Chapter 27(Ramses)I grabbed Kiera and pulled her into my arms once we got back to TwentyOne. “Now don’t for a second think I forgot about you darlin.” I purred to her and reveled in her beautiful smile. “I always save the best for last.” I whispered in her ear, causing her to squirm in my arms. We locked eyes and I could tell she was getting lost in my bronze beauties. “Let me know when you’re ready.” She said, and I shot her a quick wink as I watched her and her sister Kember head into the pub. “We are always ready!” Titan howled, causing me to grin. Katrina was the last to head inside, stopping before she did to pull me close. “Don’t forget about your favorite sister.” She said smugly. My favorite thing about her was her uncanny ability to share me. She knew I would never actually settle down, and she accepted it. As much as I loved her… And I truly honestly did love her… I just loved my freedom and fucking everyone else too. That was just my nature. A wandering eye they call it
Chapter 28“You will not touch me again, Necromancer.” She spewed. The venom was thick in her voice, but I couldn’t deny I loved the sound of it. I wonder if this is due to the mark? “Haven… What are you doing, princess?” I heard Raphael ask her cautiously. “Princess, huh? Oh, there’s definitely a story behind this.” I scoffed to Titan. I saw her face soften as she looked at my brother. I could see a mixture of emotions swirling through her beautiful green eyes as she looked at him. “Raphael, come with me. Let’s go. Together. We can escape this place and go anywhere else.” She pleaded. I could see the longing in her eyes. She loved my brother deeply, that much was clear. “Haven, you know my heart belongs to another.” Raphael said back softly. It was in that moment that I could see her entire world shatter. It was as if he took a blade and drove it straight into her heart. The worst part, I didn’t even know if he realized it. “Let Blaze go, you don't have to do this.” He spoke calmly
Chapter 29(Roxy)I woke up feeling dizzy and lightheaded. What time is it? Wait, where am I? I thought, as I took in the scenery. I was lying on the floor behind a bar. I could see a wall full of liquor and glasses in front of me, but that's all I could see. Well, that, and the ceiling, which was very high up there, and very dreary looking. I tried not to make any noise just in case I would alert whoever brought me here. I realized I wasn't bound in any way which I thought was strange. Was I kidnapped or not? I sat up slowly trying to scan through my memories for the last thing I remembered before now. I was home getting my stuff ready to go to the diner to meet Raphael. Raphael! Oh shit. He must think I'm totally a flake! I had no idea why he kept coming around, but after he saved me, I just felt like I owed him... Like I wanted to somehow repay him. But I'm just a Human, I couldn't ever repay him, not really. If I'm being honest he scares the hell out of me… But still, I was glad
Chapter 30(Raphael)“Yes, I'm here. Are you ok? What is going on?” Roxy stammered, and before I could say anything Haven grabbed her and yanked her away from me. It was like I got a second wind, all the pain and emptiness from my previous memory recollection was now at the back of my mind. Only Roxy remained at the front. I was up on my feet within a second. “Cute… I thought you were still asleep.” Haven snarled. “Haven, don’t you fucking touch her.” I spewed. I was exploding with anger at this point. It’s one thing to mess with me, but you don't touch the people I care about. Axel was roaring in my mind at Haven with her filthy hands on our chosen mate. It was everything I could muster to not let him go wild. Haven was unstable right now, at best, and her jealousy was rolling off her in waves. Still, this was a bad situation, and I found myself wondering just how we were going to get out of it. “This is who you choose? SERIOUSLY? Isn’t she a little young for your taste? I know I i
Chapter 31“Drink!” He roared as he used an elongated Wolf claw to slice the palm of his hand open. The Shadows came like tendrils out of the darkness, from nothing and everything all at once. They slithered at his feet as if waiting for him to command them. The tendrils swarmed his palm, lapping up the blood as the tendrils on the ground soaked up what was spilled. “Restrain her!” He commanded, and the tendrils immediately swarmed Haven, bringing her straight to her knees in a pile of wrath and fury. I always feared The Shadows… They asked for prices that were just too high. Raziel was more than willing to pay them on most occasions, but I had never actually called them myself and I know Ramses hadn't either. Rowen had, although, I didn’t know if he actually paid their price or not. It usually wasn’t worth it. I glanced towards the door where the Risen were previously coming through and noticed there were no more Necromancers at the door, only Risen. They were all huddled back agai
Chapter 32Raziel held his hand up to silence myself and my brothers as we contested his actions, begging him not to do this. “We accept your condition, Master!” The Shadows slithered. And before any of us could say another word, The Shadows engulfed us. I could barely see my brothers as the force of the slithery tendrils engulfing me pushed me down even further. I caught myself on my hands and knees. Slowly, each memory I had of my Human life before I met Haven was removed. Piece by piece, memory by memory. My wife, my twin boys, their birth, our home, my Human life… All gone. I could remember less, and less until I finally felt myself hit the floor completely, as I lost consciousness.(Raziel)I was sitting out in my yard admiring the new shrubbery I had planted recently when I felt my brother Raphael mind link me. It felt like a silver wave rushed over me and I could tell instantly that he was in distress. “I know this is going to sound insane, but I'm really in a bind and could
Chapter 33I stayed on my knees as memory after memory flooded into my head. I was Human once, living in a broken home. Memories of my dad, my mom and myself came flooding through. I was an only child, no brothers, no sisters. I saw my mom and dad fighting, often. Broken furniture, broken dishes, the belt that was used on me when I misbehaved, as children often do. The pain, the scars, the nights I cried myself to sleep while my parents fought outside my bedroom door. Memories flooded in of my mother locking us in my bedroom telling me to hide, while my father kicked my door down to get to her, and inevitably me. Memories of the alcohol and drugs, the missed birthdays and Christmases, me getting older but nothing getting better. I was about 15 now, and my father had hit my mother for the last time. I stood up for her and I must have blacked out… I couldn’t stop myself. All the pent-up anger and rage I had been building for all those years was taken out on this man. The next memory w
Chapter 34I held my hand up to silence my brothers as they contested my actions, begging me not to do this. I had already made up my mind. Nothing they could say would stop me now. It was done.“We accept your condition, master!” The Shadows hissed. And before any of them could say another word, The Shadows engulfed them. I watched as Raphael fell to his hands and knees, Ramses to his knees next, and Rowen remained standing, as the memories were stripped away one by one.Then as suddenly as quickly it started, it was over for them, and they were all unconscious lying on the floor. The memories Haven took away must have just been hidden within their minds, not actually gone or The Shadows wouldn't have had to infiltrate their minds. I thought.I was torn from my thoughts when the Shadows then engulfed me, forcing my brother's memories deep into my mind.Raphael’s were first. His memories flooded into my mind like a tidal wave. Memories of his Human life. I noticed how much different he