The Baroness Misbehaves
Chapter 166: Elian’s Secret (3)

Chapter 166: Elian’s Secret (3)

"They’re twins!" Madeline’s breathing hitched in her throat when the puzzles finally fit, and she immediately covered her mouth with her palm to avoid making a sound that would gain Elijah’s attention once again.

"What do I do?" Madeline silently thought to herself as she looked around for an easier route she could take to get away from here, but there was no possible way she could get out of here without attracting Elijah’s attention. She was still in shock from having to discover that Elian had a twin, and yet he told no one about it??

Why didn’t he say anything?

"Breathe, Maddie." She calmly cautioned herself, closing her eyes and taking each deep breath one step at a time. After regaining her senses to a normal rate, she opened her eyes and quietly crawled out of the corner where she hid, using their conversation as a way for her to sneak past so she could find Cassian.

"I see you never mentioned about me to your new friends, have I brought that much shame to you that you never told anyone about your own brother?" Asked Elijah who enjoyed watching his brother lose his cool - just like the old times.

"I am not your brother, you disgust me." Uttered Elian whose grasp tightened against the hilt of the one blade in his hand. His green eyes reigned with endearing fury, one that made Elijah smile upon noticing the disappointment in his brother’s eyes.

"It’s been a decade since we last saw, how dare you harbor such hate towards me." Elijah had mixed feelings after seeing his own brother stand in front of him, it felt more like he was looking at himself, there were times he had Elian by his side, but now, the same eyes that always looked up to him were staring at him with such resentment and visible hate.

It irritated him.

"Did you come here to fight me?"

"That’s child play." Elian took off his mask, tossing it aside. "But it doesn’t sound like a bad idea since this is going to be the last child play we’ll have together."

His tone sounded menacing. The air around them crackled with electricity as they prepared to fight. From Elijah’s movement, it was clear he had no intention of facing his brother, but the same couldn’t be said for Elian who angrily lunged forward with blinding speed, his nails extended into razor-sharp with the intention of giving Elijah a new makeover that would state their physical differences for good.

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Madeline was quick to flee from the hallway as she entered the ballroom that had guests socializing with one another. She showed up the minute she heard an applaud, and from what it seemed, King Alaric just finished giving his speech that warranted the audience’s admirable comments and applause.

Everything looked normal here, everyone seemed oblivious to what was happening, and Elijah had been playing smart to avoid alerting anyone about his presence, but why did he suddenly choose to reveal his face?

"Cassian, where’s Cassian?" Her body still hadn’t settled yet as she searched for Cassian amongst the many crowds. That gnawing feeling made her assume she was still being followed by Elijah even when there wasn’t any sight of him.

Luckily for her, she caught a glimpse of the young lad as he walked through the many crowds, probably searching for her as well as he looked to his left and right, and then behind him.

"Cas." Madeline called out to him before he walked away, and in an instant, he spotted her as well.

"Maddie."

When he made it to where she stood, he noticed the panic in her eyes, but before Madeline could start speaking, he hushed her first before holding her hand and leading her to the back of the ballroom that was empty.

Finally alone with guards standing at each corner, Cassian looked at Madeline whose eyes were starting to turn watery. Her emotions were close to the point of spilling.

"Maddie." Lowering his worried gaze a bit, his eyes hardened upon taking notice of the red sign on her neck. He examined it closely, and from his observation, he knew someone had to be the cause of it.

"Who did this to you??" His tone held the rage that was locked within him, waiting to hear the name of the person who was responsible for hurting his wife. Madeline was still disoriented to take notice of how much his tone held back a fury that shone in his eyes.

"Answer me, who did this??"

"Elijah." Madeline’s tone came out meek and weak as she sank to her knees, and Cassian crouched before her, looking into her eyes as his face paled from hearing Elijah’s name being mentioned.

"You saw him??"

She nodded. "He’s in the hallway, Elian’s with him and they’re going to kill one another."

"That Bastard." He cursed underneath his tone before looking at his wife who appeared shocked and lost in her complexities.

"Don’t go anywhere, I’ll inform Orson to meet you here."

"Where are you going?" Madeline stopped him from leaving when he was about to rise to his feet. "Elijah is here for you, you can’t go to him. What if he’s here to hurt you? He wanted to use me as bait but Elian came on time and....."

"I’ll be fine."

"But...but he’s..."

"I know Elijah, he won’t harm me, at least not yet." Shaking it off, he cupped Madeline’s cheek, making her meet his gaze.

"Don’t go out there, okay? Just wait here. Inna and Orson will be here as well, so don’t be frightened. Elijah won’t leave if I don’t go to him, and I’m hoping to make this our last meeting, just don’t leave this place, I’ll be back to get you."

It took a while before Madeline nodded her head in agreement.

"Be safe."

"I will."

After comforting Madeline as much as he could, Cassian rose to his feet and spoke with one of the guards kept incharge, requesting he looks after Madeline till he returned.

After reaching an agreement, Cassian let out a breath before leaving Madeline’s side to go find Elian and Elijah.

Among the four palace guards, one of the guards that was kept in charge of securing that area, watched Cassian leave, and its eyes turned into a midnight black as streaks of black veins began to pop out from its neck.