Carnivals: Claimed By The Deranged Alpha Prince [BL]-Chapter 230: The Unfortunate Demise

Jules’ pov

I let out an ear splitting scream as I stumbled away from the bed, heart pounding harshly against my chest as I stared at the lifeless body in the bed.

Tears poured down my face as I moved my trembling hands across my gaping mouth. I couldn’t believe my eyes, I couldn’t believe what I was currently witnessing right now.

How could he be dead? Who killed him?

The scream I let out this time was muffled in my shaking hands and with stumbling breaths, I moved closer to the bed, my entire limbs trembling as I stopped beside the bed to stare down at him. His eyes were still wide open and more tears rolled down my eyes as I fell to my knees beside the bed.

As I reached out and closed his eyes, tears silently poured down my face. His face was cold underneath my hand and I couldn’t even tell how long he had been dead.

I pulled my hands away after that, not wanting to mess up the chance of the killer getting found by leaving my fingerprints on his body.

From the looks of it, he was clearly murdered, and I didn’t know who could be behind it. My mind instantly travelled to Andrian and I wondered if he was the one behind it.

I gripped my hair tightly as I turned away from the bed, guilt slamming into my chest at a full force, one which made my legs give out from my body.

My hands shook as I struggled to get a hold on my phone, connecting the call with Andrian was another struggle entirely. I finally succeeded in doing that and even though I tried to stop my tears, it just kept flowing.

Andrian answered on the first ring, his familiar voice making my skin start to crawl with disgust.

"Did you kill him?" I managed to ask the question through my tears. I sniffed and tried pressing my palm against my eyes but the tears continued to fall.

"Who?" Andrian asked and I’d have crackled if I wasn’t currently crying my eyes out.

"Nickolas, my roommate. Did you order for him to be killed?" My voice shook as I repeated the question.

"I didn’t order anyone to be killed just yet since you promised to act right. And besides, I heard you never managed to get along with that roommate of yours, so killing him was gonna be pointless anyway. Why? Your roommate is dead?" He asked, and if I didn’t know his true nature, I’d have believed he was concerned.

"You really had people watching me this whole time? To the point of you knowing I didn’t get along with him?" I whispered, reeling in disbelief and he scoffed.

"Of course I did." He responded, making the headache within me triple right before I ended the call and took in a couple of deep breaths, trying to regulate my thoughts and get it together.

When I got to my feet again and took a look at the bed, everything crumbled within me. I knew now it technically wasn’t my fault that he was killed, but it was still something horrible. Even though he always snapped at me, I still liked him and was even certain we’d still get to understand each other one day. Coming in today and finding him dead was the last thing I expected.

When I stepped out of the dorm, I felt like a zombie, nothing was going on in my mind or my head because everything felt blank and void. I didn’t know how I managed to share the news, or how I got to Blaze. One moment I was crumbing outside the door of our dorm and next, I was sobbing into Blaze’s chest while Kim approached, a frantic expression across his face.

After Kim arrived, the omegas and betas all visibly relaxed and before Kim entered the room to go take a look, he urged everyone to relax, assuring them he was gonna take care of the mess and figure out what was going on. As I watched him speak with so much confidence, I realized why so many people look up to him. His ability to bring along an amount of confidence enough to go round a crowd, his ability to keep it together in tense, uncomfortable situations. His ability to lead.

I accompanied him into the room since I was the one who found out Nick was dead, and as I watch him crouch beside the bed and touch the body, for the first time, I watch tears fall down Kim’s cheeks.

He pulled Nick’s face into his arms and buried his face in nick’s hair while crying and I suddenly didn’t know how to feel right now.

My cheeks were wet with tears as I shuffled forward and wrapped my arms around Kim’s shoulders, completely following my instincts. When Kim’s eyes locked with mine, they were filled with pain, anger and a bunch of other emotions.

"He killed him." Kim whispered, fingers stroking Nick’s hair almost robotically and my eyes widened, my grip growing firm around his shoulders.

"You know who killed him?" I whispered, eyes wide with shock.

Kim glanced back at Nick’s prone body, fingers sliding across his cold cheeks.

"You didn’t deserve any of this. This world... this cold, unforgiving world, it was too cruel for you." Kim continued, voice soft and filled with so much emotion, right before he rose to his feet and exhaled a long breath.

"Malachi." He finally whispered right before his eyes locked with mine, all that was left swimming in his green eyes was anger, stark anger.

I blinked in confusion as I wiped my cheeks. "Huh?"

"Malachi is the one who killed Nick." He confirmed and my eyes widened, mouth falling open in disbelief.

Malachi, the same vampire who almost succeeded in drowning me on my first day of school. Malachi, who was friends with those two vampires who abducted me that one night.

"B- but... why?" I whispered as Kim squared his jaw, all traces of his softness gone, and in it place was fierceness.

"Malachi forced Nick to be in his harem, to be his sole feeder." Kim explained, voice cold and I blinked slowly as the words registered within me.

"He was forced?" I whispered, mind returning to that time that I caught sight of the collar around his neck, and the time I also caught sight of a deep bite on his throat.

Oh god.

Kim let out a bitter laugh. "Of course he was forced to. Omegas from a low background here in this school don’t have a lot of choices on a normal day, but for Nick who is only here on scholarship, and with only a poor grandmother as family, he wasn’t really left with any choice."

As Kim spoke, my mouth fell open in disbelief, with my mind reeling as he continued to explain.

"He was always raped because he never wanted in on this. He tried dropping out countless times but wasn’t allowed to. Reporting a special student is pointless so he never bothered doing since that gets him more punishment from Malachi. He has lived a very unfair life since he got into this school... it’s why he was always angry, but he was misunderstood by everyone. All he wanted was a simple life."

Abject horror filled my veins as I listened to everything Kim said, and before I could stop myself, I reached out and grasped his collar firmly.

"You knew all of that and you didn’t bother to help him?! You’re just as sick as the others! You’re no help, and–" I was still speaking when he shoved me off, eyes blazing with anger.

"Don’t fucking dare! I tried everything I could! I tried, but even I couldn’t challenge a special student! I literally have no power of my own like people think, I’m just as ordinary as every other omega in this school!" Tears rolled down his cheeks this time and he hurriedly wiped them away.

"I tried getting him out of here multiple times because I knew he didn’t deserve any of this, all he wanted was to finish highschool, get into college and take care of his grandma. I- I really tried all I could." His voice cracked and he pressed his hands across his face for a few minutes and I remained silent, feeling guilty.

When Kim dropped his hands, I instantly attempted to apologize but he waved me off, assuring me that it was fine.

"I feel sorry for every prey out there who feels a sense of security around me, because I cannot protect any of them if I want to or whenever I need to." His voice was monotonous this time and I swallowed emptily, feeling tongue tied.

He headed for the door, waving me over. "Let’s get out of here, they’d come get his body out any moment from now." He explained and I exhaled shakily. freeweɓnøvel.com

"Would- would he get justice?" I whispered, breath bated.

"You already know the answer to that." Came Kim’s low response, and an intense chill engulfed me from within.