The Beast And The Blessed

The Beast And The Blessed Chapter 114

Nine: Tobias

Tobias’s P.O.V.

‘I don’t like this.”

The words continued to run through my mind, flooding me with guilt as I tried to understand what I had done wrong. Joselin had called it flirting, and I called it seducing, but in the end, we were both enjoying each other.

I didn’t want her to seduce me. I wanted her to fall in love with me.

I leaned back on the couch, needing a minute to myself while Natalie was with Killian. I was no longer on her full-time detail as her bodyguard, but as I was on-call and worried about the new threat Joselin was looking into, I was staying close.

Joselin was the only positive thing about being stuck in the castle all day. Having her around made dealing with the rest of the council members tolerable. Still, I felt out of my mind, surrounded by all these women trying to kill each other constantly, even more so now that I had upset Joselin.

I thought we were having fun, flirting, and sparring. But she didn’t like it.

I needed to talk to her about it, but she seemed more determined than ever to avoid me. Something that she hadn’t done in a long time. How could I understand what I had done wrong when the infuriating woman wouldn’t speak to me?

“You look tense. Want to talk about it?”

I glanced down, my top lip curling up in disgust as a hand was placed on my shoulder from behind the couch. Her long grey nails curled to have their points against the skin of my chest, and I bit back a groan of annoyance. She was a council member, one that I was very familiar with.

Rona laughed at her own joke as she moved around the arm of the couch, her hand sliding across my shoulders and the back of my neck as she did so.

when her mother died. As soon as

Don’t be so

straight ahead as she sat on the couch next to me, so

guards stationed outside the hallway of Killian’s office to see if Joselin had left yet. She wouldn’t get away from me without telling me

so arrogant as to be angry that I had bested her in front of a crowd. She had never had a problem with that before. It used to just make her try harder to win. It was one of the things

sitting room to

on her way down, and I tried not to

but freezing when Rona lifted

been trying to figure out what makes you tick for a while now. What it is that you like. I think the silent

other resting on my knee as she let out a low, airy giggle that made my skin crawl. “Is that it? Do

leaving her hanging in

beast was ready to come forward, to take control and rip the wicked witch’s legs from her body to get them off me, but I held him back. I couldn’t disrespect a

lifted my hands, not wanting to touch her. But without physically removing her, it didn’t seem like

as I looked up and saw her standing in the doorway. Her hands were in fists at her sides as she glared not at the woman putting me in this uncomfortable situation but at me. She was livid. The designs on her skin vibrated quickly like she were a bomb ready to

as Rona’s feet roughly hit the ground. She knew exactly

anger, and I shook my head as I silently denied whatever story or

the redhead next to me. “I warned you that today

her hand forward, sending Rona across the room and through the window. The sound of the glass shattering was followed by

hair. A small shard stuck out of her cheek, and she pulled

before appearing on the other side of the window, a twisted smile on her perfect lips. “I’ve been

popped as I jumped through the window, shifting into my Lycan form as quickly as possible to stand by Joselin’s side. I may not

us one day. I let out a snarl as Rona walked forward, flinging her hands in front of her as she threw rapid castings at Joselin. I wasn’t concerned about Joselin’s ability to handle herself. Still, I was