Chapter 247: Muffled sobs
Lyra and Noah stepped out of the Eagle tribe just like how they had entered. Hand in hand. All along their way, Noah had a hard time seeing his mate as she tried to her keep face straight and devoid of emotion. He could see that she was feeling sad and could also see her masking those emotions with a stoic expression. His heart hurt seeing her like this. Maybe, he would have felt a little relaxed if she shouted and cried. This silence of hers was more excruciating than anything else.
And when they were about to reach Blake, Noah saw his mate trying to cover her bruised face with a scarf.
"Lilly!" Blake’s eyes sparkled when he caught sight of his mate. He rushed towards her with the snake guards behind him. With just a few steps, he reached her.
Lyra anxiously covered her maimed cheek and tried to put on a smile but to no avail. How could she dare smile after everything that happened? But on the other side, she wanted to let this matter go. Kyrell betrayed her and that was the end of it. She didn’t want to create unnecessary drama by dragging all of her mates into this. They were not some normal men that could go into a fight without thinking priorly but instead were Kings of their individual tribes. Kings fighting another king just because the latter abandoned their mate felt wrong. More than that, not all of the eagle beastmen were evil. They were behaving like this due to their king getting injured by her mates.
She just wanted to take Kyrell’s betrayal as her punishment and let this slide. However, she knew that this was not something easy to do. Not when Blake was already moving her scarf to reveal her reddened cheek. Her mates always liked it when she blushed for them but this was nothing like that. When she exited the Eagle palace, she briefly glanced at a pond nearby to only find a clear fingers mark on her face. It was so glaring that she got scared for a second.
"Who did this?’’ A grim voice reached her ears making her look up. She felt him holding her chin up before he caressed her cheek making her hiss in pain. Blake’s face scrunched up in displeasure. He had never before wished for him to have healing powers like Killian’s until now. All he could do for his mate was hope that his cold skin would somehow reduce her pain. He continued to gently caress her face even when she protested and soon Lyra got used to it. She also leaned against his cool palm before hearing, "I’m asking you again, Lilly. Who did this to you"
Lyra glanced up at him feeling troubled, "Blake, let’s just leave from here. I’ll explain everything when we reach home"
But Blake turned deaf to her words and turned toward Noah, "Tell me, Who the fuck did this!?’’ Noah took a glance at his mate and pursed his lips when she shook her head.
Lyra frowned at Blake’s harsh tone and tried to call him, "Blake....." But her lips stopped moving when he glared at her. Then his glare shifted toward the eagle tribe. His eyes started to flicker into slits and black scales started to appear on some parts of his face. He removed his palm from his mate’s face before taking a threatening step toward the tribe.