Beauty in the beast world-Chapter 239: Victor’s worry

"Victor..." Lyra said as she tried to control her sobs. Her heart kept on thumping loudly against her chest.

"What happened sweet girl?" Victor asked feeling helpless. She was crying so much that it broke his heart. He caressed her back soothingly trying to comfort her. And only when her loud sobs turned into sniffles did he pull away before cupping his mate’s face between his palm.

His right thumb rubbed her swollen eyelids, "Did you have a nightmare?" he asked softly and earned a little nod from her.

Victor leaned forward and said as he kissed his mate’s closed eyelids, "What did you dream that made you this sad? Tell me, sweet girl"

But unfortunately, Lyra didn’t have an answer for that because "I can’t remember"

"You don’t remember?" asked Victor while frowning. She was crying uncontrollably just a moment ago but now she looked confused.

Lyra stared into Victor’s eyes as she uttered, "I-I don’t remember anything" Her voice was filled with helplessness and despair, "Why can’t I? And why does it hurt so much when I can’t even recall it?" she felt like someone took her heart out and crushed it on the ground. Like there was something that she must remember at all costs but isn’t able to. She felt her head throb and held it in an effort of trying to stop the pain.

But nothing seemed to work. Her pain got more worse as time passed and it made her groan painfully, "Ugh....."

Victor was alarmed seeing his mate, "What’s wrong, sweet girl?"

"Hurts..." Lyra managed to grit out as she struggled in stopping herself from screaming out loud. Her head felt like it was splitting into two halves.

Victor panicked as he saw his mate struggle in pain. He didn’t know what to do. It seemed like he was frozen in his place due to shock.

While this was happening, the room’s door burst open, and a figure rushed inside quickly reaching Lyra’s bed.

Victor was surprised when someone pulled his mate from his embrace. His eyes turned red in anger and he was just about to snap until he saw his mate relaxing in that someone’s arms.

"It’s alright, Lilly....." cooed Blake as he hugged his mate. She was shuddering in his arms as though she was scared of something and he could do nothing but soothe her like this. By holding her tightly in his arms. And his method seemed to have worked because soon his mate’s sobs ceased and he felt her soft breaths against his chest.

Then he carefully put her on the bed before tucking her with a blanket. She looked calm and serene as she was sleeping. However, when he tried to move from that place, a firm grip held one of his fingers stopping him.

A smile perked up on his lips as he saw his mate tightly gripping his finger with her delicate hand. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

"Why did she stop crying as soon as you held her?" Blake’s smile dropped and his mood plummeted as he heard a chilling voice seemingly addressed to him.

Blake looked up and saw Victor as he replied sharply, "I’m her mate"

"So am I" retorted Victor. His eyes were shaking in anger and his jaw was clenched as he continued, "My sweet girl.....she" his words choked refusing to come out of his throat. He cast a lingering glance at his mate’s sleeping face on the bed before turning around and leaving the room.

Killian who was about to enter the room almost spilled the water inside the glass that he was holding. And when he turned around, only Victor’s rushing back came into his sight. His jaw ticked in annoyance, "Watch where you are going, bastard!"

With that, he turned back and walked inside the room while asking, "What the hell is wrong with that brat?"

"I don’t know" replied Blake nonchalantly not taking his eyes off of his mate.

Killian frowned but soon relaxed seeing his mate’s beautiful face and when he was about to touch her cheeks, Blake hit his hand stopping his action.

"Don’t disturb her. Let her sleep some more" Blake warned before turning to look at his mate.

Killian glared at Blake but soon let the matter slide because he realized that the snake was right. His mate was down with a fever all night and he didn’t wish for it to alleviate because of lack of sleep.

Then his attention shifted to the glass of water that he was holding. He had brought the water for his mate to drink once she woke up. But seeing his mate deeply asleep, it did not seem like she would wake up anytime soon. So he had no choice but to drink the water himself.

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After storming out of the room, Victor randomly started to roam all around the Snake castle until he reached the cooking area.

He watched Demir busy cleaning the prey before chopping the meat into tiny pieces.

Demir had already sensed Victor near the door but chose to ignore it.

The latter looked pissed and Demir had other better things to do than consoling that angry vulture.

This continued as Victor watched and Demir went on with his cooking. He washed the meat with water before readying the stove to stir-fry it. There were already chopped-up vegetables and spices lying on the slab and Demir put all of them before starting to fry them with some oil bought in the beast city market.

"My sweet girl doesn’t like that part of the meat" Demir heard Victor when he was about the add the meat inside the wok.

"Is that so?"

"Yes," said Victor before striding inside. He separated the meat portion that Lyra liked to eat and carelessly threw aside the ones she didn’t enjoy and stood behind Demir as the latter continued to cook.

"What happened to you?" asked Demir as his curiosity got the best of him.

And that broke whatever that was holding Victor’s frustration. He took a deep breath trying to calm his anger before he uttered, "Do you think my sweet girl really likes us?"

Demir frowned and glanced at him, "What do you mean by us? If it is her mates, then yes she really loves us" he didn’t understand why Victor was asking such a question suddenly.

Victor clenched his fists, "I mean.....does she love us as much as she loves Blake?" this was bugging him always. No matter how much he tries to think of only positive things, this question never left him alone. Seeing his mate so restless in his arms and so peaceful in Blake’s arms unnerved him.