"Such a sissy" Lolita blurted under her breath. She knew Gavin wasn't weak, but she still couldn't understand how a single shot from her could render the young man so powerless. Then again, she couldn't help thinking, "what just happened?"
"How was I able to cast that spell just now? What's going on?" Lolita was confused about how she could cast such a high-class spell, and to top it all off, she did it without any mistakes. The issue is that she had never learned magic, and neither had she ever been in contact with anything magic. So the situation was still strange to her.
"What the heck?" Venom blurted in wonder. Lolita could feel his fluctuations but chose to ignore the nuisance. She would deal with Venom later on.
"Tsk! I thought he was a real man. Come along if you wish to" Lolita said to no one in particular. When she took her bag and was about to walk out of the place, she suddenly spotted Kurah being supported by a maid. She was walking slowly, a guard in tow.
"Mtchew! You wouldn't even allow the poor girl to get fresh air. Yet you call yourself an alpha." She blurted and waited for Kurah to notice her. Suddenly, Kurah was taken aback by her presence.
"Lolita?" Her heart missed a beat and started beating erratically; she was getting a very bad feeling for no reason. "Why are you here, Lolly? How…" Kurah began questioning her friend when her sight suddenly landed on her unconscious brother and his beta.
"Gavin!" She called out in panic. She quickly rushed to her brother's side, forgetting the pain she was feeling all over her body.
"Wake up, Gavin. What's happening here? He's slipping away" Kurah didn't understand what was happening to her brother. She is a healer, so she knows what it meant for someone to be slipping away. She couldn't explain what might have happened to cause her brother to be in this dire situation.
He was fine all this while. "What could have happened? Who attacked the palace? Who is strong enough to inflict such injury on Kuralis?" Kurah thought in worry. She knew Gavin's wolf was the strongest to have ever existed. She referred to Kuralis, because it was Gavin's wolf she was speaking about. It was mind absolutely mind-boggling as to who could have done this.
Lolita watched her panicky friend with an extremely cold expression. Kurah's gaze suddenly landed on the smallish figure before her and she felt scared for no reason. She swallowed hard and asked, "Lolita, why are you not helping him? I know you can help him.
"Mmhm? Why should I?" Lolita asked nonchalantly. "Please, hurry and help him. He's dying slowly." Kurah stressed impatiently. She didn't even notice that her tone had changed toward her friend.
Lolita was extremely pissed that her friend was begging her to save her captor. After thoroughly scrutinizing Kurah, she concluded her friend wasn't under any spell. Consequently, there could only be one explanation for the whole issue; Stockholm's syndrome. "Shit! How could Kurah develop Stockholm's syndrome for such a jerk? This is so not happening? I might as well kill this fool at once"
Lolita wanted to leave with Kurah, but considering her current state, she fell into a dilemma. The stubborn girl would never wish to leave her captor. She could force her out of the place, but she wouldn't wish for her friend to become hateful toward her.
"Kurah, you are worsening your condition. Let go of him. We both know there is nothing you can do for him." Lolita said in a calm voice.
"Lolly, please save him. I'll do anything you ask me to do. Please, just save Gavin, please." Kurah's hands were on Gavin's wrist, checking his pulse as she spoke.
"Kurah, snap out of it. You are the most stubborn and daring person I know. How did you become this way? How could you even conceive the idea of crying for this jerk?" Lolita fired at her friend. She was thinking of making her see reason, even if it's only a little bit. She would dwell on her hesitation and move on to her next step to save her friend.
"Just save him first, Lolita. We'll talk about every other thing later, please Lolly. He cannot die like this. Lolly, he can't die this way, Please." Kurah pleaded in tears. It was surprising how she was stressing herself so much without caring about her pain in the slightest.
"Kurah, ask me for anything, and you'll have it. But you cannot ask me to save that ungrateful soul right there." Lolita pointed toward Gavin as she spoke.
She then continued, Did I just hear you say he cannot die? Tell me then, if he cannot die, did my grandmother deserve to die? What's even gotten into you?" She still couldn't believe that her friend had Stockholm syndrome. "Kurah, have you developed Stockholm's syndrome for him? Did he torture you? What the f**k happened to you in this damn place?"
Kurah was confused at her friend's declaration. She couldn't believe that Lolita would say such a thing. Then again, it registered in her mind that her friend didn't know her brother.
"Why would he torture me, Lolly? He adores me…There is no other person who loves me as he does. You do not get it. He is.." Kurah was cut short by Lolita's next action.
She drew her arrow and aimed for Gavin's chest. She figured that if she ended his life immediately, Kurah might recover quicker.
"Kurah, get out of my way. I might as well finish him off right here and now." Kurah looked dumbfoundedly at her friend. She couldn't register anything else, but she heard and perfectly understood what her friend meant.
"What did you feed him? You did this? You put him in this state, right? Lolly, what happened? Why did you do this to him? Why are you suddenly like this? He would die without your help. Please, help him. You can undo what you did, right?"
Seeing that Lolita wasn't going to drop her bow, Kurah covered her brother with her body and said, "You'll only kill him over my dead body." As her words dropped, Drucilla moved to quickly stand in front of Kurah. "You cannot touch my mistress." She declared protectively.
Kurah pushed Drucilla with all her strength, but the young lady wouldn't budge. Suddenly, Wesley shielded both girls with his body, then he declared firmly, "None of you need to be a shield. She would need to go through me first."
Lolita watched their antics and laughed so loud that one could mistake her for an evil villain. She was ready to release the arrow when Kurah successfully got the two people to be out of her way.
Drucilla and Wesley meant absolutely nothing to Lolita. They are seen as Alpha Gavin's accomplices, and she wouldn't mind releasing an arrow through their chests. The only person she could make exceptions for is Kurah, and Kurah knew this. However, the girl was making some ridiculous requests.
"Kurah!" Lolita called out in frustration. She could see that her friend was getting weaker and weaker. Kurah might fall into a long coma if she isn't treated immediately.
"So troublesome! Lolita blurted out.
"Come on, Lolita. Please help him. Help my brother, please."
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