Alpha’s Virgin Wife by Baby Charlene
Chapter 246 Her Revenge
Disbelief gushed through Shilah as she heard the last words from the King. Her brows c*oc*ked and her heart skipped a beat.
“The woman that k*il*led my mother”, his worse echoed in her head. Jael…Jael k*il*led his mother? She was the murderer? But…how?
“I told you I never wanted to meet him, Shilah. You betrayed me”, Jael whimpered, her chest panting heavily.
“No! It… It’s not what you think. I just…” Shilah was short of words.
“I can never forget her traitorous face”, The King gritted, taking a step closer.
“How she drove that sword into my mother’s chest and lured me to the temple where I k*il*led the goddess’ servant and got cursed. For years, I had to endure the insults, humiliation and curse from the goddess. For years, I suffered greatly for what she did”.
Pain had filled the King’s eyes already. For a strong man like him to show pain, it only evinced how deep it was.
“It’s not what you think…” Jael broke down, her gaze lowering in tears. “I’m so sorry…”
King Dakota stood for a while, just staring at her with eyes of bitterness. While Shilah found the whole thing difficult to believe. Jael was the murderer? But how? No wonder she had disliked her from the beginning. No wonder she feared and hated the mention of the King’s name. And no wonder Bastet said she had become reserved and isolated after she returned from a journey years ago. That journey was obviously related to the murder.
King Dakota returned to the carriage, his intentions not being known to Shilah. Seizing the opportunity of his absence, Shilah hurried to Jael who was soaked in tears.
“Why didn’t you tell me, Jael?” She shook her shoulders. “Why did you hide this from me? I thought you only hated him because he did something to you. And… why would you even k*il*l his mother?”
Jael’s throat had become constricted, she found it hard to speak. Shilah heard footsteps behind her and turned to see the King returning from the carriage. This time, he had dropped the baby and held a sword with him. Shilah’s eyes dimmed in realization.
“No! No! No! My King…”, she stood in the way, spreading her hands out.
“Step aside, Shilah. Do not make me hurt you”, Dakota’s eyes were filled with fury. His eye balls had turned red and the hair on his skin erected.
“Please, we need to talk about this. Let’s hear from her, at least…!” She turned to Jael. “Why did you do it? Surely, you wouldn’t just feel like taking a life. What were your reasons?”
Jael was still drenched in fear. But she knew she was running out of time and needed to say something.
“I never wanted to do it”, she sniffled, her hands shaking. “I swear… I did it for them”.
Shilah arched her brows and glanced at the King before looking back at Jael. “For them? Who are you talking about?”
“I don’t know! It was… just a man. He had offered me some money to execute the job. I never got to know he worked for. And few months later, I learnt he was dead”, she broke down in more tears.
“I’m so sorry, Shilah. I’m deeply sorry. I know I’m wrong, but I’ve regretted my actions since then and that’s the reason I hid in my shell. I am so sorry. Please.”
For the next minute, only her whimpers were heard. Shilah had grown weak and didn’t know how to react.
“You k*il*led my mother and made me cursed because of money?” Dakota’s voice echoed with fresh pain. “You never did it ’cause I offended you or my mother did, you did it for your selfishness”.
Jael wept bitterly.
“You deserve worst than death”, Dakota lifted his sword and aimed toward her, but Shilah stopped him.
“We can still talk about this!” She yelled – nervously. “She was paid, My King. Why don’t we find the real culprits?”
“I do not care if she was paid or not. It happened by her hands and by my hands she must die. I told you this story months ago, Shilah – the very day I set my eyes on my mother’s k*il*ler, I’d k*il*l her. And today is that day”, he tried to go at the lady again, but Shilah stood in his way.
“She’s the only child of her mother”, her voice cracked. “I am what I am today because of Bastet. Please, do not repay her with such pain”.
The King’s eyes glared at Jael.
“And I was the only child of my mother”, he mumbled coldly and pushed Shilah aside to gain access to Jael.
But just as he pushed her, Shilah stretched out a hand and inflicted a pain on his arm, one that would be strong enough to paralyze it.
“Urgh!!” Dakota grunted as he struggled with the pain which made it difficult for him to hold his sword.
Jael decided to seize the opportunity to escape. But as she began running out of the compound, Dakota turned to her direction. And with every strength in him – a strength that was greater than Shilah’s power – he aimed his sword and threw it at her.
“NOO OOO!!!” Shilah screamed excruciatingly as she watched the sword dive into her back, bringing her to her knees.