Chapter Ninety Three
1 rose to my feet. It didn’t make much of a difference. Vox had a very intimidating height.
“Now you listen to me.” I said to Vox, “You are in my pack didn’t remember inviting you here. You captured my mate too. In his absence, I am the leader here, so you could go be the Lord over your little demons but not here.”
“Shut up, Riley.” Damon warned.
“You shut up. This is my pack, and I will sabotage every single plan you make.”
Vox had a look of irritation on his face; suddenly I felt a burning sensation right in my chest, spreading through my whole body, and I fell down to my knees.
“What… what are…” I couldn’t complete the word. I coughed out blood; the pain only got more unbearable.
“I still need her alive. The pack needs their Luna for now; with her by my side, there would be fewer suspicions.” “Then put your woman on a leash.‘
The pain seized, and Vox was gone; he had just… disappeared.
“He would have killed you.” Daemon said to me.
“Isn’t that why you brought me here?”
“Can’t you get it? I don’t want you dead, and if you are going to die; it will be by my hands.”
“I wouldn’t stand by and watch you do these.”
“You don’t have an option, and I hope you’ve learned never to disrespect the Demon Overlord in that manner ever again.”
He gave me his hand to help me up, but I ignored it. Rising to my feet, I walked away from the empty room and headed straight for the gardens.
Daemon didn’t have to lie for my sake; he didn’t have to take the blame, but that doesn’t make him any less of the monster he is.
I sat on the bare ground in the garden. The only thought keeping me sane was the assurance that Ethan was safe; everything else seemed to be going all bad. Anytime I thought about Thane, all I felt was pain. Jade was dead now and so was Regnux.
I spotted Pricilla, Axel’s mother, who now worked as a maid. She stood some distance away, looking a bit nervous; she kept on staring at me every once in a while like she wanted to tell me something. I couldn’t help but notice how Axel did have a resemblance to her.
Finally, she walked to me.
“Good day, Luna.”
“Priscilla, how have you been?” I asked, not exactly in the right mood for a conversation.
“I’ve been better.” She paused. She seemed to be holding back on saying something. “See you around, Luna.”
I watched her walk away, my eyebrow arched. That was very… strange.
“Riley.” The voice called from behind me. He sounded so much like Thane, and for a moment I wanted to close my
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eyes and pretend it was him, but it wasn’t.
“I want to be alone; please let me be.”
“It’s late in the night; you should be sleeping.”
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“This is the only place I find solace. When I return back in there, I have to remember things; I have to remember what a mess my life is and how messier it’s going to become. I don’t want to go back to the room.”
“Then can I join you?”
“No. You are right at the center of everything I don’t want to think about.”
Despite my decline, he still walked up to me.
“I didn’t want any of this.”
“Come on, we all know you are the villain; you live for things like this.”
“No. I never asked Vox to make me this… powerful, neither did I want to do his bidding, though I can’t deny it does have its allure sometimes.”
I turned to him. “What you are doing, it’s wrong. Please just… stop.“.
“Why? What else do I have to live for?” He questioned and now I could understand him, Vox gave him purpose.
The pack could move on without me; I had no doubts Thane would be capable of raising our son. Even if I would have to live every single day of my life in regret, I would know it was worth it.
“Then I will run away with you; I won’t try to escape; I’ll be just what you want me to be and more; I’ll never mention Thane’s name; I’ll try my best to love you, all we have to do is make the pack and every other person believe that I’m dead or we could create a cover up story: no one will come after me; it will be just the both of us, forever.”
“I wanted that once.”
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“And nothing has changed, Daemon.”
“No, everything has changed.” He says.
“You don’t love me anymore–that is what changed, isn’t it?”
“With Vox, that offer can never be an option; he will haunt me and kill you.”
