บททั้งหมดของ REJECTED MATE : บทที่ 91 - บทที่ 100

The sun had set by the time we returned to Wulfie’s car, and neither of us were in the mood to huddle together in the trunk. Not only had Demeter been a complete and utter waste of time, but she had drained us of a significant amount of power.Spots appeared before my eyes, largely because the magic had interpreted my protecting her from Griff’s wrath as an act of worship. Only Wulfie was in fairly reasonable spirits, and that was because he’d only dug up the paving stones.Our driver tapped a few commands into his phone. “Ophois… would that be the key maker or the wolf shifter who makes the enchanted safes?”I slumped forward in my seat and grabbed a bottle of Dragonade. The cool, citrusy liquid slid down my throat, infusing me with a little of the energy I’d lost to the wretched old crone.“It’s probably the one who makes the keys,” Griff said. “If that Ophois doesn’t know what we’re talking about, we can try the next one.”Wulfie twisted around in his seat and cleared his throat.“

I rose off my seat and glanced at the door, looking for his pale companion. When Benny continued to the door with no sign of the other man, I followed after him.“What happened?” I asked.Benny turned to me, his dark eyes not meeting mine. “Ophois said he would make us a key.” His voice trembled. “But his price was Greg.”“Wait.” I held out a palm. “What does that mean?”The small man’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down. “I paid for the key with my best friend.”“His life?”“His life, his soul, his past, his future.” Benny’s face crumpled. “As soon as I step out of this place, Greg will have ceased to exist.”“What?” Griff rushed past me and grabbed the smaller man by the collar.Benny’s body collapsed like a broken marionette. “I didn’t even say yes.”“Yes to what?”The woman from behind the desk rushed between us and loosened Griff’s fingers from around Benny’s neck. “Please wait your turn to see Ophois.”“So he can consume one of us?” Griff said.I shook my head. Right now, selling m

“The only way in and out of Hell is with the power of The Opener of the Way.” He spread his arms wide.I stared up at him, my brows rising, and waited for him to get to some kind of point.His shoulders sagged. “Me.”“And?” Griff said, sounding thoroughly fed up.My lips tightened. We hadn’t even wanted an audience with Ophois, and we’d tried to leave through the door we’d come through, but the wretched god had turned us around and deposited us in this half-buried-in-sand tomb. By now, I just wanted to return to the Überwald and forget that I’d ever visited this bizarre place.“If you’re going to do this, then you’ll do it properly. I will open the wards and share with you the name of an angel you can blackmail into keeping the theft of the souls a secret.”“What’s your price?” I asked.He shook his head. “I’ll get to that in a minute.”“With my immense power, I can move the crystals from point A to point B, without damaging the souls, and create the barriers required to keep Hades ou

I sat back in my seat, totally and utterly fed up with Griff, whose knee kept touching mine. Beki leaned against our bond, making contact with her wolf and acting as though the tension in the cab wasn’t thick enough to hack through with an ax.Our driver, seeming to have sensed an argument, raised the barrier between his section and ours, leaving me alone with the infuriating wolf. How dare he try to make me jealous about his roller-skating apothecary?My hands curled into fists, and I stared out of the window at the tall buildings whizzing past. No matter how much I tried to relegate him and his misdeeds to the depths of my mind, memories of Griff and those women kept floating to the surface.His gaze burned the side of my face, making my skin itch with irritation. I sat straight in my seat, raised my chin, and forced myself to remain dignified.“Back to your old habits, eh, Cathwulf?” he said, his voice slathered in scorn.“Would you prefer it if I kicked you in the balls?” I asked.

The smoke filled my sinuses, stung my eyes, and went down my throat. I coughed, but thanks to the dart Luna had shot into my neck, I didn’t seem to be affected by it. Griff grabbed me by the arm, and we ran to the back of the tiny shop, where Luna had already disappeared down the hatch in the floor.An almighty crash filled the room. Just as Griff shoved me down the hole, a bunch of armored enforcers burst through the door. I tumbled down into the interior of a van, landed in a crouch on its oak floor, and jumped back. Griff appeared seconds later, his chest heaving.“Shit.” He spun around to where Luna and Juniper were already firing up the engine and pulling out from wherever they’d parked. “That was close.”“You know the drill,” Luna yelled from over her shoulder. “Close the hatch.”I turned my head up to a ceiling made of wooden boards, where the green smoke was wafting down from the shop. None of the enforcers followed after us, I guessed because they’d been affected by whatever