ALMOST REJECTED; FATE'S CHOICE のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 131 - チャプター 140

Sabrina. 'I guess, this is how they are welcoming us to the palace, Ava." I wore a self-mocking smile as I linked my wolf. And I felt her stir. She was up from her sleep. How could she continue sleeping with the torrents of emotions that were burning through us, me? She only stirred, letting me know that she was fully on board. But aside from that, she said nothing. She didn't send me a link. She didn't try to comfort me either..At that point, words were unnecessary, right? And again, knowing my wolf very well, it was for the best that she chose silence. Whenever she was too upset, and deeply angered, the only way she could remain in control was through shutting her mouth and keeping her thoughts to herself. Otherwise, it would do us no good if we lost controll. We were in an unfamiliar territory. And worst, in the palace. No matter how strong my wolf and I were, we couldn't really go up against everyone in the palace, rifht? Yeah. Being realistic was a skill too.

Sabrina. The whips might have sounded scary, hard to withstand. And I knew, there were chances that I wasn't going to take three hundred whips and continue breathing, but compared to going down on my knees, to beg for him to forgive me, for a sin I didn't commit, I preferred the pain instead, the possible death, even. So?" He asked, curiosity flickering in his eyes. He wasn't the only one who was curious. I could feel it. They were all burning with curiosity. And yeah, from just their looks, I could tell, they already knew the option that I was going to pick. For a coward, raised outside the palace, of course, they would expect me to pick the first option, the cowardly's way out . I was about to disappoint them. . " I will take the punishment. " I whispered, loud enough for everyone to hear. And yeah, I looked confident, prideful, as if I wasn't afraid, but hell, I was. So much that the reason I wasn't shaking in fear was because of my nails which were dug deeper in

Sabrina. She had promised me. We were supposed to survive, to live past the pain, and come back for revenge. And now? She couldn't respond to me. Well, it would have been better, consoling, if she was just in a temporary coma. But no. She was gone, I couldn't feel her at the back of my mind, I couldn't sense her presence, and her scent was long gone, too. The realisation had a sense of grief washing over me, and a soft sob tore past my lips. I hadn't cried when they were lashing me. I hadn't produced a single sound when the pain became unbearable. But, at the loss of my wolf, pain like no other grieped me, and my whole body shook as I broke down into sobs. Deep and heartwrenching cries tore through the white room, and I tightly hugged myself as I cried, mourned. I couldn't remember the last time I had sobbed so bitterly. Maybe, it was after the death of my mother? On several occasions, I had been in situations where I had thought that I was a out to die,

Sabrina. " She was pushed down that cliff..." She whispered, and at her words, I froze in place, with my blood going cold. My godparents! They said she had committed suicide and tried taking her own life. After her mate's death, because she hadn't been able to accept the loss.. And now, how could I not be shocked out of my skin when my grandmother said she was pushed instead? " But... she confessed to having tried taking her own life to my godparents, didn't she? If she was pushed, why hadn't she said anything about it?" I asked, my eyes deep and scrutinising as they held hers. "She told you that her parents were dead, right?" In response to my question, she asked, and I went i to a stupor. " But we are alive, I your grandmother is alive, and so is your grandfather. " She whispered, her tone ice cold. " Does it mean, we have to accept everything we are told? She clearly lied about trying to take her own life." Her voice was filled with conviction as she stated, a

Sabrina. " I am all alone here." I whispered, a bitter smile tagging at the corners of my lips. I wasn't even trying to be pitful. It was the truth. In the palace, I was surrounded by danger, and without my wolf, my chances of surviving there were close to zero. Logically, after that whipping, after they killed my wolf, leaving the palace was the only choice I had left. Without my wolf, I was practically useless to the palace. They couldn't use me to their advantage like they had wanted. Yes. I had known, long ago that my royal summon had nothing to do with me as a person, but what I could offer to the kingdom.. I had long known that the said training was just a way to have me locked in the palace, to use me whenever they felt like it. But I had played along. Because I had my own plans. My goal had been to get in the palace and conduct the investigation. But, now that my wolf was gone and I was no longer useful to them, they were definitely going to kick me out.