Untouchable by Marii Solaria

Chapter 85 The Final Confrontation Pt. 1

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“If not me then who? Confront evil!“– Ken Poirot

Kiya

Hair straight.

Heels on.

Dress donned.

I hoped to Selene that this will be the last time I’d ever wear this garb, caked in the blood of my victims. The scent of death wrapped around my body like a weighted blanket, and it was nauseating. Today was the day I take Osiris down for good. The telltale throb from the crimson blotch on my neck foretold his readiness to find me; to take me back in his arms and complete his destiny. I expelled a hefty sigh as I stare at my reflection in the bathroom mirror, eyes tracing every stress line and blackhead on my face.

Brown eyes stared back at me. My brown eyes.

“Will this plan work, Artemis? Osiris isn’t an idiot. He’ll see right through me.”

“It’s the only plan we got, Kiki.”

Infiltrate. Signal. War. The linear path for the plan to run without problems. But, knowing my fucking luck, shit might go sideways. The desperation for freedom settled in. Every passing minute I could feel the lingering sensations of Osiris‘ fingers grazing my skin like a haunting spirit attached to my essence. Through this damn bond, I’m tied to him in ways I never expected–mind, body, and soul.

That shit ends today.

I walked out of my bedroom and met with my family and friends in the shrinking living room. Whatever conversation they had died as soon as I walked in, their expressions scrunching up into worry, I knew who was going to be the first to speak out against this plan.

“I still think you shouldn’t go.” Mom spoke, hiding her fingers under her thighs; a habit she developed whenever her anxiety manifested into tremors. “What if Osiris tries to pull you back to him? We just got you back!

“I’m

going, Mom.” I reaffirmed, steeling my resolve. “We don’t have much time left. Osiris could be prowling the streets right now. Who knows who he’ll hurt to find me?”

“Kiya, it is our job to worry about you, even more so now.” Dad mumbled, his hands cradling Mom’s, a thumb running over her knuckles. Anthony walked up behind him and rested his palms on his shoulders. “What will you do if Osiris tries to hurt you?”

“He already has, and he’ll continue to hurt me until I stop him.” With a man like that, he’ll do anything to stay in control, even if it meant turning into the monster he hated for decades. I seem to have the misfortune of encountering power–hungry men like that. “Let that moment come. Mom, Dad, I made my decision. I need to end this.”

Jackie walked up to me and brused her band og myered hair. She offered a sunny I returned. I could fear her rapid heartbeat tough her free. She’s scared. “You came up wit plan, but it won’t stop from worrying about you. Little B. You went through a tough time”

“Some of us more than other.”

*

smile.

ith a decent

“Yeah, but things are different this time. We don’t know what would happen once you walk out that door. Can you blame as” Her voice cracked my heart. The been going through the motions of madness–felt it, seen it, smelled it tasted I didn’t think about the people witnessing those motions and the helplessness tied to it None of them deserved to be fomented the that

muscled

and led in with my cheek, watching her face met from

cum

hand grasped my wrist. My head turned to be met with Neron’s even pleading with

united to my cheeks the more

in

eves furaring close

sna go–torward repueden

you go back to… He exhaled

to my cheeks

because

parting his hand wrapped around my wrist. “Life is

walked up higher

the dagger he used to inture Osiris. It slid into my Remember to may in character

signal.

“You

great Wolema side–hugged me, her fragrant perfume of sea water and lavender tickling my

“I will

to face Sell

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how much I wanted to pretty” arms and bumpy in their warmth for eremity, I span on my heels and faced the doce. A niggling

white wooden door lid endiest possibilities that my plan could go astray. Osiris might suck me back into that blackened fantary, hum me, or even kill me for running away from him. The chains of this PENSIVE CARNEristig were muting, but they still held a rigid

back with my

sharp breath, I swung the door open and took the first steps out of the protective dome. An enveloping, invisible energy sizzled and popped once 1 penetrated the holy barrier that Almighty Ra cast, revoking the blessings hovering over my person. Exposed to the elements of

Except me.

stomach because the thoughts running through my head were unpleasant, but how

1 can be. It’ll be like pretending that

I’m walking straight into the

Goddess, what did I

the canopy, slits of gold dancing upon the fresh soil like sequins. My footsteps echoed in the hushed space, soaking in the absence of insect and animal alike as my nostrils flared to detect the rancid scents of Osiris‘ subordinates. I looked left to right, up and down, for any signs of life,

their eyes lighting up at my arrival. They wasted no time bringing me back to Lady Sanguine’s birthplace: the

Osiris.

Shit.

by. Damn that Anti–Spray for being so effective. A whiff of familiarity

me from the top of the staircase. Thick bandages peeked out from under his violet vest. The weight of the dagger on my

crafty. There was a reason humans

of me. My left eye twitched, but I overall kept an apathetic, stony expression. “I knew you’d come back to me. It is in your nature

wound!” Artemis shouted in my

differences from the Osiris I last saw to this one. His eyes are bloodshot,

bottom of his Tanes pokest out from his bottom lip. He never shows them off unless he was

Pucking hell.

for you to doubt me.” I reply, my voice dropping an octave. “Returning to

There is nothing that can keep me

Goddess, I’m drinking mouthwash after

mouth. The mark on my neck throbbed to the beat of excitement.

do for

deserve a fucking Oscar after

shrewd smile at me. “There is much we have to do, darling.” Without a moment to waste, he hauled me up the staircase into what was

The bastard forced me to change my plans.” He brought his shaking hands down from his head. and sped up his pacing. “The fucker left me to suffer! He’ll pay for abandoning me! His head would look great next to the Alpha’s…” His sinister grin met his