Chapter 429
Chapter 429:
I looked up at Caden, my eyes filled with tears. “What have you done to him p>
“Me? Nothing much. Simply put him to sleep like he did me all those years p>
A different kind of rage burned through my chest. I wanted to hurt the bastard. But for some reason, I couldn’t leave Jaris. I wanted to keep holding onto him.
“You played right into my trap, Lyric,” he tsked. “You really thought it’d be that easy to escape my mansion if I didn’t want you to p>
My eyes darted to my phone on the floor. Did he track it?
“That’s right. I had to track it,” he confirmed my fear. “Otherwise, why would I care so much and hand it to you when you were meant to be my prisoner? To be honest, I thought you’d call him sooner. Surprised it took you this long p>
Tears dropped from the tip of my nose to Jaris’ face.
He still didn’t move an inch. And why the hell were my powers not working on him p>
“It won’t work, darling. Not when the poison was made with your blood p>
I looked up at him, confused. “My blood p>
He nodded. “Was pretty easy to get when you were unconscious.” His lips stretched into a grin. “You have no idea how powerful you are, Lyric. You know that, right? I told you, we could rule the world together. The witch who helped Jaris put me to sleep years ago is dead. This is why he couldn’t put me to sleep again—there was no one to help him. What he didn’t know, however, is the fact that you are a weapon far more powerful than that witch. He wasn’t interested in utilizing you, so he didn’t know p>
My head ached from the onslaught of information. I suddenly felt used. Deceived.
“How could you?” My voice came out in a whisper, shaky. “You used me to hurt Jaris? Why? How p>
It got harder to hold on to myself. It was my fault this happened. Once again, I’d brought nothing but trouble to him.
Tears welled up as I thought of the blissful moment we’d been having just a while ago. We were planning our future, with Jaris ready to leave everything for me.
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“You took that away from me,” I whimpered, my nose buried in Jaris’ hair. “You took it from me p>
I finally let him go, rose to my feet, and struck Caden hard in the face. He didn’t see it coming. He didn’t stumble, but his hand went up to the side of his lips. I struck him again, this time on his nose. When I tried to take the third hit, he caught my fist.
“I think you’ve had enough, Lyric.” His voice was as dangerous as his eyes looked.
But I was far from done.
With my free hand, I grabbed his wrist and, for the second time, tried to siphon him. But just like the first time, nothing worked. I could never understand why my powers were not working on him anymore.
He seemed to notice this time and looked surprised himself. He glanced down at the place where our hands were joined.