Killian.
Yzabelle was still in Kate’s room and I wished I could pull the time while waiting here inside my car. I couldn’t wait to bring her to someone who would be able to explain to her everything.
Though I wasn’t sure if that witch would cooperate, I still needed to gamble my chance. I couldn’t waste time knowing that the future Alpha of Remus pack was eyeing my mate also.
“Ugh! How long was she going to stay with Kate?” I silently growled.
‘And what’s the plan now?’ I heard Dax in my head.
‘What plan?’ I asked back.
‘You’ve been fencing off our mate, I have this feeling that you’d changed your plans about her. Are we still going to stick on killing her?’
I groaned inside.
‘You know the answer. You know that I can’t!’ I hissed under my breath.
It was hurting my ego that I had to accept that I couldn’t do it. For the first time, I found something that I wasn’t able to do.
I felt lost now that the mission was turning into a different way. The way that was completely opposite to the main plan.
Killing her turned into keeping her safe, and keeping her beside me.
It was not me who would insist on a girl. Women insisted on me and not the other way around.
But with Yzabelle, she used to bring out the different me. And I kind of hated and liked it at the same time.
‘So, you were saying we’ll protect her and keep her instead of killing her?’ Dax wanted to confirm.
‘It turned like that,’ I breathed helplessly.
‘But what about the prophecy? What if the seer’s reading was true?’
‘I don’t know. We’ll cross the bridge when we get there.’
I can tell how Dax tossed his head back and forth.
‘It’s not so you, Killian, the prince of the Lycans, the strongest in the pack next to your father, the heir of his throne. Are you really going to cut your family's legacy? What will happen to our pack then?’
I gritted my teeth in irritation. I didn’t know how to answer Dax. Honestly, I didn’t know what I was doing anymore. All I wanted is to be with Yzabelle. And that was a big problem since Yzabelle hated me being around her.
Or maybe not…
An idea intruded into my head.
‘I think I have a better solution to one of my problems,’ I told Dax.
Hope rose in me.
‘What is it?’
‘I’ll make her fall for me,’ I couldn’t help but sound too determined.
Since I couldn’t kill her and only wanted to be mine, then might as well make her fall for me. Maybe, that would break the seer’s reading about my fate.
‘I don’t think it’s easy,’ Dax shrugged.
I frowned. ‘What? You don’t trust me?’
‘You’re gorgeous and charming and all, but have you forgotten one thing?’
‘What one thing?’
‘That our mate was completely immune to your charm. She didn’t even feel the mate bond. So, how the hell do you think your plan will work well?’
My jaw tightened.
It was true.
What Dax said was true.
I couldn’t believe there was someone out there who was able to resist me. No one dared resist the lycan prince’s charm.
Ugh! I lived my life being too confident of myself. And Yzabelle was kind of a slap in the face.
‘I can ask for Saskia’s help though. I planned on bringing Yzabelle to her. She had to explain to Yzabelle that she is Laura’s reincarnation. And we are mates. That way, Corbin had no chance at all.’
‘How could you be so sure Saskia will help us?’
‘We're friends with her, have you forgotten it? And I’ll concede that I lost to our bet. I can’t kill her friend,’
‘Geez! Do you really believe she didn’t know about it? I have this feeling that Saskia knew the future even from the very beginning,’ Dax concluded. ‘It’s a dumb thing you made a bet with her,’
I gritted my teeth hearing my own wolf thinking I was dumb. ‘She’s a witch not a seer. How would she know the future?’ I argued.
‘Then why was she so confident that you would lose the bet? Why was she even willing to help you find the reincarnated Laura knowing you are eager to kill her?’
That rendered me speechless. At first I thought witches were just cunning bitches who lured everyone to being friends just to get what they want. I even guarded myself against her. I need her help that’s why I had to be nice to her.
But as time went by, I found out that Saskia wasn’t one of those wicked witches I knew. She just did what the moon goddess appointed her to do.
And now that Dax mentioned it, I was close to thinking that Saskia must really know what is ahead of me and Yzabelle.
‘Maybe they were not really friends,’ I concluded. ‘Maybe Saskia also aimed to kill the reincarnated Laura? If that’s the case, I should not bring Yzabelle to her,’
My face tightened upon the realization. Since my original plan was to kill my mate, I didn’t care if Saskia and Laura were real friends or not. As long as I benefited from Saskia, I didn’t care about the small details at all.
And those small details were actually important details that I ignored.
Now that I turned against my original plan, things were making sense to me.
Saskia was the one who asked Laura to take her own life. She meant Laura to vanish. And she let me find her reincarnation knowing my ultimate goal is to kill her.
That witch!
I should not rely on her. She wasn’t as good as I thought at all!
I heaved a deep breath, trying to control my anger.
How foolish was my mate in making friends?
How did she end up befriending a traitor?!
‘Calm down, Killian. Maybe your assumptions weren’t correct,’ Dax tried to appease me.
‘No, that’s the closest explanation of everything,’ I insisted.
I could hear Dax groaning irritably at me, but my thoughts were suspended when I heard a knock on my car window.
It was Yzabelle.
I quickly unlocked the passenger door and let her in.
“We’re done,” she started while putting on her seatbelt. I understand she meant about the work she’d been doing with Kate. “Was that place far from here?”
I turned to her with a question on my face. My mind was still wandering.
“You said we are going somewhere nice and really important. I am asking you if that place is far from here. Are we able to come back overnight?”
I looked at her, straight in the eyes, calculating if I should tell her what Saskia was supposed to explain to her or if I should just bring her to Saskia.
No, the latter should not be included in the options. I couldn’t gamble the chance that my assumptions were real.
They should not meet in this lifetime.
I took a deep breath and sighed. “Change of plans. We are going home,” I said with finality.
Yzabelle looked bewildered. But I did not waste time explaining. I just drove our way home.
I needed to contemplate a lot about the situation. I couldn’t just take a step now that the plans had changed.