Chapter 143
DARIAN’S POV
Fuck, I don’t know what’s better; the feeling of their warm flesh around my hand, the smell of their blood as it covers the floor like a red carpet, or the taste of their lives when I rip it from them and watch their souls leave their bodies.
Death wasn’t immediate, even when I broke their ribs apart and pulled their hearts out. There was still a moment of pain in their eyes, a light that went out, and a flicker of panic when they realized that the breath they just took was their last.
It was a power I couldn’t explain in plain words. It was more than that. It was more than life- taking someone else’s.
Werewolves feared Lycans for a reason, some thought it was our strength and others thought the fear began when we forced them into submission and secured ourselves on the throne. They were all wrong. The fear wasn’t in our strength, it was in the way that we loved the sight of a dying enemy. Werewolves were cocky and hungry for power, they killed to gain more of it. We just loved the kill, that’s why I was the last one to be sent out in war, because once I arrived the war was over. It was won.
That’s not to say that I’m a cold-hearted monster without a soul, it was there- it was just a dark shadow over most of it.
That’s what was fucked up about Hazel. Somehow that girl made me want to live above the shadow and not feed off it like I had.
She was behind me,
watching.
I couldn’t turn around, afraid of what I’d see on her face and painfully aware of the fear I would see in her eyes.
The bond created with my mark on her perfectly smooth skin built a line connecting her soul to mine. I felt everything that she felt. It went both ways, meaning she would feel every ounce of divine joy I felt killing my way through the Dark Guards.
If I looked back I might stop and I couldn’t, not for anyone. The Guards were a diversion, keeping me at arm’s length from the real fuckers that needed to pay. We weren’t getting out of here until the Elder was dead and Kiera was safe in my arms.
That bitch told our daughter that I was dead. When everything I’ve done has been for her. Everything I put Hazel through…
No, I can’t think about that now- I’ll take care of it, she will forgive me, she has to.
A Guard approached me, he didn’t grab his knife knowing it would cost him valuable time that would be better used to attack me in combat.
He bent down and rose with an uppercut. Good boy, fight like a man- not like a cunt with a weaponized toothpick.
His fist connected with my chin and I heard a crack, a small one, like when you crack your fingers. A prideful glumness filled him and I felt almost bad for the kid when I bent his arm and his elbow stuck out on the other side. The scream was like music to my ears- I know I sound sick but it’s hard to describe the feeling of having the life in your hands of a person who wants to harm you.
All of this could’ve been prevented. They could have kept their lives, continued fighting as loyal members of the Council’s defense, and protected our country but no.
They chose an early death- I was just the gracious King, offering them an out.
A tingling buzz went off in my mind and I turned the guard’s arm harder, knowing what was about to happen.
‘Darian’
Her soft voice made my body pause and I wanted to turn to her- no, I wanted to run to her.
Yes?
‘What can I do?’
You can stand exactly where you are and not move one finger
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Chapter 143
“Zade is here, Ophelia is trying to force Kiera out of her shielded humming and the Elder is cutting up his hand’
Zade’s there?
I turned around and saw him beside her. He was already watching me- the snake was reading my mind, hearing every way I wanted him dead, and rolled his tongue while he grinned.
“That’s all you took from that?’
It was cute how easily she got mad. I didn’t have to see her to know that her lip was twitching and her nails were pressing into her hands.
I’ve got this
‘I need to help’
What you need is to stay alive. Do not move or I swear on your precious Gods that what you’ve seen me do will seem like nothing compared to what I’ll do if you get hurt
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