The confession

I don't know why but the way he looked at me made me feel like I'm not going to like his answer.

'' you still don't get it? '' Why does he always like to answer my questions with other questions…

...…

'' I don't understand... What should I get?'' I wondered.

Elijah then moved and sat on my bed, unconsciously backing off. He seemed not to mind my move, his eyes were roaming around my lips as he was saying,

"I don't like it when you talk about him … I don't like it when you mention his name … I also don't like that an awful creature such as Liam got to have you as a mate. Yet, he doesn't seem to notice how lucky he is.'' Lucky … did he just mention that Liam is Lucky, not because he's soon-to-be a king, but only because I'm his mate.

His eyes were fixed on mine right now "I don't like that he did hurt you … You know what I don't like too?'' He asked, then answered by himself ''I don't like that you're willing to forget him after everything he did to you." There was a hint of honesty in his worlds, though I am acting like moving on, deep inside I really want to believe that he can change to be a good mate.

"I have feelings for you … I care about you ... I never thought that I would care about any other woman after her until you showed up…. From the first time I've seen you, something inside me moved on'' Normally such worlds should bring happiness into my heart. Yet, I am feeling guilty right now.

'' Elijah! I …." I couldn't finish what I was about to say since I was cut off by him again

"Don't ... Don't say it – I only want to listen, you don't have to say anything.'' I did as I was told, I just kept on listening without saying anything else.

''I know that you don't feel the same as I do toward you. I know that the bond is stronger than anything you've ever felt. I just feel that I had to tell you about how I feel, I don't expect you to feel the same.''

I did not know what to do or say, the only thing I did was to keep my head down while avoiding looking at his eyes. The last thing he did before leaving was to kiss me, a light kiss like a feather on my cheek.

Now that he was gone, I was left alone in the room. I put my hand on where Elijah kissed me, then I started thinking about all that happened lately. Everything he said started playing in my head like a CD.

I felt like I needed someone to talk to, the only one who came to mind my hybrid. I called her, but she did not answer me, as expected.

For sure, she won't answer, she can't defend our mate after what he did, and neither approves any sort of relations between me and Elijah since he's not our mate.

The more I think, the more I feel worst. That's why I decided to stop it all and to close my eyes trying to get some peace of rest.

Then one of Elijah's words caught me out of guard "I have feelings for you … I care about you ... I never thought that I would care about any other woman after her until you showed up…. From the first time I saw you, something inside me moved on'' - 'Her'?!

Was he already in love with another woman? If it's so, where is she?

Could the 'her' be Lorena? She always seemed to be interested in Elijah, not him. If it was for Lorena, why aren't they together? But what if they are really together? Does it mean that I'm tearing them apart – Like what Selina has done to Liam and I. Am I going to be the Selena of their story

My thoughts were all messy, and I felt like the best I can do is to stop thinking at all, and give my body the rest I need before its day.

Little did I know about what was waiting on me in my dreamland.

As I closed my eyes, Queen Sophia showed up in my dream. She was crying so hard while holding a faceless dead man's body. In front of her was the woman from the dream before, she was holding a baby no more. Instead, there was a man by her side, a man who was facing the wall. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't see his face.

I don't know why. But I felt a deep as if there was a dagger digging deep into my heart. I turned to face the crying queen Sofia/

The face of the faceless man between her hands finally started to show up. The dead body belongs to my mate, to Liam.

For a while, all the sort of rationale I had was gone. I forgot that it was just a dream, I felt like everything was real. I stopped breathing for a while before I could hear my hybrid screaming which caused me to wake up more than just terrified.

I sat on the bed for a while, trying to recognize the whole situation I was locked in. Then it all started to make sense, the dream was not just a memory. It was more like a vision.

A vision that answered my question about what would happen to my mate if his brother took the throne. Now I see what will happen, it seems that he'll be losing his life while losing the throw.

I have to stop the whole thing, to stop the war - and to stop my mate from losing his life.

The only thing lurking right now is to know how to stop both things that exist from relying on each other's doom.