CHAPTER 143: RAGE AND PROMISES (2)

Morrineth dived at Inez, livid with rage. Once again, Killian stepped in between the two, but this time Nyx also stopped her mother. She stepped forward and pulled Morrineth back before saying to her, "They are saying the truth! Mom, no matter how much you refuse to accept it, Lyra is gone. You have to accept this truth!"

"Shut up!" Morrineth’s rage was simply unbridled. She looked at Inez and pointed at the mark on her neck before saying, "He marked her! He fucking marked her." Marking was the sign of possessiveness, but that was not all. A mark left by an alpha was also a sign that he respected the woman enough to leave his brand on her.

Morrineth thought of her poor daughter. Even though she was Killian’s mate, he had never left his mark on her. No matter what their differences were, Killian should have shown her the respect that her daughter had deserved when she was alive. But he didn’t.

Never even showed any signs of ever accepting her daughter as his mate.

But he allowed his beast to mark Inez. How could she not be furious? Killian had a lot of sexual partners, but he had never shown them any form of commitment. He had never marked them, which was why Morrineth had never felt any form of anger or rage in the past.

Inez, however, was different. She was the only woman who had received a mark from Killian, which made Morrineth lose control.

The fact that Killian didn’t mark his mate but marked this woman—it was enough to let her know what kind of importance Inez had in his life. Her rage, therefore, was justified.

"That... will be enough, Morrineth." Grandma Edira, who came with Selene and Laxus, looked at the sight in front of her. She raised her brows and eyed Inez, who was being fiercely protected by Laxus. However, she didn’t make any comment on the two of them; instead, she turned to look at Morrineth, who was baring her teeth at Inez.

She said to her, "We are all upset over the loss of someone like Lyra, but you cannot expect Killian to put his entire life on hold for her. Even if you don’t wish to accept it, your daughter is gone."

Looking even more enraged than before, Morrineth breathed hard. She stared at Grandma Edira for a few minutes before turning to look at Inez. If her eyes could spew fire, then Inez was sure that she would have been burned to death then and there.

However, she didn’t say anything. She turned on her feet and walked away without looking at either Killian or Inez.

"You will regret this," hissed Fenric. "Lyra gave you all her light and you handed her all your darkness; the least you could have done was to respect her memory by replacing her with a woman worth her calibre, not some latent." Once he finished speaking, Fenric turned on his feet and walked after his mother.

Once the two of them were gone, Selene heaved a sigh of relief. She turned to look at Killian and Inez before saying to them with a smile, "For what it’s worth, I think you guys look really cute together." Then she asked Laxus to push her back to her lodge.

Grandma Edira, on the other hand, turned to look at Inez and sniffed. "I really don’t like you. However, I will let it slide—since Kill is the one who has chosen you. But if you ever hurt him—"

"You don’t have to worry about it, Grandma," said Killian with a smile. He glanced at Inez sideways and remarked, "Even if she hurts me, I will willingly accept it all."

Inez paused and raised her head to look at the man, only to catch the fleeting smile on his lips.

Grandma Edira stared at her grandson. She didn’t say anything for a while before sighing. She turned on her feet, and then she too was gone.

Killian’s beast finally relaxed. He turned to look at Inez and said to her, "Well, that went well."

Inez gawked at him. "You call that well?"

"There was no bloodshed," he spoke to her in an amused voice. "I was worried that you were going to kill Morrineth."

"If she had made a move on me, then yes. Sirens do not take a threat to their life well, and without my wolf controlling her, it’s not wrong to say that your pack would have been in for a show." She then turned and glanced at him, "You would have stopped me."

"I would have, because the last thing I want is for you to be locked up in the prison cell of the council. Morrineth might be a bit annoying, but she has her own connections. It would be annoying if she were killed." Killian dabbed a kiss on her forehead and continued, "Do you feel better now?"

Inez sighed. "I am still annoyed, but I am in control; at least my siren no longer wants to go to war with that jerk."

"It might not necessarily be Dominic who uploaded that video," said Killian and when Inez raised her head and looked at him, he explained in a soft voice, "While Dominic was indeed the one who shot the videos, he is not a fool. He wouldn’t publish the videos on the site, which is closely related to the witch."

"Given how lax he is when controlling his pack, it won’t be a surprise that someone was able to copy these files." He paused before saying to her, "However, the fact alone that he had once placed you in a situation like that is enough for me to hunt him down and deal with him and his pack."

Something the person behind the scenes wanted very much. Either they knew that Inez was with him and knew her importance, which was why they dared to take this bet. If his pack and Dominic’s went to war—then the ones who would certainly win this bet would be the witches.