Chapter 110
Liliana flung one hand up, but once again, missed the extended arm towards her. She tried the other hand and missed again for a few times before she finally grabbed onto the arm before releasing a shaky sigh.
It wasn’t easy, but for the next ten minutes, Nancy grunted and groaned as she pulled her weight up while Liliana helped by slightly shifting and holding onto the arm tightly, sinking her claws deep, using her legs to step on the sides of the mountain to support her weight, debris falling down below.
Once Raiden saw her head emerging as she was helped up, he unknowingly released the breath he’s been holding ever since.
Once Liliana got to the top, she didn’t hesitate as she rushed into Nancy’s arm, hugging her tight with dirt and tears on her gorgeous face, her heart beating against hers.
Nancy managed a smile, trying to still her beating heart, but due to her condition, the situation and incident which just occured was too much for her to handle, so she fainted right in Liliana’s arms without her realizing.
It was when she pulled back, she did know, letting her drop unintentionally, her heart escalating quickly again when Nancy hit the ground.
Before she could react, a pair of arms folded her into a hug and she relaxed when she recognized the familiar cologne Koan always wore. She hugged him by the waist, burying her nose in the crook of his chest.
She could hear his heart pounding in the confinement of his chest even as they leaned back, smiling at each other.
“Let’s go home p>
Koan said, the hardened expression in his eyes softening a bit.
“My legs are a bit wobbly. I don’t think I can walk.” She said, turning to Raiden while Koan slowly bent to the ground, scooping Nancy into his arms so tenderly, like she was an expensive porcelain vase.
Raiden walked forward until he was close to her. For a minute, the entire place was quiet as they looked at each other, until he finally moved, flicking her forehead really hard.
“Oaw!” She groaned and scowled at him, however, it dissipated, when he suddenly lifted her up in his arms, princess style just like Koan did to Nancy.
“Don’t you f**king scare me like that again.” He cautioned her, glaring at her, the familiar hint of coldness gone in his eyes. Only relief.
She possessively hugged him, burying her nose in his chest, drinking in his masculinity.
“I won’t..I promise.” She softly said.
When they arrived, Lizzy rushed out of the house.
“Oh my gosh! I smell blood! What happened p>
“Aunt please calm down. You’ll wake Liliana up.” Raidne pleaded. He had been satisfied that she had fallen asleep in his arms in the car, but now, all he wanted to do was just place her back in bed to continue her slumber.
“And Nancy’s fine. She’s just unconscious.” He added when he noticed the horror in her eyss when she spotted Nancy, lying lifeless in Koan’s arms.
“Can Someone tell me what’s going on?! Where are the pack warriors p>
Koan grimaced as he solemnly said. “Dead p>
“W- Whaaa.. “
She sighed and composed herself. It wouldn’t help the current situation if she just kept asking questions.
“You all must be hungry. I prepared dinner. Just get the girls in bed and we’ll talk later.” With that, she went in after casting nervous looks at them again.
“Take her to your room. She’s probably hurt and she needs her mate with her to heal.” Raiden said, and without waiting for a consent or protest, he left with Liliana in his arms towards her room, leaving no room for Koan to even say a word.
The Alpha slightly cursed, but still carried her up, fully aware he wasn’t getting anywhere close to Liliana’s room.
With each step he took upstairs, he would subconsciously peer into the sleeping beauty’s face in his arms, the icy popsicles in his eyes slowly melting, until he found the sides of his lips stretching into a small smirk when she snuggled into his embrace, muttering incomprehensible words.
He didn’t even mind the thoughts of fluffy bunnies bouncing about his head any more. She was just too cute.
When he got into his room, he slammed the door by kicking it from behind before laying her down on the bed, careful not to crush her as he assembled the pillows underneath her to enable her rest her head.
Just as he placed her down, her eyes slowly began to twitch, the corner of her lips moving side by side before huge pink eyes finally opened, staring at the metallic blue ones above her.
For a full minute, there was a complete silence in the room as they just stared at each other, Koan, kneeling over her small frame, mesmerized by her eyes which he never got tired of looking into.
Her brows finally met at the centre of her forehead as she frowned in confusion, wondering if this was a dream.
Yep. It was definitely a dream.
“Koan.” She softly called in that meek voice of hers which sounded a bit croaky.
He felt something tug the strings attach to his heart at his name casually rolling off her tongue, like a child pestering his mother.
“You’re tired and probably wounded somewhere. You need to rest and heal.” He calmly said, moving off her.
As he sat at the edge of the bed, unbuttoning his shirt while thinking about what occurred at the mountains today, he suddenly felt her move and turned to see her sit up, her back against the head board, her hair ruffled up.
“Wounded p>
“Yeah? You don’t remember?” He turned away to pull his shirt off his body, giving her an exclusive view of his broad back and taunt muscled arms, the veins popping at the side of his neck.
There was a huge tattoo of a wolf’s head, snarling with its upper lips stretched back, revealing it’s canines, its crimson red eyes staring back at Nancy.
He turned to her while standing up, tossing his shirt aside.
“Liliana?” he saw she still had a confused look on her face. “almost falling off a cliff? a Kitsune p>
Realization suddenly dawned on her and her eyes widened.
“Oh,” She exclaimed weakly and the next moment, she made to get out of bed. “I need to see Liliana p>
“Hey! Hey! Hey!” He got into the bed and pinned her down. “She’s fine… She’s with Raiden, okay? But you need to rest. You can see her later p>
She pouted at him and he felt helpless looking at her. If she’d suddenly tell him to jump into fire with that tyoe of look, he’d do it without hesitation.
“I’m going to go take a shower.” He said, climbing off her while rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly.
But she grabbed his arm.
“I- If you want me to sleep… then stay here with me p>
“I’m not leaving Nancy. I’m just going to be in the bathroom.” He sighed.
“There’s no need for that,” She blushed a bit at the raised brow before she continued. “Just stay with me- like this p>