House Of Legions (The Angel Descendants book 1) novel Chapter 74

“Do you need reminding of what you truly look like, without my generosity?”

Her eyes glanced widely at him, she snarled, “You wouldn’t, we have been kind to you and your siblings for years.”

“Years, are not enough! As long as I possess the power to undo that falsified beauty of yours, you will be in my debt.”

The queen’s face rippled and etched with hopelessness as she sat on a throne made of tinted red glass.

The bottom of her cream dress gathered at her feet, she sighed, “I don’t have a choice, you not the only one we’ve made deals with. Being ugly is a small price to pay for staying alive and getting fed, so if you are going to threaten me, then so be it.”

Liam remarked, turning his back to Arexandra. “Ah, He knows what I did.”

The door shut, with a loud angry bang as Alexa stormed in. Her hair was back to blonde, her beady black eyes wild with fury. “Maybe if you did what you were created to do mother, then you wouldn’t have to make so many deals, especially not ones with the devil.”

She was wearing Garde clothes or, as Calub always called it, ‘disturbing brown leather garments.’ Swords, daggers and her famous two guns strapped up around her thighs and waist, in her very own private style of chain and leather weapon satchel.

Alexa’s eyes reached Liam, as she blatantly dismissed her mother, “He hasn’t arrived yet, we’ve got time. Once we reach the main gates, we have to run east.”

“No, we fight.” He turned his back to both mother and daughter, “I never run from Tempters, especially when they’re after me.”

The queen stood up, “Alexandra you would betray your own kind so easily?” her eyes dark, as she growled angrily, “If you choose to side with him, you betray us all. You would have no place as an Elvan, you could never return.” When Alexa ignored her, Arexandra exploded, “You forget how the Lightwatchers treat the Fuized, you wouldn’t be any different, they would never fully accept you.”

Alexa walked up to her mother and stood directly in front of the snarling queen, expressionless and confident, “I already have no place, I’m not like you either, but I’m doing what I was made to do. I’m a star with the blood of an Angel, I was made to kill demons, and drink their blood, maybe if you just did the same mother..”

Her mother gripped her arm, which was just wicked in Liam’s opinion. BUT Liam decided not to intervene, he knew about having a mother once. He missed him, she was most kind and nurturing in her own way, nothing like Arexandra. The Elvan queen was clearly crazed and self-centred.

Alexa shook her mother’s hands off her arm and stalked away. She paused, her back faced to Liam, and bound herself by ancient words, “I follow your path William Blackwyll,” Her allegiance to him now carved.

Liam jerked his chin, as a silent bye to Arexandra, and stated, “Weapons”

Her mother’s voice echoed as she screamed, bellowing, “ALEXANDRA, ALEXANDRA.”Alexa didn’t look back as she walked out the door knowing there was no turning back.

Liam was silently impressed; it was about time she stood up for herself, “The Asguardians want my blood too.”

They reached the outside of the castle door, darkness now filled the air around them, but Liam knew that look in Alexa’s eyes, she said, “I was at the meeting in Khiron.”

Liam heard as much, Jullie kept a close eye on Clare during the whole meeting. His sister was always the prevention type, nobody hated fixing anything as much as she did, “Clare got her memory back, I heard.”

“Not just that, I was spying from afar before Clare arrived, Raphael knows who's Franchesca’s son.”

Liam hadn’t expected that “Dukael, I sent him here, he’ll be able to track the boy before Raphael, that kid must stay safe, he’s our only leverage to get Azazy-el’s alliance.”

Liam concentrated again on reaching his sister, the voice swallowed itself inside his mind, “I’m busy, the Tahore isn’t going to track itself, I’m close. Oh and Clare’s on her way to meet Kole.”

“There’s a few hurdles, I’m gonna be late, lemme know when you see her. It’s time, do it quickly, but be careful, Kalbreal isn’t to suspect a thing.”

He didn’t hear her reply, instead immediately altered his attention to Alexa who barely held it together, he knew he was going to regret this, but… “You can stay with us Alexa until you sort something out.”