Chapter 0116
I scrunch my nose, playing with his shirt. “I understand now why you were so triggered by me calling myself Beta–Female.”
“Yeah,” he pushes out a dry laugh. “As I found you I couldn’t stop thinking about how stupid I had been. How you could have been my Beta–Female, and wouldn’t have to cope with a threat slumbering in me on top of that.”
“I don’t think that Drake is a threat to me,” I say, smiling at him encouragingly.
“Drake is not the problem. But the thing nagging at his soul is,” he retorts seriously.
I gulp, slowly like the air is getting too heavy for me. “What do you mean?”
He exhales exhaustedly, his hands grabbing my thighs. “The ‘ thing‘ that was planted into me is a piece of a soul a demon can distribute to a shifter. It is sold as a deal, but it simply allows the demon to take over the wolf and by that take over also the host’s body, allowing him to get out of hell and it’s impossible to get him out again.”
“Oh no,” I breathe out.
“Yeah,” Fynn chuckles. “I got scammed.”
“Oh, Fynn. What were you expecting?” I reprimand him, making him smile at me sadly.
“I was in a very dark place. There is nothing that can justify my stupidity.”
“How did you find out all of this?” I ask, impressed by this world
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I’m discovering.
“I was getting worse. My anger was rising and my thirst for blood had me going insane. Cayden knew someone who knew a wicca who could be trusted. She came in to see me. And she gave us a piece of her mind and told us what idiots we were and that she just came in time. She could block the demonic entity from expanding, but she has to come around every now and then to redo it as she can’t get it out as it is. But I still have this piece of him governing my body, so, I can still access his powers, I look horrendous when I get angry or… you know the black eyes… or shit like this,” he gestures to the dolls with his head, making me follow his gaze.
“The risk is high that I will end up losing the fight, and he will win over my existence completely. Or, what Corvina told us will work out and I could get him out.‘
Biting my bottom lip, I scoot closer to him, making him increase his grip. “What would work out?”
He takes a deep breath, letting his hands glide up to my back to pull me even closer. “That is exactly what makes everything complicated. She told me that once I get my mate, the fortified bond could get Drake enough power to enable her to make him reject the foreign piece of the soul for her to take it out and stop any further transformation.”
“That’s fantastic news,” I beam at him, but his expression falls. “Oh, but you don’t want me as your mate.”
“No,” he growls, making me flinch. “It’s not that.”
“What?” I ask lowly, my eyes widening.
“I want you more than anything I ever wanted, Missy. I crave you. But…” he takes another deep breath, making my heart flip
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painfully in my chest. “She told us that there is also the chance that accepting you as a mate will not only make Drake stronger but also allow the demon to feed off this new strength, getting me to lose control right away.”
He stops talking, looking at me intently as panic expands in my chest. “And that would mean the death of both of us.”
Shelagh Milano Author
Double update because I didn’t want to let you hanging mid–air <3
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