Yzabelle.
Corbin didn’t argue with me. I found out that was one of the nice things about him.
And I didn’t know why I missed having arguments with Killian about the little things. I was certain that if it was him that I was dealing with right now, we could never get to agree this fast.
‘Ugh! Stop thinking about him, Yzabelle!’
I heaved a deep breath and turned to Corbin. “Can you throw me to the hotel you are talking about?”
“It’s my pleasure.”
We left the building. And it felt like half of me was left there too, right inside that certain unit across mine.
***
I went to the e-library after my first two subjects. If there was a place to hide from Killian and Corbin, that must be the library.
Ugh!
Yeah, those two schmucks were still at my school. I thought I already cleared myself that I didn’t want to be anywhere near them. And they were still coming to my school?
At least Corbin was in the college department. I didn’t know how Killian managed to come to my class when he didn’t fit in there.
I shook my head, aiming to clear thoughts about those two. But I remembered one thing.
I took out my iPad and searched for some keywords. Werewolves. Lycan Prince. Luna. Alpha.
And everything I read just overwhelmed me. Before, I heard about those urban folktales. And since I wasn’t into those kinds of stories, I never dig harder. I knew nothing about them aside from the urban thinking that they were people who shift to a dog at full moon. Honestly, I didn't even believe those were real. I thought they were just fiction. But now that I saw it right before my eyes, I knew they were real.
I never knew that were-world was this wide and very complicated. And there were the lycans as well that were way higher, way stronger, and way bigger than them.
Was that why Sabrina and her family were never comfortable offending Killian—the lycan prince? Because they knew they couldn't afford it?
So, Corbin’s actions were really admirable.
And I didn’t think that I was worth it of his courage to offend their royals.
I sighed hard as I read more about the shapeshifter’s world. If Alaric was their Alpha, and Sabrina was their Luna, then it must be Mateo who should inherit the position. Corbin was the third generation from them, right?
Oh, maybe it was because Alaric and Sabrina’s offspring was a girl? Didn’t they inherit the position as well? But there was the place for female Alpha as well.
Ugh!
Should I bother myself with these complicated rankings?
I better ask Corbin when I happened to get a chance.
Good thing those two weren’t coming here. Or else, there would be fire and air around.
My phone suddenly vibrated. I saw an unknown number calling me. I decided to decline the call. What if it’s either Corbin or Killian, asking where I was?
And I was right. A text message followed.
WHERE ARE YOU?—UNKNOWN NUMBER
I decided to ignore the message and continued reading. But the vibrating phone wouldn’t let me have my peace.
YOU BITCH! YOU’RE BEHIND ALL THIS! WHAT DID YOU TELL DAD THAT MADE HIM WANT TO DIVORCE MOM?!
Upon reading the message I didn’t need to guess who the unknown number was.
WHAT? ARE YOU GOING TO IGNORE ME? YOU GREW SOME BONES NOW?
It was none other than Hailey. There’s no other person who had the courage to nag at me like that. And she never chose a place where to throw tantrums and create scandalous scenes.
Yeah, that stepsister of mine had always been like that. If I told her I was in the e-library, I bet in a few seconds, she would be here, yelling and screaming at me.
I took a deep hard breath and released it. Then, I typed a reply.
MEET ME AT THE QUAD.
I quietly left the e-library and hurried to the quad court. I was confused by her message.
Why did Dad suddenly want to divorce Andrea, Hailey’s Mom?
And why did Hailey blame everything on me, when they were the ones who were always with him? I hadn’t even got the chance to talk to him.
Now that things weren't the same, I really needed to talk to him. Did he already know about the mate bond thing? Was that why he was able to arrange me to the lycan prince?
No! I didn’t want it.
Maybe there was a way to break the arrangement.
Or maybe I was just assuming everything?
Maybe Dad didn’t know about it.
Maybe Killian and I weren’t arranged to be engaged.
And maybe Killian really searched for me to kill me.
Didn’t he ask me before about killing and sorts of? I was dumbstruck upon hearing it back then.
And now that I experienced his attempt at killing me, I totally understood now. He was here to kill me.
Back then, I was thinking like a normal human being of high social status. That was why I assumed Killian’s appearance was because of the cliché arrangements of rich families.
Now that it was a different situation, I needed to think out of the box.
“Yzabelle!”
I heard Hailey yelling from afar. She walked across me and met me in the middle of the court field.
And I didn’t anticipate what she planned to do. Her palm flew across my face and gave me a hard slap.
Ugh!
I thought we were just having a confrontation. I didn’t know she would go this far.
“What did I do to you to deserve that slap?” I angrily hissed at her.
“Hah! You are at it, again. Playing innocent. If I never knew, you moved out of the mansion to earn Dad’s sympathy!” she roared like a mad tigress.
“What are you talking about, Hailey?”
“Just admit it!” she yelled in my face again. “Admit it that you plan all these, Yzabelle! You’d been playing the innocent and kind daughter. You’d been playing the mistreated one. Huh!” Hailey was fuming with rage. “Tell me, when did we mistreat you? Did we even take anything from you? No. We let you enjoy what you have if you let us enjoy what is supposed to be ours as well. Isn’t that fair enough? My family married your family so what's yours is ours too.”