Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 410

Chapter 410: Meeting Varek

"Can you answer one more question?" Kaiden asked.

Naira was about to be overcome with sheer frustration and anger, but hearing the intensity of his question, she forced her mind to snap out of it. She wiped her tears that began to form due to her stress.

"Yes, I’ll answer anything I can!"

Kaiden nodded, appreciating her determination. "Where are the other awakened, or as you call them, Marked? The hunters we’ve seen are nothing but ordinary men. Considering that about 15 in every 100 humans should be Marked, in a tribe this size, you should have a handful, if not dozens of them. Where are they?"

Naira’s fingers trembled as she stroked her mother’s face.

"Varek."

Her voice dropped so low it sounded as if she were talking to herself. "He does not like rivals. He has ruled the tribe for more than five years already. When he took the position, he killed anyone who stood against him - or had the chance to rebel later, namely any Marked."

She shook her head, as if in disbelief that this was truly her reality. Then, she resolved to continue, "After that, if a child received the blessing, they were executed on the spot. He is the one man who holds the whole tribe’s strength in his fist. The hunters you met are barely more valuable than we sacrificial gatherers now that the monsters have arrived. The real power lies in his palm alone."

Luna’s low voice sounded. "Varek’s power... Do you know what it does exactly?"

Naira swallowed. She glanced toward the sleeping woman on the pallet, then back at Kaiden.

She was about to part her lips. But before she could force a word out, the door to the room opened. A woman stepped in. She wore simple but neat clothing of her people. Her hair was braided tightly. She bowed.

"The leader wishes to see you," she said in a clear voice.

Aria straightened. Her eyes cut toward the woman, sharp as a blade. "We are not leaving Naira here alone. I do not like this."

The woman’s mouth curved upwards. It was not a smile that warmed the room. "Leader Varek said Naira may come with the esteemed guests. He noticed how you looked at her."

Naira blinked, every breath in her chest skittering. She had never once seen Varek look her way, but now she was treated as a guest?

Considering the horrible life she led in the past week since her father’s death, the girl never expected this.

Though she knew better than anyone that she was not ’invited,’ but ordered to come at once. She wanted to stay with Lira, worried for her safety. But she was ordered away from her side.

"What about her mother?" Nyx, ever the social butterfly, noticed the same problem.

"She will be cared for," the woman answered. "I will nurse her. I am the healer of the tribe."

All eyes swung back to Naira, asking for confirmation. She stared at the healer, at the sleeping mother, then down at her own hands. The memory of the whip and the guard’s laugh sat heavily in her stomach. She hesitated only a second, then lifted her chin and nodded.

That was when Kaiden stepped forward, towering over the woman. His voice became hostile, full of threat. His wrathful aura seeped out of his skin, lowering the temperature in the room.

"If anything happens to Lira while we are gone, I will kill you."

The woman’s knees trembled even before he said the words. His hateful aura was more than enough to get the message across. It took a few long seconds until she managed to collect herself enough to say,

"I will not let harm touch her."

Kaiden scanned the healer’s face for deceit. He saw the lines around the woman’s mouth, the calluses, the stubborn set of her jaw. For a second, the two of them measured each other, man to woman, stranger to stranger. Then Kaiden inclined his head.

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