Rejecting The Future Queen

Chapter 25

Yasmyn's POV

He said in a whisper that I wondered if he actually said something. His face was calm and his eye wasn't leaving my face. As if he didn't say anything, and simply stared at my face.

But I know that I heard it. My wolf knows it too. I need to make friends with my wolf. Things are not working well this way and it will only doom us even more at this rate.

I sat calm and watched Raul as he rolled his eyes and left the living room. Once he left, I asked the guards to give Brendan and I a moment of privacy.

They stared at each other but nodded and left nonetheless.

"What do you mean by what you just said?" I asked Brendan, standing up to talk to him.

"The walls have ears. That's what Silas said. So anything you want to talk about, talk where there's no one and no walls," Brendan said.

That sure as hell sounds like what Silas would say.

"Did you come back because Silas asked you to? Or are you going back now that you delivered your message?" I asked Brendan and he stared at me for a second.

"I am here to stay. I promised someone," Brendan said and now that's suspicious.

Sure as hell that does sound like Silas but what made him send Brendan back? Brendan himself doesn't really have a great reputation.

"Is there anything you want to tell me?" I asked him, coming straight to the point.

"Yes. As a matter of fact, there is" he said and suddenly, his posture changed.

He started acting like the Brendan I knew when I was in his pack, washing dishes.

"I want you to stay close to me all the time. I want you to keep your guard up whenever you are around people and whenever there are walls. I want you to double check the food you eat. I want you to not engage in any personal conversations with anyone. Even me. Do not trust anyone and most importantly," he paused and took one step closer to me,"Do not ever ask me to step back from what I am doing because this is necessary"

There were goosebumps all over my body. I didn't know Brendan had this side in him.

Right after he told me everything, he bowed to me and walked out as if he didn't have my heart racing just moments ago.

A moment later the halls and rooms were filled with people again. I know that they are whispering. But I don't know what they are whispering. Was this what Brendan meant when he asked me to be careful?

I shook my head, trying my best not to think about it too much. It's only a matter of a few hours until I meet Silas. And I'll know answers from him and not anyone else.

Meanwhile, there is another important work I need to finish before calling it a day.

So I walked to the hospital with three guards behind me and two in front of me. Apparently Brendan barked his orders on his way outside earlier and somehow, that is making me feel something I haven't felt any time.

Adi was sleeping peacefully on his bed. Raul and Vernon were in a corner engaging in a conversation that seemed to be serious.

I opened the door and walked in, after staring at the scene through the small glass panel placed on the door.

"Did I interrupt something?" I asked Raul.

Raul's back is facing me and Vernon was behind him. I only know that they were in a heated argument but I didn't see Vernon fully.

And when Raul stepped aside hearing my voice, my heart stopped beating for a second.

Vernon has a dagger stuck into his stomach and he is bleeding way too much.

Raul just stabbed Vernon.