Chapter 122: YOU WILL SEE THE END OF IT
Rhett kept true to his words when he said he was going to prove it to Khaos the power that he had nurtured all these years.
Elijah led all black magic users from the cult to wipe out the royal warriors, they managed to kill half of them within a day and the rest decided to retreat.
"Should we chase after them, alpha?" Rhett asked, a triumph smile curled on the corner of his lips when he informed Khaos about what happened. He looked so eager to get a praise from him. "We can kill them all and make our way to the palace."
"No. It's not the right time." Khaos stared at the distance, the sun slowly went down and the sky started to turn dark.
The black magic user was a shocking part that Dacre didn't expect, since there were not many black magic users in this realm. Therefore, a hundred of them could be said as a massive number.
Based on what Khaos learned, this cult consisted of people who come from magic users, shifters and also some informants and merchants. Rhett was not exaggerated with his claim that this cult could be Khaos's strongest supporter in his revenge.
"We can use this momentum to make a surprise attack." Rhett had not yet given up with the idea.
However, Caiden rolled his eyes when he heard that. This man didn't know Khaos at all. They indeed had the same goal to revive the old dynasty, but the way they approached their goal was completely different. It could be a challenge for Khaos in the future to reign Rhett and the cult.
"It's not the right time for that," Khaos said. He patted Rhett's shoulder and praised him to appease his disappointment. "You have done a great job, take some rest."
Rhett was still upset, though he appreciated his concern. "Thank you, alpha. But, I want to remind you that you have to make a decision about what to do with Zuri. We can't waste more time."
Khaos's grey eyes flickered with anger, but it vanished before anyone noticed it and his expression remained emotionless. "I will let you know my decision."
And after saying that, Khaos walked away. He had not yet visited Zuri ever since he walked away from her after their short conversation. From the report, she looked calm and ate her meal, but he knew what happened after she ate her food.
Gayle was waiting in front of Zuri's bedroom door, he was given permission to enter the room if he thought something happened inside.
The warrior did not know the detail of the situation, but he was smart enough to know there was something wrong with Zuri. After all, he witnessed it with his own eyes how Zuri killed all of the beasts on her own.
When she fought in her beast form, she was... terrifying.
"How is she?"
"I think she has been sleeping. I don't hear anything from inside," Gayle replied and Khaos entered the room only to see Zuri was standing naked in front of the mirror.
She stared at her own reflection, mumbling something under her breath. It was too soft for Gayle to hear from behind the close door.
Seeing this sight, Khaos immediately closed the door behind him. Zuri had her back faced Khaos with her hair cascaded down. Even her black hair looked very dull right now.
From the reflection on the mirror, Khaos could see how her bones protruded. Her breasts were saggy and her ribcages imprinted on her skin. Her eyes looked so big for her small face.
Khaos picked up her dress and draped it on her shoulders. He couldn't stand to see her body for long. Not because it disgusted him, but because he couldn't prevent it. They needed the beauty blood and Zuri's condition would only get worse.
There were still twenty more curses that she had to endure before the completion of the Beauty Blood, before her misery was over.
"I look so ugly." Zuri watched Khaos from the reflection on the mirror, as the alpha hugged her from behind, engulfed her body in his warm embrace.
"You look so skinny," Khaos corrected her.
"I can't stop myself from throwing up," Zuri admitted it. "I tried, but I can't. I feel guilty if ate too much and no matter how little I ate, I always felt I ate too much. I can't gain weight. I don't want to gain weight."
Her mother always said she couldn't be fat. Men disliked a fat woman. Even now, she kept hearing her mother's voice and occasionally saw her mother, Karina, stared at her with that judgmental look whenever she was eating.
"I need to control my weight, but..." She gulped down with difficulty. "The more I tried to get control over my body, the more I feel at lost. Everything is a mess. I am a mess."
Zuri could tell Khaos a thousand things that she was lack of, but she had a hard time to mention a single thing that she liked about herself. She couldn't even find one.
"You are smart, brilliant even." Khaos helped her. "The wealth of the River Creek pack is thanks to you."
Khaos brushed his thumb on her lower lip, caressed her cheek.
"You have defiant spark in your eyes. You are feisty and full of life."
He traced his fingers on her long hair.
"I like your long, black hair, reminding me of the night."
He traced her shoulders and he could feel her bones.
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"Your shoulders look weak, but they carried a lot of responsibility, though not many people
know about that."
He placed his palm over her heart.
"You are strong, despite the fact that many people wanted to take advantage of you." He then added. "Including me."
Zuri lifted her head, she wanted to turn around and protest, but Khaos's grip on her waist was
firm.
"You are strong and you will be strong enough to see the end of it."