Third POV.
Leila did not dare go to Aiden’s room. She went to her sisters. Even though she could go to Aurora, she did not want to in fear that Aurora might also blame her for her father’s kidnap and end up hating her.
She laughed at herself since she had become stronger than before but after what happened today, she knew that she was just lying to herself.
Too broken to handle anything and afraid that she might think too much and end up being a crying baby, she gave Amaya control and locked herself up before lying on the couch.
Aiden had walked to his study since he was afraid that he would find Leila in the bedroom.
He closed his eyes as his fingers ran in his hair in frustration. Everything that happened today rang on his mind making him feel as if he could punch someone.
He knew he was at fault. Even without being told by anyone, he knew that if he had listened to Aurora nothing would have happened to his father, the warriors who died would still be in the gym practising.
Guilt started eating him whole but soon shook it off as he tried to convince himself that it was Leila’s fault and not his. If she had never shown up at the kingdom, they wouldn’t have been ambushed twice, no one would have died or even kidnapped.
He hated her with his all.
“Aiden,” Jordan called out as he walked into the study.
Despite Aiden being their king, he was still their best friend.
“What?” Aiden asked with a frown on his face.
“We will find him but please don’t blame Leila. She did everything in her power to make sure everyone is okay but still, there are warriors and elders who died and also, your father and five elders have been kidnapped,” Jordan explained, making Aiden turn and look at him.
“So it isn’t just my father who has been kidnapped?” he asked, making Jordan nod his head.
“You left me behind to guard both Leila and Aurora, as they were in the practising chamber, Aurora requested that I may go and guard your father and I followed her command. After some hours, we were shocked when we felt rogues and they were coming to the conference. We started fighting them immediately.”
“Some few minutes later, Leila accompanied by Aurora and Doris showed up. They ran towards the conference room but found it was locked and I was shocked but shrugged it off thinking that they might have seen us fighting thus they locked themselves for security. I don’t know how Leila succeeded in breaking the door but she did.”
“We found there were rogues in the room surrounding the old king and the council. The king was on the ground bleeding evident he had been stabbed. To make sure that the rogues didn’t turn against us, I think Leila used her powers to control them to be under her command. As she was dealing with the rogue leader, she requested that we should call some warriors in to make sure there wasn’t anyone who escaped. We think that there was a rogue who had hid his scent and walked together with pour warriors succeeding in kidnapping the king when we were looking at the rogues, If you want to be angry then please get angry at me not your mate,” Jordan concluded and lowered his head afraid of looking at Aiden and facing his wrath.
“If it wasn’t her fault then tell me why would the rogues attack us?”
“As you were told, Madeline is their alpha’s mate. She had been told to cause a drift between you and Leila before their next meeting but she failed to show up. Afraid that she had been caught, the Alpha sent his warriors to save his mate. I think they also attacked the elders since they knew they had powers and to use them against us. You know, for them to become their weapon,” Jordan answered as he lifted his head.
“Why did they take dad?” Aiden asked as he tried not to sound weak and cry.
“I think they want to use him as a bargaining chip after all, we have their Luna,” Jordan said, making Aiden nod.
“Aiden please go and apologise to Leila, if you lose her, you may end up regretting it,” he said thinking that Aiden had stopped being angry but he was wrong since Aiden’s face turned gloomy and cold upon hearing his words.
“Get out and don’t forget your place! Mind your own business!” he said coldly, making Jordan take steps backwards out of fear.
“Please forgive me my king. I will take my leave,” he said with a bow before turning around and leaving.
As he walked outside, he found Doris, Eric and Matteo waiting for him.
“How did it go?” Eric asked immediately as he walked out.
Jordan shook his head, making them sigh in defeat.
In that one week that they had stayed with Leila, they had gotten close to her and knew her character well. Seeing her being treated the way Aiden was treating her, they pitied her. To them, she was an amazing queen and there was no way they were going to let Aiden mess everything up.
“What are we going to do?” Doris asked in a low tone.
“We just need to wait and hope for the best cause there is nothing we can do. Also, we can talk to both Marcus and Elana and talk them out of leaving the kingdom. Leila should stay here instead of leaving,” Matteo said, making them nod their head as they agreed to his words.
Both Elana and Marcus returned to their room with gloomy faces and in silence as each of them had something on their head.
They were shocked when they saw Leila laid on the couch.
“Leila,” Elana called as she sat beside her.
Amaya lifted her head and looked at Elana.
“Where is Leila?” she asked with a frown.
“She has shut herself. Let her stay there till she comes out instead of being hurt by some bastard,” Amaya responded angrily but Marcus nodded.
“For once, we have both agreed on something,” he said, making Elana and Amaya roll their eyes.
“We will be leaving in a few. Please go and pack her belongings.”