Chapter Ny


    I returned to the pack as quickly as I could, using the underground entry to avoid getting spotted by Daemon. It felt off-putting that I had to sneak around in my own pack really couldn''t wait for the moment I got to kill him.


    I stopped before the rectangr metal container; I thought a stench wasing from it. I should keep moving, but I got curious. I pulled open the heavy lid, and the stench of the dposed body filled my nose; I gagged, looking inside; it was a body, a dead body floating in a greenish-looking liquid. The body was unrecognizable, but I thought the clothes looked slightly familiar. I had seen this on someone. I racked my mind to know who, but I came up empty. Who could have done this?


    Finally I remembered; the outfit looked familiar because I had seen it on someone only a few days ago. Regnux. This was.., Regnux.


    I leaned to the side of the container, puking everything I had eaten. Tears streamed down my eyes.


    Daemon had said he didn''t trust Regnux anymore, and so he wanted me by his side instead. I didn''t wait to think about his words. He must have discovered Regnux snooping around and then... he did this. He killed him.


    I knew I must look as pale as a ghost right now; I felt sick to my guts.


    I returned to my room only to notice the figure waiting. He had his back to me; of course he had taken back his natural form; there was no need for the pretenses anymore.


    "You killed him." I cried. "You killed Regnux!"


    "He was getting a bit too nosy, and I suspect he knew something."


    "And so you killed him?"


    "Yes."


    "You are a monster."


    "I know that."


    "You promised me. You said if I kept this-"I motioned to him, "-a secret, you said no one would get hurt."


    "I did mention I will not spare anyone that got in the way, and that''s what he did; he got in my way, and I had to kill him."


    "Why are you here?" I asked; I felt so furious, I was practically shaking. He couldn''t just kill people like their lives meant nothing!


    "I don''t really like the arrangement anymore; with you being here, I want to have my eyes on you all the time."


    "I want to stay here."


    Daemon took some steps forward till he was practically invading my personal space.


    "When I tell you to do something, you do it. If you want to stay alive longer, I advise you stop challenging me."


    "Can you even hear yourself? You killed Regnux!"


    "He is dead, gone. Nothing can be done about it; the best you can do is move on," he said, his voice devoid of emotion, as if Regnux was nothing but some insignificant object. 1/2


    Chapter Ny


    "I couldn''t believe I once saw any good in you; I wish I never knew you.".


    "I couldn''t care less. Come with me; let''s get back to our room." I didn''t miss his emphasis on the pronoun ''our''.


    "No."


    He was silent for a second. "I didn''t want to do this, but I guess this is the only way."


    He bit into my neck, drinking of my blood; the pain radiated through me, I couldn''t help but note how this felt even more painful than thest time he drank from me.. I cried out, but he wouldn''t stop. My vision blurred. "I''m dying... Daemon." I choked out.


    Finally, he pulled away, I dropped to the ground, and my vision wentpletely ck.


    I awoke on a familiar bed. The room I shared with Thane.


    Daemon was seated beside the bed. I attempted moving, but my neck felt so sore.


    "Stay still." Daemon says to me. "You know, you cked out for a whole day."


    "You drank from me." I said; my throat felt so dry.


    "Make this easier for us both by doing as you are told." "Please." He added. "No." I sneered back.