Chapter-65. The control(18+)

[Asher Xipher]

"You don't even come close to the dirt they walk on. Ezra. Asher. Raven. They are my husbands. They are my demon lords! And they are never going down!"

A small smirk played across Raven's lips as he peered at Xanthea on his phone screen.

I arrived at the Aile castle a few minutes ago, but Raven had been here for a while monitoring Xanthea and Ezra using his butterflies that were invisible to mortal eyes in the mortal realm. I looked at all the gifts placed on the table. It looks like Ezra had bought her a new phone and a laptop.

"You look proud of her," I said.

Cocking a brow, Raven lifted his eyes off the screen and scowled at me.

"Why will I be proud? This is the bare minimum she should have done for herself long ago," he said. "Moreover, after today, it might be a pain in the ass to control her."

"Is that so? Maybe I misinterpreted your smile," I said, lying down on the couch.

"I will be proud of her when she gets her healer's license and then she can help me access the forbidden knowledge you have been trying to hide from me with all your power," he said.

I shut my eyes, replying with my silence.

I heard him scoff, and then he concentrated on Xanthea again.

'You wanted them to accept her just enough so that they don't kill her. They have gotten attached enough. They have linked their personal twisted goals with her. Raven wants her for the research and Ezra needs her to heal himself. It's time you pull their reins before their attachment turns into an obsession.' Icifer, my demon wolf's warning, echoed in my head.

I replied to him with my silence as well.

Icifer was getting impatient because of Xanthea, but everything was under control. I wasn't going to pull any reins until she got pregnant.

Taking a deep breath, I sat up on the couch, stretching.

"Can I have a look as well?" I asked Raven.

"Suit yourself," he said.

"Thanks," I said and sat on the chair beside him.

Raven's butterfly flew out of the dining room. Ezra was pacing right outside the door.

"He... looks anxious," I said.

"Of course he is. He has been disturbed ever since Xanthea snapped and began devouring the food as though she might as well cannibalize herself," Raven said. "Hmm."

Given Ezra's childhood struggles with eating disorders, such a reaction wasn't surprising.

"By the way. Her stepmother revealed something interesting about her mother," Raven said.

"About her mother?" I looked at Raven.

"Looks like our little omega has a far more interesting origin than we thought. Freya Plath isn't her mother's real name. She stole someone else's identity," Raven chuckled, contemplating me. "Oh," I said.

"Oh? That's the most you can come up with after such a revelation?"

Was I supposed to act surprised when I wasn't?

"You don't seem much bothered by it, either," I said.

"Well, I don't really care who her mother is. I wanted her mother's books and stuff, and Xanthea has it all stored in her brain. She'll be much more useful to me than her dead mother's identity," Raven said matter-of-factly. "Makes sense."

I looked at Xanthea as she walked out of the room and shut the door roughly behind her.

She stood before Ezra, taking deep breaths.

From the rhythm of her breaths to her heaving chest, I could easily tell she was scared. Her fingers twitched because they were cold and numb. The way she trudged closer to Ezra, she was trembling from within, barely standing. Her facade of strength wasn't convincing.

Overall, no improvement

But maybe Ezra had a different opinion.

for her to walk to him,

he smiled, kissing the side of

angel," he said, stroking her

in the depths of my mind where he couldn't

"Alpha..." Xanthea whispered.

baby," Ezra

cheesy high school romance?" Raven

I might be a... little drunk,"

ok, rest a little," Ezra said, picking

few sips of wine and she's already drunk. Typical omega trait," Raven

Xanthea and then at Ezra before

back home, my lord and...

sure know how to read the room, Atticus,"

might not need another bride, my lord," Atticus

I

said. "No soul suffers in vain. For some, it's forging for the future and for some, it's karma for their past. And you must never

would like to cover this up, unfortunately, it's the truth of today's society. The weak suffer and often

out a

to find a home there, either. But you can pray. At least your prayers will be answered by someone. We don't have that luxury," he said before

Xanthea in

"Are we going back?"

"Yes," Ezra said.

go back, please?" she said in a slightly slurred tone,

playing at

go back..." she whispered weakly. "Are we going to go back to how we were

at her, hesitation clear in his eyes

asked in a crestfallen tone. "So we should stop pretending to be

that crap again!" Raven ran his fingers through his

she said in a quivering voice. "Can you please stay for a little longer? I don't

eyes softened as

here, angel. As long as you want me," he whispered to her reassuringly. "Even when we go back, I don't

the full experience.

at him with

her forehead, making her sit in the passenger seat. "Now get some rest, darling

Grabbing his tie, she pulled

texting Ezra. It was because of Ezra's advancement in the communication channels we could text

to have a solo sex with her, he isn't responding," Raven got

have a solo with

can you be so sure?"

Ezra well," I

know him? You should say

on your butterfly surveillance and see what he

of my hand, I caught it

than a minute, he teleported out of

the surveillance on Raven's phone

her because he won't let anyone have sex with her right now. Not even himself. He knows she is emotionally and mentally drained. So no matter how much he wants it, he won't allow her to be physically drained. At least until he calms her down and silences the voices in her head. He will

was only one such

I was right.

with Xanthea's insinuations, Ezra tore himself from her and drove out of the

off

at the empty

butterflies earlier," Ezra said. "Aren't

out of nothingness on

stopped by to check on you guys," Raven said, folding his hands across his chest. "By the way, where

she'll find

She should be in the Aile castle performing her duties. She can rest after that until dawn. In case you are forgetting, she starts her college tomorrow,"

glared at him through the mirror

said, looking at Xanthea

wrong with her?" Raven

drunk,"

knit his brows, analyzing

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