Chapter 595
The moment I received the two glasses of wine, I downed the first in a matter of seconds and did the same for the other.
I managed to breathe, and the wine hit me.
Xaden stared at me in absolute horror.
“Gods Jasmine.” He said.
I dropped the empty glasses of wine on the platter with the awaiting servant.
I felt my head throb as I tried to wave the feeling in my entire body.
I had hoped that whatever was in the glass would ease my pain and help me feel better.
But instead, I felt parched.
Thirsty for more, I reached out to the already leaving waiter for another.
Xaden snatched the wine glasses out of my hands and gave me a very disapproving look, letting me know he wasn’t pleased.
Then he handed it over to the waiter, who disappeared in almost an instant.
“Gods Jasmine,” Xaden said. “What the devil did you do that for?”
“I just feel a bit thirsty and weak,” I explained. “I was hoping the wine would help.”
“That’s not wine.” He blinked at me. “That’s rum! Do you know how intoxicated rum can make you? And I doubt you’ve ever had rum in your entire life.”
My lips dropped.
I had honestly never had it before.
I looked up at Auburn, and it was as though every time I stared at where she stood, I was affected.
I felt the hum in my chest, and my breathing began to waver once again.
My ears kept on pounding, and it felt as though they only got louder by the second.
Auburn turned to look at me, and I hastily looked away.
“I didn’t know,” I said in response to Xaden.
I placed my fingertips on my forehead and began to feel the weight of the rum hitting me.
The room began to spin.
“Jasmine, are you okay?” I heard him ask me.
But I nodded as I slowly stood up. “Y… ye Yes. I’m fine.”
He tried to reach out for me, but I staggered and declined his assistance.
“I’m fine.” I lied.
But I wasn’t.
As I staggered amidst the crowd, I looked up at Auburn again.
And then I felt the pain in my head vibrate.
But for some reason, it didn’t seem like she was the cause of my pain.
It was though there was something else.
I struggled to look at what was closest to Auburn.
What felt like a magnet of pain.
And my eyes went up to the great throne for the ruler of all wolves.
I used both hands to press the left and right sides of my head.
The pain was more than anything I had ever experienced, and yet I couldn’t take myself from looking away.
I was forced to stare at the throne, which kept vibrating and making my body feel like it was on fire.
I could hardly breathe and felt my nose get damp.
I began to see flashes.
Flashes of a woman with vibrant red hair.
I didn’t see her face at first
Just saw a blurry vision.
She stood behind me, then turned to face me.
I screamed as I saw her begin to fade and yet appear better.
It was so quick I believed I was hallucinating.
The crowd was so filled with people dancing and celebrating that no one seemed to notice me in my agony.
I also didn’t hear Xaden calling out my name.
The only thing I could hear and understand was the young woman with carrot-red hair and green eyes, smiling.
She was speaking to me, but I couldn’t hear her, and the more I focused on her, the more dizzy I got.
I instantly collapsed.
XADEN’S POV
The moment she gently pushed me away and walked off, I instantly regretted it.
Jasmine was already lost in the crowd.
I swore to myself.
I couldn’t understand what was happening to her.
She had become pale and seemed unstable.
I should have ignored her discomfort and held her safe.
Nowo couldn’t even find her.
“Jasmine!” I called out to her as I went through the crowd.
But my call for attention was drowned out by the music.
And then I saw her.
She had her hands pressed up against her head as though she was in intense pain.
“Jasmine!”
Barely inches away from her, the glasses began to shatter, and people gasped.
All the candles and lights in the entire hall went poof!
The hall went into pitch darkness.
In that instant, the hall was thrown into chaos.
What the hell had just happened?
I turned around just in time to see Jasmine collapse.
I caught her in my arms before she landed on the ground.
“Jasmine.” I shook her gently. “It’s okay. I’m here now.”
But she was motionless.
My wolf could hear her heart beating, and her pulse raced in perfect rhythm.
She was alive, and yet she was unconscious.
I looked at the dark spot at the bottom of her nose before setting my finger on it.
It was blood.
My face went grim.
I cradled her against me and then picked her up correctly.
I held her in my arms as I turned away from the crowd, while her head remained safely nestled in the nook of my arm.
I walked through the confused group of people scrambling around and headed to my bedroom.
Someone tried to run into me in their haste to reach safety.
I growled so harshly that they ran back.
The moment we got into the bedroom, the lights went out too, and it was only then that it occurred to me that something had made all the lights in the royal pack go dark.
When I gently set her on the bed.
I closed my eyes to.
I saw nothing wrong anymore.
She was out of danger, and so I sighed a sigh of relief.
I looked up and saw shattered glass by the bedside table.
Gods!
What had caused this?!