177 - Grand Plan Crashing
The news of the wolf's family leaving the castle had spread like wildfire too, but what Laura had been most concerned about was the news about Delice leaving the Castle.
Impossible.
There was no way she would make such an important decision and not inform her. Oliver's rambling about how he was tired of staying in hiding while the extract he was suffering for was still yet to be found annoyed Laura to no ends; yet, even that didn't disturb her as much as the rumours of Delice leaving the castle.
"She would have told me first." She repeated to herself over and over again while she breezed out of the room and went straight to Delice's room.
She threw the door open without knocking, only for her gaze to settle on the packed bags and boxes on the bed.
Her features sharpened with anger and she flung the door shut behind her.
"What is this?" She asked, staring at the boxes with disdain. "You are leaving? To where? For what?"
"To be with my family." Delice replied calmly and what Laura noticed at that moment was the fact that she was wearing a yellow dress.
A yellow dress?
Not a brown one, but a bright yellow dress.
Delice always wore dull colors, that was after she had lost her "Medallion" though but that didn't matter. Laura needed her to go back to the way she used to be.
She needed her to be the Delice she used to know.
"Don't be ridiculous. The wolf hates you."
"No." Delice bypassed her, grabbing something from the table to continue with her packing.
They were supposed to have left the castle an hour ago, but their time got extended.
By tonight, she would have left Lavida for good this time.
She would never come back again. As long as Laura was here she would never set foot in this castle again.
She would leave her guilt behind and get a new life, one that was worth living.
Delice couldn't wait. Of course, there were some people she would miss, like Gwen and her family, but leaving here with Mira held more promise.
She still couldn't believe that she had found her baby.
Her Medallion. She craved to hold her in her arms once again.
Mira was still adjusting to the fact that she now had two Mummys but Delice was in no hurry, she could wait and she would.
"He does. We all know he hates you."
"My daughter loves me."
"Love?" Laura scoffed, folding her arms. "She barely knows you."
"And whose fault is that?" Her voice was so quiet, Laura could only blink.
"How about the White Circle?" She lashed back in a second, her voice trembling as she walked up to Delice who was now standing next to the bed, her eyes concealing every emotion she felt. "How about me? What will I do without my mummy?"
"I am not your mother, Laura. Your mother is down in that cave and my daughter is waiting for me."
Laura's eyes glimmered with tears, and her hands slipped around Delice's own that were tight around the handle of her boxes.
"I did it for you. You are angry, I understand, but you must understand me too---"
"I do." Her voice was too gentle, it gave Laura nothing to work on. "I understand."
"Delice, you cannot leave. You cannot leave me. We made an oath to the White Circle."
"I am not spilling our secrets." At least, telling Zezi everything that happened during the meeting she hadn't been invited to couldn't be considered as spilling their secrets. She was, after all, one of them. "I am merely leaving and if you love me as much as you claim, you will let me. I deserve it. I deserve for you to let me leave."
Laura frowned, stunned by those words. She pulled away, wiping her tears off her cheeks.
They were useless.
They weren't working.
It made her angry.
"Your life will be weak without me."
"Let it."
What?! Had she gone mad?!
"I saved you!" She snapped, yelling at Delice's face, but she didn't flinch. "You owe me everything! Where would you be without me? In a grave! Boxed in a coffin! You'd be dead! You Weakling! I have saved you many times than I can count!"
"And you have put me in danger more than you have saved me."
"How dare you?!" Her hand swept across Delice's face, claws digging through flesh, leaving deep marks that drizzled with blood behind.
They healed in a second but the echo of the slap remained in the room, till it was gone.
Never had this happened before.
That side of Delice's face burned but she refused to touch it, instead, she grabbed her boxes and her bags and without a word, she left the room.
An outburst unleashed the moment her presence disappeared from the hallway, as Laura destroyed everything she could lay her hands on a rageful display.
"You will regret this, Delice. You are nothing without me. Nothing!"
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It was time to leave but Lady Delice was nowhere to be found.
It was like she had simply disappeared from the castle. The guards came back with nothing but mere boxes that evidenced her preparation to leave.
Laura didn't deny that they had a fight before her disappearance but she denied being responsible for the disappearance. Instead, with absolute worry for her friend, she requested for Akeem to be questioned.
"She is his Sire after all."
She had said and that was when they discovered that Akeem was also missing.
It wasn't hard to put two and two together and discover who the culprit was.
"He is obsessed with her. He is obviously responsible for this!" Laura snapped. "I will kill him if he does anything to her."
"Tear this castle to the ground and find her!" That was George, his control slipping and Ka'ik resurfacing.
He was slipping into madness and it took a couple of guards to hold him down. Aunt Alice found the situation confusing, she tried her best to keep him calm but his rage kept getting the best of him.
He was acting as if she was his mate.
Zezi wasn't pleased with this turn of events at all. She was worried for Delice, but also about her plan. Akeem didn't seem like the kind to hurt Delice, he might just be trying to keep her from leaving. So maybe there wasn't much to worry about, except if there was more to this.
Was there more to worry about?
With what Delice had told her about the recent White Circle Meeting that she hadn't been invited to, and the obviously broken relationship she now had with the Princess, something about Laura's words didn't feel true.
There was something more at play here but the plan must go on.
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