Chapter 72
Xavier
“You’re finally home!” my mother exims the second I wander into the castle
Munced.
Her reaction puts me on guard. Under normal circumstances, she wouldn’t be happy to see me after a
fight. She was too pissed off when I left, so this can only mean one thing: she has sessfully been
able to summon the demon that is my father.
And that means she no longer has any y use for me.
“Here,” she hands me a winess filled with blood. “This is virgin blood. I prepared it while you were
gone.”
I stare down at the liquid with distrust in my heart. Is this poison? Would my own mother go as far as to
kill me?
“Well?” she seems nervous. “Aren’t you going to drink it?”
My eyes find hers. “No.”
Her whole face falls, but then she immediately sters a fake smile on her red lips. “W-why not?”
“Why not, you ask?” I silently look down at the winess and its contents. The blood is indeed from a
virgin, but there is a faint smell that doesn’t belong-my mother definitely put vervain and silver in it. “I
won’t drink this because I don’t want to die.
She gasps in shock. “Are you assuming I did something to the blood? How f*cking dare you!”
With that, her pretense is shattered, and a cruel smile curves her lips. Her eyes, once filled with feigned
sweetness, are now alight with malice.
But I’m not afraid of her. She is the vampire queen, but I’m much stronger than her. My father, however,
is more powerful, than me, thanks to me no longer possessing any demonic blood. Perhaps the odds
would be even if 1 epted my werewolf self, but I won’t do that. It’s not needed since I don’t n on
battling my father.
“You don’t have to pretend as if you don’t want me dead, but let me make it easy for you: I will leave
and nevere back. That way, you can rule with my father without me ever getting in the way.”
“Oh, but I don’t trust you not to help that werewolf girl, which is why you will die tonight!” My mother
hisses out, her facadepletely falling away. Her nails lengthen into terrifying talons as she lunges at
me.
But I am prepared for this. I swiftly sidestep her attack, letting her strike the air where I was moments
before. She snarls like
wild beast, but it doesn’t scare me.
“You’ve miscalcted, Mother,” I tell her calmly. “If you fight me, you’re the one who will die.”
She lets out augh, high and shrill like the call of a dying bird. You underestimate me, my son. I’ve
grown stronger while you’ve grown weaker since you won’t ept who and what you truly are!”
She lunges at me again, but I easily evade her attacks. My mother is too predictable. I can read her
without looking into that. dumb little brain of hers.
“How long do you want to dance?” I ask her, knowing it will anger her further.
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Her dark eyes ze as she res at me.
“Fine! You want a fight? You’ve got one!” She hisses,unching herself at me once more.
This time. I stand my ground. My mother shoots towards me like a bullet, all hisses and snarls. Her
fingers are ws now, aimed straight at my throat.
But I am faster.
With a swift motion, I sidestep her attack again and send a powerful kick into her midsection. She
staggers back with a cry of surprise mingling with pain.
Panting heavily, she wipes the blood from her mouth with the back of her hand and res at me,
looking more animalistic than ever before. “You ungrateful…you dare raise your hand against your own
mother!”
Instead of giving her a response, I flick my wrist and lift her body up into the air with my magic. Her
eyes widen, but I don’t let her speak before I snap my fingers.
“Die.” I whisper, unbothered when all her body parts are dragged apart-feet, arms, hands, even her
head-in a ssh of blood that paints the wall.
Her death is quick, a spectacle of gore and disembodied parts falling down from the sky. I watch the
carnage emotionlessly, not feeling any triumph or satisfaction-only emptiness.
Yet I know the story had to end this way. It was either her life or mine.
drop my hand and turn away from the bloody remains of my mother, feeling a sense of finality creep
into my heart. But right when I’m about to leave the room, I hear someone pping their hands-my
father.
Lucian is standing before me in his human form, his white, long hair glistening in the candlelight while
his green, emerald eyes give him a false sense of humanity.
“Bravo,” he says. “It seems that even though you’re much weaker than you were in your previous life,
your mother is still no match for your raw vampiric strength.”
My eyes narrow as he circles me. “What do you want?”
His answer is important. My father and I might have been on equal grounds in the past, but I’m no
match for him now. The fact that he hasn’t killed me already is baffling
“I want to know if you thought you could get away with killing your own mother,” he asks calmly, but
there is amusement in his eyes-the bastard wants to make me squirm.
But I won’t.
I smirk. “What does it matter? You can just bring her back from the dead.”
“Yes, but you and I both know that people aren’t the same when they are brought back. They are all
mindless zombies, which means your mother is gone.”
“So?” I challenge. “Since when do you care?”
“I don’t,” a cruel smile spreads over his lips as they form a smile to reveal his sharp teeth. “But I’ve
seen you fight now, and trust me when I say this will be over quickly!”
I hear himugh, but I don’t see him move before he is right in front of me and kicks me in the stomach.
My eyes widen,
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and then, I’m sent head-first into one of the pirs.
The impact leaves me dazed, struggling toprehend what just happened. I taste blood in my mouth
but ignore it, forcing myself to my feet. My father is standing a few feet away, watching me with an
amused smirk on his face.
“Get up,” he taunts. “Don’t disappoint me now.”
I snort, bringing a hand up to wipe the blood off my lip. “I’m not here for your entertainment,” I dere.
He raises an eyebrow at me, the smirk never fading. “Is that so?” He asks. “Then why are you here?”
I don’t answer him immediately, taking a moment to gather my strength. I can feel him watching me, but
I don’t care. This isn’t about him-it’s about me.
“I’m here because this is my home. I finally answer, my voice steady despite my condition. “Because I
have a right to be here
He chuckles again at this, shaking his head in disbelief. “This was your home,” he corrects me. “You
left.”
“Yes,” I reply, staring at him without flinching. “And now I’m back”
Before he can reply, Iunch myself at him with all the strength can muster. The surprise registers on
his face a moment toote as I ram into him with enough force to send us both crashing into another
pir.
Pain explodes through my shoulder where it hits first, and I grunt in sudden agony. But the shock of the
impact seems to have stunned my father temporarily and brought me precious moments of time.
I take advantage of his surprise and raise my fist to hit him, but that’s when the entire ground starts
shaking-my father is finally reverting to his true form. I only have time to blink before his skin is
reced by onyx scales and muscles. His size is rapidly increasing, turning him into a giant monster
that fills the castle room.
“Holy shit,” is all I manage to mutter before my father’s hand shoots out to pluck me up from the
ground. His face is a skull with rotten flesh, and his pitch-ck eyes are soulless as they stare down at
me.
“Pesky little thing,” he growls, his voice echoing through the room like a p of thunder. “You deserve
to be squashed like the insect you are.”
His grip tightens around me, and I gasp for air. How is he so f*cking strong? My ribcage is creaking,
and panic threatens to
consume me.
But I refuse to be a victim.
I fight back against the pain, channeling my fire magic to my hands. I take a deep breath and set my
own body on fire to burn his flesh. My father’s roar is deafening as my magic sears into his flesh. He
drops me, and I fall, crashing into the stone floor below.
“You f*cking burnt me! How dare you use fire magic against a demon from hell?!”
Every bone in my body protests as I struggle to stand, gasping for breath like a fish out of water. My
vision blurs, and I can taste blood in my mouth again.
My father’s monstrous form towers above me, his face twisted in pain and fury. His eyes re down at
me with the intention to kill. “You will pay for this,” he seethes.
I force augh out of my beaten body. “You’re not the first to say that.”
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Ignoring the pain that shoots through every part of me, I stagger to my feet. My body feels heavy, but I
force myself to remain on my feet. I won’t go down here, not tonight.
In response to my defiance, my fatherunches himself at me once more.
This time, however, I’m prepared.
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I wait until thest moment before opening a portal underneath my feet. “Until we meet again.” I
whisper before vanishing into the portal.
I don’t possess enough power to teleport myself very far, but it’s enough to take me outside. The fresh
smell of flowers hits my nose, and I smile. This is a beautiful ce to die, but right when I’m ready to
fall onto my knees, my visionnds on arge white werewolf and two familiar women.
Daisy and her sisters.
A breath of augh leaves my lips. “If you came to kill me, you’re toote. My father already finished
the- I don’t get to finish the sentence before my knees buckle underneath me.
“No” Daisy cries out after shape-shifting into a human. She rushes forward and kneels before me, not
one bit afraid to take my head into herp.
Her pink eyes are filled with worry, and another hoarseugh leaves my lips. “Believe me or not, but
dying in your arms isn’t the word way to go.”
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