Chapter Ny Eight


    Chapter


    Ny Eight


    Daemon''s hands slipped down my hips; I felt like I had been ced under some kind of spell. My mind knew the right thing to do, but my body... my body was under his spell.


    Tears streamed down my eyes; this reminded me of time I spent under Bailey''s control, when I knew what I wanted, but I had no control over my own body. His bite had never had this powerful influence on me, and I guess this was all thanks to Vox.


    I knew for a fact that right now, if he touched me, if he... did more than just ''touching,'' I wouldn''t be able to fight him. What I felt now, it was natural, and I hated it. His hand slipped into my pants pocket, and before I could understand what he was doing, he pulled away. He held the piece of paper Prici had earlier passed to me in his hands.


    "I''ll always be one step ahead of you, Riley."


    "Is not what you think."


    "It''s not?" he asked, and I shook my head. "Then what is it?"


    "It''s nothing."


    "If it''s nothing, then you wouldn''t mind this."


    In a flicker the paper caught fire, his eyes glowed, the same color as the mes, and in that moment... I realized just how scared of him I was. I always knew he was a threat; I knew he was powerful too, but it never urred to me just how much of a threat he posed. "Of course I know about Prici and her... ns. Too bad I''ll have to kill her too."


    "No, please don''t." I pleaded. I shouldn''t care about her, and maybe I wouldn''t have if she hadn''t been Axel''s mother.


    Axel loved her, even after everything, and for that reason, I had to keep her alive.


    "How bad do you want her alive?" Daemon asked; I could see the challenge in those inhuman eyes as I slowly went to my knees.


    This was me lowering myself to nothing, this was me admitting that I had lost, and this was me stripping off my own self-dignity.


    My hands found his belt, and I fumbled with it, aware of his eyes on me. He ced his hands over mine and then he lowered to his knees before me. "I wouldn''t do that to you."


    "I thought this was what you wanted?" I asked him, noticing how he still towered over me, even in this position.


    "I thought so too and yet... I don''t want to see you being brought down to that, not when you don''t want it." "You can''t kill her.""


    "After everything she did to you, I would have thought you wouldn''t be so emotional over her."


    "I wasn''t doing this for her, but for Axel."


    "You''ve got a big heart. Thane is one lucky guy.


    He helped me up. "I will let her slide, this onest time."


    "Thank you."


    Chapter Ny Eight


    "But I''m doing this just for you; remember that."


    AN


    DAEMON


    I wasn''t being thorough; I knew that.


    Leaving out loose ends always ends up in disasters; I also knew that, and yet seeing her on her knees did something to me, I couldn''t exin it.


    I watched her sleep, relieved that all the marks and bruises had left on her face had healed up. I hated seeing that, and for a demon like me, that felt like some kind of a glitch in the system. We revel in others'' pain; that''s what makes us the viins. Riley brought out another part of me, the weaker part; it made me feel humane, and I hated that feeling.


    I waited till she fell asleep before I rose from the bed. I knew Vox was already in the pack; I could sense his presence, and I might just know why he was here.


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