Chapter 151
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, bnce
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 ns of my rebellion. Day and night, for years, I had been formting my n.
Making sure nothing could happen to detour what needed to be done.
A n that would get me back to my one true love. A woman with raven ck 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 moreplicated 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 nk 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?”
“Kill her?” The anger that crossed me over thement was graciously expected. How could this
woman think I would want the girl killed? She was important to my freedom, and without her, I would be
held here indefinitely.
“Yes, I can arrange-”
“You will 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 to what I need.”
Taken aback by my outburst, Inanna’s brows furrowed slightly as she shook her head. It was clear she
was confused, and as she opened her mouth, I braced myself from the stu- pidity that was sure to follow.
“She does deserve to die in the end-”
“How do youe to that conclusion?” I asked, trying to understand what exactly she had against the
girl. Yes, she had shown interest in her over the years but never truly exined why her sudden interest
in killing her had been so high.
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Opening and closing her mouth, she pursed her 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 her mouth, I wasn’t surprised.
“Your son has taken the news of you well.”
Diverting the question as usual. “That’s good. Does he seem open to what we are asking him to do?”
Shrugging her shoulders, she slowly stood to her feet, flicking her hair over her shoulder with a grin that
spread soft- ly across her lips. “I have been… helping him to understand.”
“Your mind tricks aren’t what I asked you to do, Inanna.”
“I know,” she hummed as her gaze glittered in the dim lighting, “but it’s working, so what does it matter?”
She was cocky in her approach to do what we had nned, and knowing she yed with fire when it
came to the pawns in our game, I was concerned. However, unlike so many others I had yed with
before, she was effective when it came to getting what she wanted.
“Very well,” I sighed, shaking my head, “just no more- plications.”
Pausing in her step, her eyes met mine with another glimpse of hesitation, and I knew that something
else had happened she hade forth to tell me. “What is it?”
“The dragon,” she said slowly, “he’s be aplica- tion and a possible issue.”
“Dragon? You mean Ss?”
Nodding her head, I sighed with frustration. Ss had once been a friend of mine and over time became
an enemy as our views on certain things changed. He didn’t see the cause I was trying to fight for, and it
wasn’t a surprise he would put his nose into things that didn’t concern him.
“I see. Handle it. Put some space between him and what- everplication he is creating. I’m sure your
creative nature can think of something, Inanna.”
Lucas.
The moment Inanna had stopped me in the garden after I spent 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, and everything about him was untrusting.
Lucas.
The sound of his voice when he said my name that night was something that would forever haunt my
dreams. There was no way I hade from that, but the more I thought about it, the more I knew it was
true.
He was my father, and I was filled with more darkness than I realized.
The moment I returned to my room, I reeled over the con- versation I had with Cassie. I hated I was
being cruel toward her, but thest thing I wanted was for her to get hurt. For the darkness inside me to
lash out and destroy her in some kind of way.
She may have been a lot of things, but deep down, I could see her heart was purer than most of us here.
Even if she did hide it behind a wall of sarcasm and cruel intentions. No one can me someone for
lashing out in unkind ways because of what they have been through, and I knew that better than anyone.
The moment I slept, I dreamt of the dark world I belonged to. Whispers of hatred and unhappy endings
swirled through my mind as I saw the destruction the past brought and the fu- ture held.
A world of mes and chaos which would consume every- one I loved if I didn’t keep my distance from
her. Cassie would be the one to do it, and it would be because of me.
However, as I tried to keep my distance, something dark inside me sought toplete our bond. Sought
to force her into submission, and as much as I tried to fight it, I couldn’t. My lycan tried to push himself to
the front and craning my
neck now as I stared at her, all I wanted to do was taste her blood.
Feel her heart beating against my own as I fucked her into submission.
“Lucas, let go of me,” she cried out softly as panic filled her eyes. Panic I was enjoying more than she
knew. “You’re hurting me.”
“Hurting you?” I growled as she stared up at me with the same blue eyes I had fallen in love with so
many times before. “How many people have you hurt?”
Shock swept through her face at myment. She had definitely not been expecting me to ask her that,
and honest- ly, I was pleased with her reaction. Yet, disgusted with myself as well. What the hell was
wrong with me?
“What happened to you?” she whispered as her eyes brimmed with tears. “How can you say something
like that to me? You wanted me as your mate, and then you treat me like shit…. what the fuck is wrong
with you?”
“Wrong with me? There is nothing wrong with me. I feel better than I ever had.”
Shaking her head, she refused to ept my answer, and as she tried to pull herself free again, I
tightened my grip on her. My hand slid up to her throat, causing her to whimper in both pleasure and fear.
“Lucas, please.”
“Oh, don’t pretend you don’t like being treated like this, Cassie. I can smell your arousal, and it’s so
fucking delicious.”
A soft moan escaped her lips as a single tear fell down her cheek. I knew she could use her powers to
hurt me if she wanted to, and that battle waged behind her eyes as she tried to contain the anger that
wanted tosh out. “Please, let me go.”
Before I could answer her, I was roughly hit from behind. My hold on Cassie loosened as my gaze turned
murderous and was spun around to find Pollux had pulled Cassie behind him and was staring down at
me with a newfound hatred I found deliciously enticing. “Pollux,” I chuckled with delight, “how good of
you to join us.”
Narrowing his gaze, he bared his fangs at me, “I don’t give a fuck if you’re her mate or not. If you ever
put your hands on her like that again, I’ll fucking kill you.”
Laughter escaped my throat at hisment as I felt the shift wanting to take over me. Every part of me
wanted to kill this boy for putting his hands on me, but I knew that wasn’t possible. Odin and the other
gods wouldn’t allow that to hap- pen.
“Pollux, please… let’s go.”
Her soft voice caught my gaze and her hand on his arm. Regardless, if it was her brother, it pissed me off
more than anything. “You’re not going anywhere, mate.”
The moment I went to step forward though, I was frozen in my ce, and stepping from around the
corner came a sh of blue hair and glowing grin eyes. The same girl I had seen with Cassie so many
times stood with her hand gently in front of her and a grin on her face.
“Oh, isn’t this interesting,” she purred, turning her gaze to Cassie and Pollux for a moment as I stood,
unable to do any- thing. “Cassie, why didn’t you tell me your mate was part dark- ling.”
What did she just call me?
Cassie’s brows furrowed in confusion as she let her gaze fall from me to her friend. “What is that?”
Chuckling, the blue–haired girl looked to me again with a mischievous smile. “Let’s take this conversation
into his room, shall we? It looks like we have a lot to talk about, and the hall- way isn’t the best ce to
do it.”