Chapter 753 - THE WORST REUNION (2)

"Why? I am not allowed to like that jerk?" Serefina asked casually, pretending that she was fine after witnessing how Jedrek cared for Lilac. "Come on, don't sulk there."

"I am not sulking! I am furious!" Kace grunted exasperatedly. He didn't feel like he could stay any longer than a day in this place, knowing that he would live under the same roof with a man like his older brother.

"Let's go." Torak let go of Jedrek and took Raine's hand. His mate's little face looked worried. "It's all right," he said in soft tone, the exact opposite with the way he talked to Kace and Jedrek before.

"Torak, are you sure we can stay here? Your brother doesn't seem to welcome us," Raine whispered softly at him. The hostility between Jedrek and Kace was very palpable.

In spite of the fact, Kace and Torak were not really in a good term, but they wouldn't tear the other person body apart, just because they were not on the same page, yet when it came to Jedrek, Kace seemed didn't want have anything to do with his older brother.

"He is the king, but this place belongs to me." The southern castle belonged to Torak and was a gift for him from their father on his named day while Kace was given the eastern castle and, of course as the firstborn, Jedrek got the main castle in the city center, which now had ruined into shambles.

Raine didn't really grasp the importance of that, her concern was on the hostility that Jedrek showed to them, but she nodded anyway. As long as Torak there, everything would be fine.

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"I don't think it was wise to say those things to your brothers," Lilac tried to talk to Jedrek when he helped her to change her bandages and put some ointment on her scalded skin.

"It was just a warning for him to not make silly decision." Jedrek focused his attention on Lilac's hands and became even gloomier when he watched how her skin turned red and blister.

"It was normal for him to act that way. You are aware that what you have done to him was wrong, right?" Lilac slightly grimaced when Jedrek wrapped her hands with bandages.

"I have my own reason to do that," Jedrek spoke curtly and helped Lilac to stand up.

"But, they didn't know your reason or what happened with your parents. They didn't know that your choices were limited. Either you let them know about all of that, or you become less stubborn and hostile with them." Lilac tried to advise the king.

Jedrek had been too hard to himself and too afraid to show his true emotions. He seemed to think that they only thing he could use to control other people and protected what important to him, was by fear.

Lilac couldn't blame him, Jedrek had gotten used with that method for as long as he could remember. However, Torak and Kace were his brothers, the two of them wouldn't bend their knees like the other people or followed his words without going through meticulous discussion.

The problem was; Jedrek was not used to discussion. He used to give an order.

"I don't want you to go near them." Jedrek ignored Lilac's words completely. All this time, he had taken all the problems into his hand and solved them with his own way. He barely took other people's advice because he didn't trust them, therefore, this was what he did now.

"Because you are afraid that your brothers will get revenge on you through me?" Lilac raised her eyebrows questioningly at him and smiled helplessly.

"They will never get the chance," Jedrek said firmly. He took Lilac wrist and led them out of his chamber.

It seemed the first task that the guardian angel had to do was to help their own mate to get along with each other. They wouldn't go anywhere with the way they treated each other right now.

Yet, Lilac ignored his foul mood. "So sweet," she cooed, teasingly. "But, don't you think that you always underestimate me? I have proven to you countless time that I can protect myself."

"Like this?" Jedrek raised Lilac's bandages hand.

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"Kace…" Hope started, but Kace had sent her a deadly glare that rendered her speechless.

"I don't want to hear that!" Kace growled, annoyed.

Hope was exasperated. She huffed and plopped down on her bed. Kace still remembered the way around this castle, thus he brought them here, which was his chamber, without any help.

Serefina suggested for them to take a rest before they started to talk with each other again. Their reunion earlier didn't end up well. Perhaps, after some rest, the three Donovan could act more decent and came up with a truce for the resentment they had for each other so far.

"So, what do you want? Go back to our realm?" Hope patted the space beside her, implored at Kace to sit next to her with her eyes.

The peevish Lycan paced back and forth, but then he sat down beside his mate.

"You have made a promise that you will help if your brother allowed the centaurs get their land again. And Serefina said, Jedrek had agreed to your term. You will not back out from your words, right?" Hope put her hand on the back of Kace's neck to his shoulders and massaged his tense muscles. "You will disappoint the centaurs, the hunter, the shifters and the people from the village."

Kace covered his face with both of his hands and rubbed it roughly until Hope took his hands in hers.

"I don't trust Jedrek," Kace said it frankly. "I don't want you to go near him."

Hope sighed. She could understand Kace's worry. Honestly, she didn't trust Jedrek too. "But, I still need to meet with Lilac."

Kace groaned, annoyed. He looked very restless than he had been these past few days.

"Come here," hope stretched her hand and hugged him. Somehow, it helped Kace to be more relax.