Carnivals: Claimed By The Deranged Alpha Prince [BL]-Chapter 234: Tackled

Jules’ pov

My heart was pounding in my chest as I approached Taylor’s room. His room was on the same floor as mine and I’ve hung out with him and Josh in there a few times. I stopped in front of the door and knocked on it, ignoring the gazes I was getting from omegas who were walking past. I was attracting more attention than I did after I got after getting mated with Blaze, and that was because of Nick’s death. I have avoided thinking about that death for hours now and I shoved that thought away and knocked again.

The door opened after a few more minutes and Taylor’s roommate stood in the doorway, eying me curiously as he called out Taylor’s name to come meet his friend. His roommate asked if we wanted to come in but I declined, offering to wait out here instead. His roommate shrugged and walked back in, leaving the door open.

I exchanged a look with Elio and briefly wondered if he was supposed to be here for the conversation I’m about to have with Taylor. It’s something personal, after all.

I chewed on my bottom lip for a moment before suggesting he go wait for me back in his room because I didn’t think Taylor would be comfortable having this conversation with him present.

Before he could even respond, Taylor approached, a blank expression across his face. On stopping at the doorway, he folded his arms and pursed his lips, gaze darting between Elio and I.

"If this isn’t my ex-friend and my other friend who stole him from me." He drawled, eyes lingering on Elio and I rolled my eyes, already feeling exasperated and this conversation wasn’t even started yet.

"Taylor, please." I breathed out on a long sigh and he let out a scoff.

Elio remained silent and Taylor raked as our eyes locked again.

"So... why are you two here?" He asked and I blew out another sigh, preparing myself from the argument which is sure to follow.

"I’m here to ask you what you want from me." I responded and after a few moments, he laughed.

"Do you really want to do this with your new friend present? Are you fine with him knowing things about you that you’ve fucking lied about since you suddenly enrolled in this school?" He demanded and my heartbeat slowed down at once as I blinked at him.

"What are you talking about?" I finally whispered and he crackled once again, shoulders shaking.

"You’re fucking unbelievable." He spat angrily, mouth twisting.

I was confused, there were a lot of things I wanted to ask, but I was being careful right now because of Elio being present. I wanted to ask Elio to leave us for a few moments but Taylor turned to Elio and spoke.

"Do you want to know a secret?" He asked and Elio’s eyes widened, right before he glanced at me.

"I- I don’t know... what’s happening guys? This is starting to get weird." As he spoke, he took a step backward.

"Maybe I should really give you guys some privacy to talk this out or something, I don’t need to be placed in the middle of this." He continued and Taylor shook his head firmly.

"Trust me, you want to be present for this. Surely you’d want to be aware if your life is in danger because of him, wouldn’t you?" Taylor drawled and my eyes widened, shock consuming me over how he got to know about that and why he was revealing it to Elio right now.

"Taylor, stop talking nonsense!" I called out before turning towards Elio to convince him that Taylor was only messing him, but Elio had his mouth hanging open and his eyes blown wide, and the words I planed to say got tapped in my throat.

"What did you mean?" Elio finally whispered and I shook my head firmly.

"Taylor was only messing with you." I whispered just as Taylor snorted with a shake of his head.

"Just when are you gonna start being honest to the people you call friends? Don’t you think he deserves to know that his live is in danger because he became friends with you?" Taylor snapped out but I ignored him, closing the distance between Elio and I to grip his shoulders.

He shook my hands off before I could begin saying anything. "Tell me... is he being honest?" He whispered; eyes wide. Everything crumbled within me and my lips wobbled as I shook my head.

Taylor laughed after that. "You know I’m being honest, you can feel it." He crooned with a laugh and I whirled around to grip the collar of his shirt, shaking him hard.

"Why the fuck are you doing this? What is your problem? What the hell do you want from me?"

His eyes twinkled and his tongue swiped across his lips. His eyes bored into mine right before a smirk tugged at the side of his lips.

"You know what I want." His voice was low this time as he spoke and as I stared at him in confusion, it slowly clicked within me.

He wants Blaze.

The fucking snake.

He noticed the moment it clicked within me because he crackled in amusement. I wrenched my hands away from his shirt, suddenly feeling extremely disgusted.

Elio’s voice pierced through my tight chest the next moment.

"Is it true? Was all what Taylor said the truth?" He whispered, fear painting his face. He was staring at me with disbelief and it broke my heart into a thousand pieces. I instantly reached for his hands but he tugged them away at once, gaze hardening.

"Fucking answer me, Jules." He yelled and I flinched, wishing I could disappear from this scene right now.

Taylor snickered behind us. "That’s if that’s even his real name... but, what do I know." ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

Disbelief flooded my entire inside right now and I wished I could slap him right now but I had other things to take care of right now, that being Elio, who was still waiting for an answer.

I tried thinking of what to say in response but I ended up coming up with nothing. After a few minutes, I averted my gaze, feeling extremely shitty as I whispered.

"I’m sorry."

He stumbled back. "So it’s true? My life really is in danger?" He yelled, voice increasing in octaves and I winced on noticing a few people glancing our way.

"Wait, Elio, I can explain." I whispered but he let out a bitter laugh before tugging on his hair and starting to pace around.

"I trusted you. I felt like we were the same despite us being different. Even though you were very reserved, I still decided to be friends with you... and this is what I get in return? My life being endangered over something I don’t even know about?" He demanded, voice sharp and I flinched again.

"I’m so sorry, Elio. I never meant for this to happen, believe me. I- I have this under control, I’m never gonna let anything happen to you. I didn’t tell you about this because I didn’t want to worry you, I promise you that I’m being very honest right now." I cried out desperately, wishing for him to believe me.

However, he let out another bitter laugh before pointing at me.

"Sadly I cannot take anything from your mouth seriously any longer. I regret being your friend and please... stay away from me on moving forward."

My heart fell into my stomach as those words got hurled at me. I reached forward and gripped his hand desperately but he wrenched it away and turned away, heading down the hall and ignoring my desperate calls.

Tears prickled my eyes and I felt so fucking shitty on the inside, and when I turned around to face Taylor, immense anger consumed me and rage swirled through my veins as I reached toward and gripped his hair, tugging on it sharply and screaming into his face.

"You fucking psycho, you’ve ruined the only friendship I have left and for what? For what? You sick fuck!" I screamed, tugging hard till we lost our footing. He yelled and gripped my hair, tugging so sharply but I still refused to let go. We rolled around on the ground, I was suddenly consumed with the urge to beat him up right now until he couldn’t walk. A kick in my stomach made my hold loosen in his hair and to my bewilderment, he straddled and gripped my throat tightly.

"You fucking... you little fucking thief. You came in from nowhere and stole Blaze from me... how dare you??!"

I wheezed as he squeezed tight and I kicked my legs out, struggling to breath. I could hear panicked noises from onlookers in the background and I used all my might to shove him off me, and I instantly rolled over him, digging my knee in his stomach and then I began to rain down slaps across his face.