Chapter 58
That bitch!
The rage that coursed through me was nothing like I had felt before, I just knew there was something off about her, and I knew that I should have spoken about it at some point, now my child was probably going to loose her life because of me.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.
I was fuming, my whole body heated up a lot and when I reached out to the fire burning within me in an attempt to quench the raging fire it was almost like I had flames crawling over my fingers that made the attempt.
I couldn’t think or act on anything else except that anger and it was all because of one person.
Because of Emilia.
It wouldn’t change a thing, it certainly wouldn’t make the situation better but if she was going to try and take my child’s life then I was going to try and take hers too. I didn’t care about the consequences that would come with it.
Greyson’s arms around me usually brought me comfort but in the moment they only made me feel hotter, I didn’t want to be here. Within his arms. The only thing that would bring me and my wolf satisfaction would be slamming Emilia’s head against a wall and watching her skull shatter while her blood ran through.
And so, I pulled out of Greyson’s grip, I could see the look of confusion on the Alpha’s face at my sudden movements but I didn’t stop to explain.
“Freya?” He called out, confusion lacing his voice but I ignored him moving towards the bed and planting a kiss on Jessy’s forehead.
“Where are you going?” He asked again, but I only continued to ignore him, moving instead out of the room and through the grand stairs that led to the maid quarters.
I felt energetic and it didn’t feel like I had just spent the last couple of hours bawling my eyes out, I knew that my wolf was responsible for fueling me with this strength and I appreciated it more than anything in this moment.
I heard voices and so I stopped to listen, trying my best to zero in the sounds to the room that I wanted to listen from.
“What do you think could have happened? You never really answered my question.” I heard Naomi’s voice even though the door was shut.
Another advantage of having my wolf so close to the surface, was that it not only fueled my strength but it also fueled my senses.
“I already told you Naomi, I don’t know! Now leave me the fuck alone and go to bed. Or better still shut the hell up and let me sleep.” Emilia raged and it was the sound of her voice that broke the last straw of restraint that I possessed.
I pushed open the door since it wasn’t locked and the shock that painted both of the girls features pleased me. Naomi seemed to recover first because she spoke.
“Ahh Freya. What are you doing here? How is Jessy?” Naomi asked and when I looked to the girl on the bed, the look on her face paused me in my steps and for a second my intentions faltered.
There was true concern running in her orbs and her entire features just looked sad. If it were another day, or another time, a time where my child wasn’t dying and I wasn’t standing in the presence of the woman that was responsible for it, then maybe I would have tried to comfort her.
Maybe I would have given her a hug and told her something that would cheer her up or help her feel better.
But for today I was the one in need of those things, there was no part of me that could give comfort to anyone in this moment and so I ignored her and instead turned my attention to Emilia who seemed to be watching me keenly.
“You poisoned my daughter.” I said calmly, so calmly that it shocked even myself.
The amount of anger coursing through my veins was enough to cause an explosion in and outside of me but here I was speaking so calmly.
“What are you talking about?” Emilia asked, sneering at me.
I could feel my wolf threaten to take over and I struggled to keep her at bay.
“You’ve been sneaking around, trying to get me in trouble one way or another, sneaking to the garden at odd hours and coming in with dirt streaked hands and clothes. I found your scrunchie in the woods and above all you threatened me once if I remember correctly.” I paused to let my words sink in and I could hear Naomi gasp from the bed.
“And now my daughter is poisoned and apparently it is a herb that is responsible, a herb that could be found in that same wood that you frequent almost every night.” I said, still speaking calmly.
“Freya, I understand that you’re very sad about your daughter’s health and all but it doesn’t give you the right to try to accuse me of such things.” Emilia said.
And it felt like all the restraints that I possessed left my body at her words as I rushed towards her and took her neck in a chokehold, I didn’t realize that in my anger I had begun slowly shifting and so my claws were out, and the moment my fingers wrapped around her neck, it pierced through the skin.
“Freya! Stop it, let go of her this instant.” I heard his voice but I didn’t listen to his command.
I couldn’t even if I tried. All I wanted the most in this moment was to see Emilia in as much pain as my daughter currently was. All I wanted was to see her at the brink of her own life too. Pure unadulterated rage coursed through me and fueled my actions deeper.
It was my fault. I shouldn’t have let all my discoveries about her remain with me, I should have told the Alpha when I had the chance, I didn’t, and now my child was paying for it.
While these thoughts ran through my head and I watched Emilia cough out in pain and choke at my hands blocking off her breathing tubes, I felt an arm wrap around me.
It broke the hold that I had on Emilia’s throat and it engulfed me completely. I recognized the scent, the warmth, I even recognized the body structure but I couldn’t process any of it.
I could hear the shouting around me as Naomi and some other maids gathered around Emilia, whose image now looked blurry. It felt like everything around me was slowly fading and it was only echoing noises that I could hear.
I could hear Greyson calling my name and I could see the look of panic in his eyes but all his features looked blurry, blackness danced around the edge of my vision and no matter how much I tried to fight, it still took over my entire mind and soon all that was left was silence.