Chapter 74: Rayna (2/2)
”Looks like you've chosen a second option, huh?” Khrom grinned widely as he stared at Calak as if he was a kind of toy.
However, just as he was about to take another finger from his hand, Calak's terrifiedly shriek sounded. ”It was me. It was me! I added poison in the milk because I knew that Kove drinks milk every morning.”
Rayna heard him and her legs buckled. Elora—who stood behind Rayna—supported her, preventing her from falling. Rayna stared at Calak and her eyes turned red, as she screamed in rage. ”Why? Why did you do that?!”
”Why? Don't you know?” Calak said with full of bitterness. ”I have loved you since we were children. However, you rejected my proposal and got together with Melo. I was broken from inside. He wasn't better than me. Not in look, neither in wealth. But you still choose him over me.” At this moment his face became cruel as a vicious smile appeared on his face. ”Therefore I decided to destroy that bastard and snatch his woman.”
Rayna's heart trembled as she heard his insane laughter.
Calak peered at Rayna and sneered. ”After long planning, I got my chance. We both went to collect herbs, but a group of wolves attacked us. Melo wasn't as strong as me. Therefore, when we were trying to escape, I injured him so he would fall behind and wolves would not go after me. Two birds with a single stone.”
He started laughing maniacally. ”You know what? He died at that time, and he died miserably. I still remember his face that was filled with disbelief and confusion. Alas, he would never know the reason why he died.”
Rayna trembled at this moment and tears fell from her beautiful eyes non-stop. She never thought that Calak, her closest friend, would do such a thing. He was the reason behind every terrible thing that happened in her life. She stared at him and asked with a voice filled with hatred. ”Then why do you want to kill my son? He is just a child!”
”Isn't it easy to perceive?” Kadyn spoke from the side as he darted his cold look at Calak. ”Kove is Melo's child and Calak hated him to the extreme point, as in his point of view, Melo had snatched his love from him.” Then he shook his head. ”People say that women are jealous creatures, but men aren't any different. Therefore, he couldn't stand the sight of Kove, as he was Melo's son. He wanted to kill him, but he also wanted to make you his woman. So he couldn't do anything to Kove openly.
”And to achieve his goal he had only one choice—to endure. He endured for five years, and acted kind and helped you as much as he could. And as time passed you started to realise that it isn't easy to foster a child—that's what Calak wanted to make you realise—your financial condition started to deteriorate day by day. That was the time he once again proposed to you, and the outcome was obvious.”
Rayna started crying and fell on her knees. This time Elora didn't support her. It's better to wash your bitterness and grievances through tears, sometimes. ”Why al you clyig, Maa?”