Chapter 24 Alarick's POV "What the hell just happened?" I ask Markus. I am so confused right now and the little yelling from that child didn't help. "Well Larissa physically assaulted LeeAca and threatened her sister. Leeaca snapped and started to beat the sh*t out of her. Then came up here and you know the rest.... It was kind of badass." Markus answered, giving me the short version. I just looked at him and sat down on my bed running my fingers through my hair. So that was her sister that yelled at me. She better take care of it, because it will not happen again. She is lucky that I was startled by what was going on. I didn't even register she was yelling at me till LeeAca told her to leave. "LeeAca is really something else." I hear Onin say. "Onin? Why do you do this? You don't talk to me when I talk to you, yet you come out whenever SHE is around. What the hell man." I ask, getting frustrated with everything going on. "I have told you already. For some reason she makes me want to come out and talk. She is intriguing." He says defensively. I just huff and fall back on my bed staring up at the ceiling. What the hell is going on? I ask myself. LeeAca's POV I walk back to my room and wash my face and arms then change. I walk back out to see Maleena sitting on the patio staring into the forest. I walk out and join her, leaning on the railing looking at the forest. "Maleena, what you did was very disrespectful to the King. You are lucky that he was in such a state of confusion when you said it." I start. "How he treats you is no right. You are his mate and he goes and has a foursome with three other women. He shouldn't be doing that even if he doesn't know you are his second chance, Ace. It is wrong." She says, still looking at the forest. I can feel her sadness and slight anger. "The King and I have a deal, Maleena. You won't understand it, but it is better this way." I say "Better for who LeeAca? You dropped to the floor because you were in so much pain. I have never, not once, seen you even flinch from pain. Now you are collapsing from what he is doing to you." She argues. "I will not talk about this, Maleena. We still need to talk about why you are here." I say changing the topic. "I told you already. Dad was supposed to call you and tell you." She said getting upset. "Well he didn't Maleena. So I need you to tell me. What is going on with you?" I ask. "Dad decided he couldn't handle me alright." She says, sighing. "What do you mean?" I ask. Already having a feeling of where this is going. "Since you left, I was getting made fun of. I tried to not let it bother me, but when they started talking about you and how horrible you would be as a queen I just lost it. I couldn't take it anymore so I started getting in fights, skipping school, and drinking. All dad told me was that if I wasn't going to go to school I needed to start training harder. Then last week during training I almost killed one of the girls there during our spar. She was taunting me saying that mom killed herself because of my ugly face. I lost it. That's when dad said he was going to call you to arrange for me to come here. He said that he couldn't deal with me and trying to train Sebastien for Gamma." She says. "I'm proud of you defending me and yourself. You have grown up a lot in the two months I have been gone. You know that you have to watch what you say to certain people though. And learn how to control your anger better." I start lecturing. "I know.. I am just tired of being that naive little girl that you had to protect." She says. "Oh Little Sun. You will always be my little sister and I will always protect you no matter what." I say. She leans into me and hugs me. I can feel her sadness and her determination to not cry. "Look. I will let you spend the night in my room then I will see if there are any other rooms here on this floor that are available. That okay?" I ask "Yes. I missed you Lee." She says hugging me tighter. We spent the rest of the day in my room watching movies and eating snacks. She is sleeping and I go lay down. I set my alarm for 00:05, which is 4 hours from now. One can only hope that I will get that much sleep. I lay down and pass out. In Addicted to You movie, Audrey's biggest regret? A one-night stand with Floyd, her secret love for eight years. Despite his arranged marriage and his family's troubles, he kept rescuing her. She tho...