Their Secret Obsession by Pippa Moon

Knox POV

"That's enough from you!" Astaroth grunted, flicking his wrist in my direction, my body slamming into the wall with such force I felt a trickle of blood seep from my nose.

Maybe I wasn't invisible after all, he was just censoring my actions from them. Crafty, but smart!

"Knox!" Lottie screamed as she rose to her feet, but Astaroth was quicker stepping in front of her to block her path.

"No! He is fine, but we need to have this conversation because time is running out! And I will be damned if I don't get what is owed to me." Astaroth bellowed around the walls of the cathedral, rubble crumbled from the ceiling from the force of his anger. Sucking down my defeat, I watched through pained eyes as he continued his speech, he was definitely comfortable being the centre of attention and enjoyed having all eyes on him.

"Now.. back to the question. Ask yourself why would I be interested in Havoc's offspring? A wolf that has been hidden? That is as chaotic and ravenous as..."

"SHUT UP!" I bellowed through my own raging mind as my outrage simmered beneath the surface, not wanting him to finish his sentence. His lips split into a smile as he turned to look at me. I could feel Havoc's anxiety seeping through our bond like poison, twisting and gnawing at my insides. It made no sense, yesterday he had been ready to rip everyone apart, this demon included. Even earlier, he was willing to fight him to get to Lottie.

"Or was he?" Asataroth teased my mind before he looked back at Lottie, while he played images into my mind of the harrowing vision of my girl stepping through the portal, while Kane tumbled to the ground from Astaroth's attack. I knew at that moment that there was no choice. Kane had people to help him!

Lottie didn't!

She was alone with the filth that had screwed with MY mind! What could he do to her? To our pups?

"We should have saved her," I whispered to Havoc.

hues I adored. I knew without asking that Astaroth was showing her the same

could have done. Easily!" Astaroth grinned slyly.

But now, when I recall the split seconds before: Havoc was scared! Not of

hidden, refusing to surface even at my desperate inner plea, a silent testament to the fear that Astaroth had him gripped in. Which only aggravated

to my wolf, trying to provoke a reaction from him,

will!" Astaroth invited, his laughter echoed in the room as he approached me, a mocking chorus that grated against my last nerve with

jaw clenched

me, her eyes filled

presence the only light in the darkness that threatened to consume us all whole. I drank in the sight of her, the fierce determination in her eyes, the way her hands trembled

Astaroth's taunts lingered like a shadow, his eyes boring into me with a malevolent intensity that

horse cry filled the room, the sound like nails on a chalkboard to me. I had always hated the idea of him suffering! The way our girl's back tightened told

"So pathetic!" Astaroth snorted.

words

spun to

lips pursed tightly,

who remained. wrapped in a world of torture at Astaroth's pleasure. She was undoubtedly holding back whatever it was she wanted to say, no doubt out of fear the

anger

goddess takes her payment! And you lose everything!" He continued to mock, letting out a sigh. I

are trying to tell us? You want us to make a decision, you want us to agree to hand over our

willingly, and I could see from the look in Lottie's eyes she knew that