Chapter Eighty Eight
Riley’s POV
I knew it; I knew this wasn’t Thane. There had been something different about him, and despite the fact that he bore no attributes of a demon, I still had my doubts.
Right before my eyes, the man who had taken Thane’s form shifted; of course, it was Daemon.
“How is this possible? Your skin- it was warm, you walked under sunlight, and you shapeshifted…”
“Earlier you told me you visited Jade; did you find her?”
It finally sunk in. If he was here, free, then Jade must be in danger or worse.
“What did you do to her?” I sneered at him.
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“Me? No, I didn’t do anything; this is not on me but on her. After you gave me over to her to be tortured for her little ritual, a lot did happen. Did you know that the ritual did work, Vox–the Demon Overlord, He is very much alive. More to that, he killed Jade after she resurrected him
“I don’t believe you. What did you do to Jade?”
“And why do you think I would lie? To make you see me as a ‘better person?‘ I don’t really care what you think about me anymore, Riley.”
If Daemon was here, taking Thane’s place, then where was Thane?
“Where is he?”
“Be specific, please.”
“Where is Thane?”
“Far away, you will never get to him.”
I pushed past him, heading for the door, but his grip on my hand restricted me from going any further.
“A lot of people want him dead: Slade, Logan, Bella–she was in on this; Vox wouldn’t mind him getting killed, and let’s not forget… me.”
“Why? You could have taken me; I am the one you have the issue with.”
“Turns out, you are not of much use; fuckable, yeah, but apart from that, you aren’t up for the task.”
I attempted slapping him, but he caught my hand midair. “Tsk, tsk. If you hit me, I will retaliate, and you wouldn’t like it one bit.”
“Vox is dangerous; do you know how many people will die by him?”
“I don’t care who has to die; you don’t seem to be getting that into your little skull. Vox gave me everything, my abilities–he made them… better, I am more powerful than I have ever been, and I didn’t even ask for it. The one thing I asked for was you.”
“You will not be getting me. So you might as well go to hell“‘
“Yet here you are, standing before me. I could kill you, and no one will question it.”
“Why haven’t you? After what I did, I believed killing me would be the first thing on your to–do list.”
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Chapter Eighty Eight
“Don’t worry, Riley, we will get to that part soon enough, but for now, you are of more use alive than dead.” “Take me to Thane; I need to see him.”
“Don’t you worry; he is still alive… atleast for now.”
“Daemon, you can’t do this to him; you cannot do this to… me.”
In a flash, he had me pinned against the wall, his hand wrapped firmly around my throat, an almost–shocking grip.
“Don’t expect any favors from me, Riley; I will not be granting any. Once I let my emotions get in my way, we both know where that ended me.”
I took in a deep breath, and against everything I felt, I drew closer to him, and I kissed him. I kissed him with all that I had, imagining Thane in his stead; that didn’t make me feel any less guilty.
He pulled away.
“Not even that would win me over this time.” He let me go and I slumped to the ground. “There would be new rules, Riley. I want you to be by my side every damn place I go to. You will tell me everything I need to know; I ⚫ don’t trust Regnux anymore.”
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“I will not do that; the whole pack would discover who you are, I will make sure of it.”
“Then I will just have to kill as many of them as I can.”
“You won’t.”
“Again with the doubting. Maybe you need more action over empty words.”
“No!” I called, “I will do as you said; please don’t hurt anyone.”
“I won’t, only if they don’t get in my way.”
