Bullied By My Alpha Stepbrother

Chapter 59

Hardin

Yes, I did feel like I was the clown in the life that I had been living.

My fears were there, with my suspicions that was growing daily, but I did not want to believe that Lisa would be anyway connected to the death of my mother.

She was her twin, and they were always in good terms all the times that she came around while I was little. So what happened now?

“I killed your mom, yes, I am saying it out loud. And I regret not killing her earlier, I should have done that when we were still little so that she will be dead and long forgotten.”

Lisa’s words kept on replaying in my head, and I had to shut my eyes to stay sane. I only managed to open my eyes when I heard Russo’s voice and I turned towards the door.

“Answer me Lisa,” he repeated. “Did you have much luck trying to kill Camila?” His growl was very much domineering this time, and it took all the effort for my wolf to not cower.

Lisa was already fidgeting, and in a split of second, Dad was unto her, pressing her neck tightly.

“Dad, please… Dad,” Jasmine continuously yelled out, to Lisa’s rescue, while I still stood where I was. I felt like my legs were frozen as I had barely taken as much as a step since Lisa spilled out her truths.

Though I was really in support of Dad, Lisa deserved death. But Jasmine was right.

Killing her was not entirely the best thing to do at that moment, as they were still some under investigations to undergo. Besides, he would not have been any different from the heartless beast that Lisa was, if he had gone ahead to kill her without letting her undergo trials.

“You had to kill my mother all so you could be Luna?” I did not realize that my tear ducts had already kicked into function, if I had not felt a drop on my palm.

And with the way my voice was cracked, Jasmine immediately turned her face to me. The empathy she felt towards me was clearly visible in her eyes.

Compared to how Lisa’s voice had been loud before Russo entered, she did not say anything this time.

“You had to kill her! Tell me, how many more atrocities have you committed?” My voice had gone louder this time, and if the guards had not come into the room and were already holding Lisa at my father’s command, then I might have torn her apart.

“I mean, if you had told her that you wanted to be Luna, I am certain that she would have willingly left the position for you.”

“Fuck!” I growled louder, as my fingers ruffled through my hair. I felt like I was going insane from how fast everything was happening and I just wanted to take a break.

Unable to hold myself any longer, I fell back to the couch, the closest thing to me that could help fill in my leg duties.

“Fuckkk!!!” I growled again, much louder this time and Jasmine came rushing to me.

“Take her, and have her locked up in the dungeon. Make sure that she go through the worst torture.” Russo ordered, and even with my mint that was distracted, my ears did not fail to pick up Lisa’s screams of ‘you can not do this to me, I have always loved you’ as she was dragged away like a bull taken to the slaughter.

I only realized that I had lost it completely when more tears poured from my eyes and Russo walked to where I sat.

“You will be fine son. You will,” he patted my head as he said it, and for the first time since my mother’s passing, I desired that he would console me even more.

But it was obvious that I was wishing for so much, as his next words followed.

“You have to put yourself in order, Hardin. You have to be strong.”

Raising his face from me, to where Jasmine sat just beside me, “Jasmine dear, help Hardin to his room,” Russo ordered, and he left just after.

My eyes followed him as he walked out of the room, and it went back to Jasmine. I stared at Jasmine for a while, before lifting myself with my face still dropped.Property © 2024 N0(v)elDrama.Org.

With Jasmine beside me, I walked back to my room, and I dropped on the bed as soon as I got in.

“She did not have to kill my mother, you know?”

Jasmine only nodded, then sat beside me and patted my back. I guessed that she understood what the pain felt like, as the fear of it had almost eaten her up some few days back when Camila’s illness was at the peak.

Remembering Camila’s illness, I recollected that Lisa was behind it and she still had to tell us about an antidote and how to get completely rid of the poison’s effect.

I knew the herb I had managed to come across had helped a great deal though I felt terrible that I had not come across it when it was my mom’s place. I was already settling that the moon goddess had predestined everything, so I didn’t want to regret much and think of the possibilities of saving her, when she was already dead and her remains had decayed.

But I feared that the herb I had given Camila might not be enough to clear her completely free of the effect of the henbane, so it was necessary to get a permanent cure.

Against my wish, as I still wanted some more hours to sulk, I wiped my tears and stood up to leave for the dungeon before Jasmine called me back.

“Where are you going to?”

I did not know when exactly Jasmine had the liberty to question the exact actions that I took, but one thing that I was sure about, the feeling it caused me was calm and comforting.

It made me feel like I really was not doing life alone, and even as I did not want to accept it, the moon goddess had replaced my mother in Jasmine and Camila’s body.

With the dull expression that I still had on my face, “I am going to the dungeon to meet Lisa,” I answered.

“Now?” Jasmine’s face had distorted into a frown as she spoke, “you don’t have to.”

“I am saying that I don’t think you are in the best state of mind for that now.”

“Yeah,” I nodded. “But I still have to ask her about the antidote for your mom’s illness.”

I thought she was going to let me go after hearing my reason, but instead, Jasmine walked to where I was, and pulled me back to the bed.

“You should leave that for now. As much as I don’t think that she will be willing to spill it out as her eyes held no remorse, we can always send the guards. And they will make sure to torture her so she would speak.”

If not that I wasn’t in the best of moods, I wanted to laugh at what Jasmine said. It felt to me like she wanted to pour all the pain that Lisa had caused her with the torture.

But she was making a good point. I was not in the best mood to visit Lisa and I could not guarantee that I will not snap her head in anger if I go there.

“You are right. I will quickly ask a guard to do that, and I will wait for his feedback.”

Jasmine nodded with a smile, and motioned for me to go message the guard. I came back soon after, patiently waiting for the guard’s feedback when Jasmine suggested that we go see Camila.

“Okay then!” I said, and we left for Camila’s room.

Russo was the first person my eyes met as soon as we got into the room, and it was when he turned towards us that I realized that he was also not okay.

He had lost my mom and he was probably scared to lose Camila that same way. He was sitting just beside Camila, with his hands wrapped around hers as he watched her sleep.

Jasmine climbed to the other side of the bed to join Camila while I remained standing.

My arms were crossed with my gaze fixed on Camila. And I only raised my face when my father’s voice came.

“I fear we might not have the cure for her like we did not for your mom.”

Jasmine’s eyes widened in anxiety, but I tried to keep her calm by reminding them that I had sent the guard to Lisa, and that I had asked that he torture her so much so she could spill what the antidote was.

“I hope she doesn’t do something crazy,” Father mentioned and I replied with a nod.

The room was silent, with the only sounds that were heard being that of our breathings.

Well, until a knock came on the door and the guard stepped in.

“What is the report?” I narrowed my eyes at the guard that I had sent on the errand.

“I’m sorry Master,” he said with his head slightly bowed, “Lisa had already killed herself before I got there.”