Chapter 151: Dancing with Darkness

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For years I had been waiting for the moment I would re- gain my freedom, and with every passing second, I survived in a world that didn’t want me. I dreamt of the day I would get my revenge.

The day I would be able to regain who I truly was and make my way back into a world I would punish for treating me the way it did. Power, it was the ultimate sacrifice, and with the death of so many, balance would be restored.

The distant dripping of water from the pipes within the darkness was the only thing that reminded me of where I was. I was unfairly punished for trying to correct the evils of the world. Evils the gods themselves didn’t deem important enough to be tampered with.

Sitting upon the small cot in my cell, I stared off into the darkness, waiting for anything to remind me I wasn’t alone in the plans of my rebellion. Day and night, for years, I had been formulating my plan. Making sure nothing could happen to detour what needed to be done.

A plan that would get me back to my one true love. A woman with raven black hair as deep as the night, with eyes so blue they reminded me of the sea. Her love was the only thing that made me feel mortal in a world of souls who didn’t die.

I had no doubt she was waiting for me. No doubt when I got back to her, she would be in the same small cabin we shared in the woods, anticipating when I would walk back through its front doors.

It was funny what love could do to us in the weakest of moments. How one single kiss could change your entire life, and how quickly that love could be snatched away from you when you least expect it.

“M‘ lord,” a soft voice called from within the darkness, “things are more complicated than we would have liked.”

My eyes darted to the red–haired woman I was all too fa- miliar with. “Inanna…”

The moment she came into view, she dropped to her knees before me as if to worship who I was, even if she was technically my equal in a way. As her golden green eyes gazed up at me from the floor, I couldn’t help but see how truly wicked she was.

“The girl… she isn’t doing as we would have hoped.”

Of course, she wasn’t. She was just like her mother, and that was something I expected.

“So what are you going to do then?” The question posed made a blank expression cross her face as her eyes shifted from side to side, and her heart rate increased.

“M’lord,” she stuttered in confusion, “shall I kill her?”

woman think I would want the girl killed? She was important to my freedom, and without her,

I can

do no such thing!” I growled in frustration, “have you not been listening to anything I have told you over the past few years? She is important

opened her mouth, I

understand what exactly she had against the girl. Yes, she had shown interest in her over the years but never truly explained why her sudden interest in killing her had been so

lips to- gether and grinned instead. It was a clear sign she wasn’t go- ing to say anything to me, and when she finally did open

as usual. “That’s good. Does he seem open to what we are asking him to

to her feet, flicking her hair over her shoulder with a grin that

aren’t what I asked you

gaze glittered in the dim lighting, “but it’s working, so what does it

cocky in her approach to do what we had planned, and knowing she played with fire when it came to the pawns in our game, I was

I sighed, shaking my head, “just no more com- plications.”

eyes met mine with another glimpse of hesitation, and I knew that something else

slowly, “he’s become a

mean Silas?”

her head, I sighed with frustration. Silas had once been a friend of mine and over time became an enemy as our views on certain things changed. He

him and what- ever complication he is creating. I’m sure your creative nature can think

Lucas.

the evening with Cassie, I knew she wanted something. However, I hadn’t expected her word to be true about meet- ing my father. The dark eyes that looked back at me were the same as my own,

Lucas.

something that would forever haunt my dreams. There was no way I had come from that, but the more I thought about it, the more I knew it

was filled with more darkness than

over the con- versation I had with Cassie. I hated I was being cruel toward her, but the last thing I wanted

than most of us here. Even if she did hide it behind a wall of sarcasm and cruel intentions. No one can blame someone for lashing out in unkind ways because of what they

and unhappy endings swirled through my mind as I saw the destruction the

if I didn’t keep my distance from her. Cassie

tried to keep my distance, something dark inside me sought to complete our bond. Sought to force her into submission, and as

stared at her, all I wanted to do was taste her blood.

against my own as I

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