hapter Two Hundred and Eight
“I want to kiss you, Thane,” she says.
“No, you don’t.”
“But I do; you are just so… Charming and handsome; I should hate you for leaving me, and yet all I want to do is… kiss you.”
She was still in a haze. It would take a few minutes to pass.
“Oh, you do?” I asked with a smile.
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“Yes, and I want to do more things,” she whispered, matching my tone.
“Things like what?”
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“I like it when you touch me… and I also like Axel’s touch too… I want to do things with the both of you.”
Icouldn’t help but chuckle at that.
“That’s enough mind manipulation for one day.” I said, rising to my feet.
I could hear the footsteps approaching. Axel. I should prepare myself for a long, long lecture from him, one I did deserve.
Just then Axel walked in.
His eyes went to the body on the floor.
“Jake,” he called as if we all didn’t know that, and then his eyes met Riley. It didn’t take him a while to figure it all out.
“She…did this?” He whispered as if in an attempt to keep Riley out of the conversation.
“No, she didn’t. We found him in the woods; his body burned, so there was no way to know what exactly killed him.” I recited.
“Axel, I was just telling Thane how I would love to be naked and in the same room with both. of you.” Riley says with a wide smile, her lips still stained with Jake’s blood.
He gave her a calculative look.
“Is she alright?” he asked, clearly the tears on her face were a stark contrast to the smile on her lips.
“Yes, she is actually.”
Axel was quick to put the ones and twos together
“You used the Alpha Aura on her?”
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“I had to…”
Thane was right in front of me in the next second. “You think this is some game?”
“Clearly, no. She was in pain.”
“And you… took it away?”
“Literally, yes.”
“You are so selfish, Thane.”
“How does this make me selfish?”
“There is always something in it for you. What was it this time?” he asked. He was right. I was selfish; I didn’t want her to leave; I didn’t want her in pain; I didn’t want her to have to carry the burden of guilt for the rest of her life. “That’s what I thought.” He muttered.
“Take the body to the woods; set it on fire.” I ordered.
“And what s
her?” Axel asked.
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Riley had a wide smile on her face. “Riley dear, won’t you like that demon out of you as possible?” 1
“Yes, that’s what I want.” She answered.
“What the hell are you doing?”
“I had already started it; I might as well go along with it. She made this decision earlier, when she discovered what she had done to Jake, but with that incident off her mind, she might still want to keep it.” I explained to him, staring at her stomach.
“So you are making the decision for her?”
“No, just giving her a reminder of what she wanted. Axel, when she is involved, it’s never al game. I know it’s wrong, but how am I expected to watch her die and do nothing?” I asked.
“I don’t know if this is the right thing. But she would be pissed if she discovered the truth.” Axel said lifting Jake’s body.
“How did he know she was in here? We’ye managed to keep this a secret.” Axel questioned.
That was a smart question, one I should have thought about. No one knew about Riley’s ‘ pregnancy‘ and so it was a surprise he had been able to sneak into this chamber and find” exactly the room Riley had been placed in.
“Maybe suspicions are rising; that’s the only explanation. I’ll call for the sorceress to take that thing out of her and for Jake’s parents, do something nice for them.”
“Like what?” Axel questioned.
“I don’t know, maybe increase their wages; give them whatever they want.”
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“Money can’t buy back the lives of their children
“I know, but I can’t resurrect them either; this is the only way I could help.”
Axel walked away with Jake’s corpse.
I turned to Riley, leaning in to give her a kiss on the forehead. She reached for my lips, and I drew away.
“I don’t have to make things worse than they already are.”
“You don’t want me?” She asked; she looked so innocent; all I wanted to do was rip off her clothes and….
I wonder if having sex with her would be ideal, seeing as she had something growing in her.
But again, why the hell should I be thinking about that?
