Chapter 132: Her Brother
"I told you I’m just feeling a bit under the weather, Lai," Mineah murmured while avoiding his intense gaze. Her eyes going to the nearest window, she sighed, "A while ago, there was still the midnight sun and its rays were shining brightly. But now, it’s totally gone, replaced by the sudden coldness of the falling snow."
It just couldn’t be helped. She was contemplating whether or not to confront Nikolai about his suspicions regarding her brother, and she didn’t know if doing so would be the right thing at this moment in time.
A beat passed, and she felt Nikolai’s hand hold her chin, gently urging her to face him. Mineah ended up meeting his intense gaze as he hummed, "I don’t like us having any misunderstandings between us, Mine. So please, don’t hesitate to tell me what I did to make you act like this." He sincerely added, "You can’t fool me. I can see in your eyes that you’re mad at me for some reason that I’m not aware of."
Mineah bit her lip in deliberation... Fine. She would just tell him in a way that she wouldn’t compromise the truth about Ezekiel and Vulcan.
With her mind made up, she meaningfully murmured, "You do know how I can read minds, right? That doesn’t exclude the Werewolf King, apparently... I guess you’re the only exemption."
"You read Darius’s thoughts?" Nikolai burst out, blinking at her. "Was he..."
"Yes, I read him thinking about what you said about my brother and how you’re suspecting him and Vulcan," she explained. "You’re even hell-bent on eliminating Vulcan no matter what, not even considering if your hunch was right about my brother being Vulcan’s medium to exist. So tell me, Nikolai, will you really harm my innocent brother just to kill Vulcan if you happened to be correct in your guess?"
"I... it’s not even confirmed that your brother..." Nikolai trailed off.
"Yes, it’s not yet confirmed, but what if that’s the case? What if Vulcan’s soul really ended up in my brother’s body? What are you going to do then, huh?" she challenged.