Scheming

Chapter 29 - Scheming

Gavin

I always prided myself on my ability to tell when someone was lying. It was a gift only someone who needed to have control of everything, like me, truly possessed. Order created a sense of power. With power came leadership, and with leadership came the ultimate power and being one of the most powerful princes of hell created more enemies than allies. And being able to spot the lies spewed by some of the most cunning people in our world was a gift I often used to remain at the top of the food chain.

It was how I ruled and how I played. If I wanted something, needed it, or couldn't get enough of it, I did whatever necessary to get it. Greed presented itself in every aspect of my day and followed me well into my slumber. I was, in every meaning of the word, greedy.

But to catch someone in a lie was the most rewarding gift of all. Because it gave me control over more than just my own life, my own world; it gave me control over another soul, another living bei