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    1 rose to my feet. It didn''t make much of a difference. Vox had a very intimidating height.


    "Now you listen to me." I said to Vox, "You are in my pack didn''t remember inviting you here. You captured my mate too. In his absence, I am the leader here, so you could go be the Lord over your little demons but not here." "Shut up, Riley." Damon warned.


    "You shut up. This is my pack, and I will sabotage every single n you make."


    Vox had a look of irritation on his face; suddenly I felt a burning sensation right in my chest, spreading through my whole body, and I fell down to my knees.


    "What... what are..." I couldn''tplete the word. I coughed out blood; the pain only got more unbearable.


    "I still need her alive. The pack needs their Luna for now; with her by my side, there would be fewer suspicions." "Then put your woman on a leash.''


    The pain seized, and Vox was gone; he had just... disappeared.


    "He would have killed you." Daemon said to me.


    "Isn''t that why you brought me here?"


    "Can''t you get it? I don''t want you dead, and if you are going to die; it will be by my hands."


    "I wouldn''t stand by and watch you do these."


    "You don''t have an option, and I hope you''ve learned never to disrespect the Demon Overlord in that manner ever again."


    He gave me his hand to help me up, but I ignored it. Rising to my feet, I walked away from the empty room and headed straight for the gardens.


    Daemon didn''t have to lie for my sake; he didn''t have to take the me, but that doesn''t make him any less of the monster he is.


    I sat on the bare ground in the garden. The only thought keeping me sane was the assurance that Ethan was safe; everything else seemed to be going all bad. Anytime I thought about Thane, all I felt was pain. Jade was dead now and so was Regnux.


    I spotted Prici, Axel''s mother, who now worked as a maid. She stood some distance away, looking a bit nervous; she kept on staring at me every once in a while like she wanted to tell me something. I couldn''t help but notice how Axel did have a resemnce to her. Finally, she walked to me.


    "Good day, Luna."


    "Prisci, how have you been?" I asked, not exactly in the right mood for a conversation.


    "I''ve been better." She paused. She seemed to be holding back on saying something. "See you around, Luna."


    I watched her walk away, my eyebrow arched. That was very... strange.


    "Riley." The voice called from behind me. He sounded so much like Thane, and for a moment I wanted to close my


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    eyes and pretend it was him, but it wasn''t.


    "I want to be alone; please let me be."


    "It''ste in the night; you should be sleeping."


    "This is the only ce I find sce. When I return back in there, I have to remember things; I have to remember what a mess my life is and how messier it''s going to be. I don''t want to go back to the room." "Then can I join you?"


    "No. You are right at the center of everything I don''t want to think about."


    Despite my decline, he still walked up to me.


    "I didn''t want any of this."


    "Come on, we all know you are the viin; you live for things like this."


    "No. I never asked Vox to make me this... powerful, neither did I want to do his bidding, though I can''t deny it does have its allure sometimes."


    I turned to him. "What you are doing, it''s wrong. Please just... stop.".


    "Why? What else do I have to live for?" He questioned and now I could understand him, Vox gave him purpose.


    The pack could move on without me; I had no doubts Thane would be capable of raising our son. Even if I would have to live every single day of my life in regret, I would know it was worth it.


    "Then I will run away with you; I won''t try to escape; I''ll be just what you want me to be and more; I''ll never mention Thane''s name; I''ll try my best to love you, all we have to do is make the pack and every other person believe that I''m dead or we could create a cover up story: no one wille after me; it will be just the both of us, forever."


    "I wanted that once."


    "And nothing has changed, Daemon."


    "No, everything has changed." He says.


    "You don''t love me anymore-that is what changed, isn''t it?"


    "With Vox, that offer can never be an option; he will haunt me and kill you."