Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty Eight
Thane and Axel believed that whoever had helped Bailey escape must be one of the high ranks. in this pack, and they were right. The problem was that they trusted me completely, they hadn’t suspected me at all, even if the location of the key was only known to Thane and I, yet they rather believed that there was a spare or some other way to get into the cell that they weren’t aware of.
It had been me.
I had taken that key and I had freed Balley.
If I needed further proof, the injuries I had noticed on my body, those same ones I couldn’t remember how they came to be, was all the proof I needed, and yet… yet I didn’t want to believe it. I just couldn’t.
“I didn’t do this, Bailey.” I insisted, but the tears streaming down my face contradicted my very own words.
“I’m sure you had a reason.
“No, I would never do anything like that.”
She snorted at my words. “You’ve done something similar before, so don’t give me that ‘I am innocent‘ crap.”
“You made me do this…I don’t know how you did it, but it had been your voice in my head, controlling me.”
“And if it was… who do you think would believe you? I mean, they died by your hands, right?”
I stayed silent, watching her; fury burned in my chest, but still I couldn’t make a single move; her words seemed to have some kind of power over me, forcing my body to act against my own mind.
“How could you do that? How can you control me?”
“You sought out for power; that was the beginning of your end. Your friend didn’t tell you all what this entails, did he?”
My heart slammed against my chest. More discoveries… things I should have known, but Nick kept it all away from me. Something told me this one discovery will be the worst of them all,
“A turned one is half demon. Demons are loyal to only one line of people, the Elders. For turned ones, they don’t have to be loyal, not until they are compelled. I control you now, Riley, and there is not a single thing you can do about it.”
I hated him. I hated Nick so much at this moment, but even more, I hated myself for being such a fool.
“I am not a murderer; please just… let me be.”
Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty
+25 BONUS
That’s what it had come to; I had to beg for the very same freedom I once took for granted.
“It is in your nature; demons are bringers of death, and you are part demon, so you will always be a murderer. You can’t resist what you are.”
“Why Bailey?, why? I helped you; you would have died in the woods, but L…”
She cut me off with a slap so hard, I could taste the metallic taste of blood.
“This is not about you; Thane had taken me for granted; he had used me like I wasn’t one of the most powerful beings in the world, and so I would get back at him, but you will be my tool.
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Tears streamed down my eyes. “I’d ather die than hurt him or anyone in this pack.”
“I know and we would have to change that.” She walked closer to me, taking my jaw in her hand. She wiped away the blood on my lips with a single finger. “You will not commit suicide, nor would you let yourself be killed. Anyone who comes against you, protect yourself as best as you can. Place your life first before any other.” She said, and I could feel those words settling in some deeper part of my mind.
I repeated her words, and she gave a nod. Her smile was wide. “This is really fun.”
“What am I now to you? Some toy you can twist to your wants? some mindless body you can shove into any direction you please?”
“Yes, all of that and more. But I am not the first to do this; I might have taken mine on another level, but I do remember the Alpha King doing something similar to keep you from the painful truth. Truly love is weakness.”
“What?”
I didn’t believe her, not at all.
“You should be asking someone else that question. Perhaps your ‘mate‘ would have an answer for you. I must say he did a good job covering the body up.”
