, thus she is using the drug to make her strong so that she has been awakened.”
“Does that mean that Amaya is stronger than before?” Leila asked as she felt happy with herself.
“Yes. She had previously told me that when they become stronger, their ability increases. Now that she is stronger, she can do more complex things that she was unable to do previously. Leila, did you know that such a thing can happen?”
Leila remained silent as she had had a feeling that they might be stronger if they met Oizys. She had known that to Oizys, she is a powerful being thus Oizys had always wanted to use her in the fight. To be able to use someone, you had to nurture her to be how you want them to be. Now knowing that Amaya was becoming stronger every time she was injected by the drug, she vowed to continue it so that Amaya became stronger than Oizys.
Since Oizys was doing so to make her stronger cause she believed that Amaya and not awakened, Leila believed that Oizys will continue injecting her with the drug till Amaya was a level lower than hers but that’s why she would be wrong. Leila had already awakened thus she wasn’t on the lowest level. She had some higher level than any darkness who had not awoken. Because of this, if Oizys intends to get her from level one to level eleven by injecting her ten times, Amaya would be getting from level five to fifteen.
Thinking about all this made both Amaya and Leila happy as they knew they would be able to defeat Oizys as soon as they started fighting. She wasn’t going to ruin the plans as she intended to see her so-called maternal grandfather killing his own flesh and blood because this woman had killed his daughter!
By this time, Oizys had already injected her with the second dosage.
“What are the side effects to show there are signs of the darkness being awoken? So that I can know what to do as I want her to continue?” Leila asked her wolf before looking at Oizys.
“Aunty, I am now strong?” Leila asked innocently, making Oizys look at her in disdain.
“If you didn’t feel anything after being injected twice, do you think you are now strong? Seems that even your darkness is just as weak as you are!” Oizys said, making Leila bit her lower lip and feel aggrieved.
“Aunty, how can you say that to me?” she asked as tears threatened to escape.
“You claim you are strong yet you can’t bear such truth? A strong person can never start crying immediately she is told that! Look at you just one word and you start crying, no wonder you are always bullied by everyone and even none of your mates want you! If you continue being like this, then you should be mentally prepared as you will continue to suffer from bullying,” Oizys said, making both the alpha and Leila speechless.
The alpha felt that Oizys had gone a little bit too far but he was afraid of saying anything in fear of suffering.
“Aunty? If you continue injecting me with the drug will I become strong?” Leila said as her eyes lit up making Oizys narrow her eyes unto her.
“Yes. I want to inject you with the drug more so that you can become strong and so that your darkness can be awakened,” Oizys said while Leila started clapping her hands immediately as a way to show that she is happy with anything as long as she gets to become strong.
“Okay. Aunty, I will listen to you since you are way too strong that even the rogue alpha is afraid of you,” Leila said, making the alpha be embarrassed.
After all, alphas are supposed to be strong and fearless, not the way he was behaving.
“Since you are fine with it then we will continue,” Oizys said with a smile on her face.
She couldn’t believe how good her luck was.
On the palace:
Everyone was anxious waiting for Endymion to give them feedback but it had been more than an hour.
“Elana, what are we going to do?” Aurora asked anxiously, making everyone turn to her direction.
“There is nothing we can do but wait till we hear from grandpa,” Elana said as she shook her head while trying to continue being calm although deep down she was panicking like the others.
“How can you still be calm when your sister is in their hands? If you don’t want to save her so that you can continue been the strongest just say so so that I can arrange warriors to go rescue her,” Aiden said angrily making everyone hold their breaths as they thought what had happened to him and where did he get the guts to speak to Elana in that tone.
As expected, Elana’s eyes turned cold. She then stood up and walked towards Aiden who was still fuming with anger.
When she reached where he was, Elana only chuckled but didn’t do anything to him.
“Oh, who are you to her then you can go to rescue her?” she asked sarcastically, hitting Aiden’s sore spot as he was reminded once more that to Leila, he wasn’t her mate.
“I am her mate!” he declared, as to him, he will continue to be hers and she will continue to be his.
“Mate? Okay then. You can go and try saving her but I must warn you, if you dare mess up her plans then you better not come back cause I will kill you,” Elana said coldly, making Aiden gulp as he took steps backwards.
“Look at how much of a coward you are! Do you think that you are worth being Oizys opponent?” Elana said with a smirk on her face.
“I know my sister better than you do Aiden and I would really appreciate it if you remember your place. You are just a mere ant in front of me and I can crush you anytime I want. If I were you, I would remain silent just like the others,” she added, making Aiden find himself nodding his head out of fear that Elana might hurt him.
The others were speechless when they saw his reaction as they found it hard to believe it. They were embarrassed as they wondered how they managed to have such a person as their king.
Aiden had nodded his head immediately he had Elana’s words as they reminded him that he was just a weakling who couldn’t defeat himself against a fight with any werewolf, lycans or even the rogues. This once more made him regret his past actions so much.
“Josiah has also been gone for more than an hour now, do you think what he said is true?” Jordan asked, trying to divert attention from Aiden to Josiah.
“I don’t know. Josiah has been lying to us often thus we can’t trust him blindly like before,” Eliud answered, making the other council nod their heads in agreement.
“Although he has been lying, grandpa is the one who instructed him to go for dad. That means that dad and Josiah are acquainted. With the fact that my grandparents fully trust him, I think there is a possibility that everything he said is true,” Elana told them what she had evaluated.
“Now I understand why they opt to believe and trust him unconditionally! I remember that Josiah once said that he had been sent by his master to watch over Leila and I. Seems dad had sent him,” she added, making everyone remain silent as they had to admit that everything seemed to add up.
“Also, he knows about a lot of godly fights. Maybe your father was the one who taught him everything he knew,” Marcus said, making Elana nod her head as she tried her best not to cry.
“If you want to cry just cry,” a deep voice was heard at the entrance.