CHAPTER 231: EYES REFUSES TO LIE

"Noa, Gabriel thinks that his mother is acting suspicious. Is this true? I can’t even argue anymore about it. It’s true that Gabriel knows his mother in a much better way," Amelie murmured.

She heard the doorknob being opened and lifted her head. Gabriel walked in with a weary expression on his face.

"What happened? Did you inform your father about Luke’s origin? What did he say?" She asked inquisitively.

"I did. The problem is Casaio is stuck. He got a call from Luke earlier from Estelle’s phone," Gabriel began and narrated the entire incident to her.

"Who will harm me here? I thought we were safest in the palace. And so far, we didn’t find anyone who can betray us here. If it would be happening, it had happened before too," Amelie stated.

"However, His Majesty is also right. Your recovery is on line. You fainted last night because you didn’t take a good rest," Amelie said. "I won’t stop you though from helping your brother. The decision lies in your hands. Idris is just a boy. I do think Luke doesn’t have any plan to keep anyone alive."

Gabriel held her hands as he moved closer to her on the bed. "I think it will be tough for Casaio to fight alone. I don’t doubt his abilities, but in such vulnerable moments we are bound to feel low."

"Then, go ahead, Gabriel." Amelie brought her hand over his. "I’m with you. And don’t worry about me. I’ll be careful. Karmen... He can be around me if you want," she stated.

"I’ve already called Karmen," Gabriel said. "But I do feel that Luke was bluffing to scare Casaio. He has a deep resentment toward us."

"Hmm. But how he turned out to be an alpha. An omega can’t be this strong when it comes to strength," Amelie remarked.

"That can be found out after going there and meeting him," said Gabriel while knitting his brows together.

"Brother Casaio helped you in rescuing my family. We should also help him. Zilia and Idris are important to him. He doesn’t say it aloud, but his eyes refuses to lie. Go and finish this. But at the same time, make sure you don’t get injured," Amelie told him. "You know that even I’ve premonition through dreams that you’ll be injured. I-I don’t want anything to happen to you."

"Don’t take that dream in another way," Gabriel whispered, his hand moving to her cheek. "I need to go now." He sensed Karmen had already come and was outside the room.

"Yes. Don’t worry about me," Amelie said and saw him getting up. She, too, got down from the bed and heard a knock on the door.

"Karmen is here," Gabriel said and went to the door. Amelie moved toward the sofa and saw Karmen coming inside.

"I’ll keep a close watch on everything. Though I know your mother’s spies are working more rigorously, you need not to worry for Amelie’s safety," Karmen assured Gabriel.

"I know." Then looking at his watch, he found only two hours left to execute the plan. He turned to Amelie and hugged her. "I’ll be back without a single scratch." He gently caressed her bump and kissed on the middle of her forehead before walking out of the room.

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"Nick, where are you?" Casaio asked, holding the phone to his ear. His eyes drifted toward Idris, who was crouched down, tying the laces of his shoes.

"I’m with June. What’s going on?" Dominick asked as he sat up, glancing at Juniper’s peaceful, sleeping face beside him.

"I need you. Come to the palace now. Just teleport. I don’t have much time," Casaio said abruptly before ending the call.

Dominick was quick to act. He threw off the covers and began dressing in haste. Juniper stirred awake, rubbing her eyes.

"What happened? Are you leaving?" she murmured sleepily.

"Something’s come up at the palace. I need to go right away," Dominick replied while swiftly buttoning his shirt and tucking it into his trousers.

"I’ll see you this evening," he added, slipping on his shoes.

"Hmm... just text or call me if anything happens," Juniper said, her voice still drowsy.

"I will," he assured her, bending down to kiss her forehead. In the next instant, he vanished from the room.

Upon arriving in the palace’s main hall, Dominick looked up to see Gabriel ascending the stairs.

"What’s going on?" Dominick called out. "Casaio told me to come immediately, he sounded urgent."

"Well, we need to go to the Blood Dominion Pack," Gabriel told him. "Luke abducted Estelle and took her there. For her life, Casaio must hand over Zilia and Idris to him. He must have found out what we were upto that he made such a sudden plan," he affirmed while gritting his teeth.

"Lester, where’s our brother?" Gabriel asked, turning to the butler.

"In the palace grounds. Both your parents are also there," Lester informed them.

"Let’s go," Gabriel said.

As they reached the palace grounds, they found out their most capable warriors were standing there. Their father was instructing each of them. From the other side, a vehicle entered and stopped at a certain distance.

Zilia exited the backseat of the vehicle and walked to them. Greeting the King and Queen, she glanced at Casaio.

"You are supposed to sacrifice your life today," Mabel said. "That’s the least you should do for betraying all of us."

"Mom, please stop," Casaio intervened and gazed at Idris, who looked terrified.

"You should stay quiet here," Mabel said sternly. "If you choose her over me and your father, you’ll forget that you’ve us."

"Mabel, it’s not the time to say this. He has a plan in his head," Raidan told his wife, wanting her to stay calm.

"Then, should I watch my eldest son die there? Why did you allow him to take Dominick with him? What’s even the need for this? When Luke asked for Zilia and her brother, then just hand over them. Why do we have to resort to a bloodshed?" Mabel questioned in anger.