Chapter Eighty One
“I’m guessing there were no truths to all you told me.
“Actually, the part about me not being your father was true.” Slade responded, clearly enjoying this.
“What is the point of all these? Kill me; one of the biggest packs in the world will be left without their Alpha.”
“No, I would be there to fill the space.”
“As a ghost? Come on, you’ve got to think better than that.”
“You are a lycan, a powerful creature; also, you are the Alpha King and that’s why you are here.” he cuts his sentence off, not wanting to give out too much information. “You know it had once been me, and it could be like that again. You don’t know what it felt like watching you take over my pack, what it felt like watching you take my place, what rightfully belonged to me. You were just the bastard son, and yet, the goddess gave you the crown. I think Logan is a bit jealous. He had to spend his whole life hiding while you were out there, you became everything he wanted to be and much more.”
“The longer I stay missing, the more questions would arise, and you don’t want that.”
“You don’t have to worry. There has been a substitute
I didn’t know how much time had gone by; I couldn’t exactly tell from the cave I had been placed in. I would guess it had been two days since anyone visited.
“May I come in?”
The figure looked exactly like me. I knew about demons and their shapeshifting skills; I also happened to know exactly which demon this was.
Fevi
“The last I remember, you were supposed to be under jade’s watch.”
“Yes, I was supposed to be under her watch but she is dead now,” he said.
I had questions about her death but I kept them to myself, I wouldn’t let him know I was curious.
“So, how are you enjoying my undeniably attractive body?” I asked with a grin.
He smirked. “I guess I get why she is crazy over you.
My grin instantly vanished.
“By now, you should know better than to attempt hurting her. If you lay a single finger on her…”
“I won’t. I am trying to be as convincing as possible.”
“She would know it’s you; she is not a fool.”
You are right; she is not. She had some doubts earlier she believes the sun still burns me, and so she led me to the sun to be sure. What she doesn’t realize is that I’m an updated version of my previous self, all thanks to Vox.”
Chapter Eighty One
“Vox?”
“Yes, Vox. The Demon Overlord. He is awake, in case you didn’t know. Jade completed the ritual before she lost her life, unfortunately.”
“If anything happens to Riley, then I will kill you and send your Overlord back to hell, that’s a promise.”
“As I said, she would be alive for as long as she is useful. Vox has no interest in killing her, it’s me who wants her dead. I do need her now, but I can’t deny it has been fun making her feel completely worthless. You know she has been trying to impress me for a while now. She went from dressing in sexy little clothes to walking around naked just to get my attention. You know what I do? I make her feel like the little bitch she is. I really love it when she reddens in embarrassment and sheds tears after I reject her, over and over again.”
11
I let out a warning growl, and he took a step back. “Maybe it’s time for a dose of the ‘lycan’s bane.‘ You are getting really violent, and we wouldn’t want that.
“The plant–it was no healer’s lilies, was it?”
“Actually, that is one of its many names. She made a deal with Slade; how else do you think she discovered its location? He told her about it. But the very same magical plant capable of healing could turn out to be dangerous to others. For Lycans like you, it becomes a… bane.”
“What about the curse? That was supposed to be a cure to the curse…” I trailed off, something finally registering in my mind. The curse had begun with her arrival, and for the few days she left the pack, there wasn’t a single incident, I had brushed that away because it happened randomly, but what if there was more to that?
“There was never a curse,
was there?”
He shook his head. “No, there wasn’t.”
