Babel Novel
Chapter 76
As I strolled alongside Brax, taking in the grandeur of the palace. Mara’s sudden appearance made my heart skip a beat. Not in excitement though. I was shocked to see something so hideous roaming the palace grounds, I thought we’d unlocked. some sort of vengeful spirit thanks to all the ancient things that we had been touching all around.
Seeing her was like getting a sour aftertaste after tasting the most sweetest thing you had ever tasted. I was so annoyed to see. her. I felt like reaching out and plucking her eyes the f***k out. She smelled like him, it was faint but I could smell it and the b***h smelled like she had been f** Aston,
It was not just the rumours that were making me paranoid, I could smell it. I could smell him ok her and it got under my skin more than I would have liked to admit I felt so d**n s**d to have noticed that she was glowing. The rumours were true after all, good sex did make a woman glow.
Her sneer was like a slap in the face, and her words dripped with venom as she spoke to me. I didn’t know how and why she though that she needed to say anything to us instead of walking the f***k dway and not speaking to us. As soon as she opened up her mouth. I was tempted to hit her hard on the f****g face.
It seemed like Brax could sense my anger so he reached for my hands and soothed it. I realised that he was paying so much attention to me for him to notice the scowl on my face. He and Mara were having a showdown with their eyes. Staring each other down like they wanted to drive stakes through each others hearts. It was the first time that I was seeing Mara acting so boldly in front of Brax. She was acting like she could beat him up if I let the two of them fight. She always tiptoed around Brax especially in front of Aston and i wondered where she was getting the confidence from. Maybe it was the fact that Aston was sleeping with her again and probably making fake a***promises to her while he was with her in bed.
The thought that he could actually be planning to make her his Luna crossed my mind too. Perhaps that was why she thought she could act anyhow she wanted towards Brax. Why was Brax even tolerating it anyway, he could have the b***h banished and fed to wild dogs if he wanted to. He was too kind that he was holding back on punishing someone that was as evil as Mara. It annoyed me about him but it was also one of the reasons that I was intending to give our future together a chance. He was the kind of man that I needed in my life at the moment.
Just when I thought that the insults and the disrespect had already reached its peak, Mara decides to surprise me with something even more shocking. The words that fell off from her mouth were directed at me but the insults were obviously aimed at Brax and I was strong grip away from ripping her into pieces and feeding her remains to fishes in the ocean while using what’s left of her bones to make a freaking corset and wear it to the burial that I would hold just to assemble people to say bad things about her.
“Congratulations on snagging Brax, Kira. You’re really moving up in the world, from Aston’s bed to Brax’s arms,” she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. A wicked smile on her face as she spoke. My self control was becoming really thin and I knew too well that I could explode on her anytime. I didn’t have a thing to be worried about, especially because of the fact that I knew that Brax would never let anything bad happen to me even if I beat the shit out of her right now, he would ensure that I got away with it. That was where confidence stemmed from and what propelled me to charge forward.
Brax’s grip on my hand tightened, his eyes flashing with anger. “Mara, watch your tongue,” he warned, his voice firm but controlled. Brax seemed really mad as well and I could see that he was trying to hold himself back from doing anything he would not want to do or that would be unbecoming of his status but I could not say the same for myself, I was already at the very rock bottom, a little more lower could do nothing to me and if Mara wanted to go low, I was going to show her that I was already in the gutters and I was going to bring her down with me.
Brax was being really cool about the whole situation but it was not working and I was dying to explore other options like punching her ugly a** face.
“You really went and found the lowest of the lows and went and settled for it.” She added and Brax was breathing like his breath was forced. Like he was about to f***g explode out of anger. It was the first time that I would about anything before and it was a little shocking too but I was busy trying to keep my own temper at bay too.
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Mara continued
seeming to want to tempt us to kill her even more, her words piercing my soul like a dagger. “Aston can’t keep his hands off ine, Kira- We’re deeply in love. He’s going to marry me soon” She batted her eyelashes, her smile taunting que. Brax scoffed at her words but I could not do the same because they actually affected me. I was only a though of it I had but her words confirming it made me feel sunken. I felt like I got cheated on and I felt like I was unfair but how could I get cheated on when we were not even in a relationship? It was not like he promised to marry me or anything so I didn’t know why I was so mad. It was nothing but my own expectations that was bringing me the misery that I was currently faced with.
My heart twisted in jealousy and anger, the pain of her words like a fresh wound. Why was she telling me this? Did she take pleasure in my suffering? I felt like a fool for believing Aston’s sweet nothings, for thinking he cared about me. Feeling like a fool was not enough because I was actually a fool.
“Mara, why are you telling me this?” I asked, trying to keep my cool, my voice steady despite the turmoil inside. Part of y wanted to hear more details and the other part of me would rather experience death than have to listen to her speak about her relationship with Aston.
Mara shrugged, her shoulders barely rising off her shoulders. “No reason, just thought you’d want to know.” Her nonchalance was a slap in the face, a reminder that I was nothing to Aston, just a plaything to be discarded. A whore that he could bend over in every position and she would not be mad at it.
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Brax stepped in, his voice firm. “Mara, leave us alone. Your jealousy is showing. He pulled me close, his arm around my shoulders in a protective embrace.
Mara smirked, her eyes glinting with malice. “I can’t wait to become your sister-in-law, Brax. Aston and I will make a beautiful couple.” She emphasized the word “beautiful,” her voice dripping with sarcasm. I didn’t understand when her beef with Brax began but their bickering felt as though they had some kind of history that I was not aware about.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.
Her words felt like a punch to the gut, knocking the wind out of me. I excused myself, feeling heartbroken, the pain of her words like a weight crushing me. Brax tried to comfort me, more like apologise to me for the disrespect that Mara put us through but I couldn’t care less about that anymore. I just wanted to escape, to hide from the world and its cruel realities.
Once alone in my room, I let tears fall, the dam breaking, my emotions flowing like a freaking salty river. Why did I still care about Aston? I thought I was over him, that Brax’s kindness and love had healed my wounds. But Mara’s words reopened them, revealing the scars I thought had healed. I felt like a slave again, trapped in a world of heartache and longing, my heart a prisoner to my emotions.
I had freedom right in the palm of my hands and I was longing shamelessly and desperately for slavery. There was something that was seriously wrong with my brain and I was aware of it.