Their forced luna novel Chapter 56
"Is Bo going to be okay?" Javier half-turned back. "I can't imagine how the bond being dissolved like that has to feel."
"No matter if he is or not. We have to find a way to get to Amanda." I replied. I kept an eye out on our surroundings. The storm had abated, for now, but who knew how long it would last. The weather here had no reasoning, and until I had control of my powers and was a Prime in full rights it wouldn't be.
"I get that, I do. But he's part of us too. We can't just abandon him, Zale."
"We're not abandoning him. I told you why he has to stay. Clara needs protection and watching. She might come from Amanda, but she hasn't earned my trust. Especially after her being there when Amanda got away from us."
I couldn't stop the anger that simmered inside of me. I would need to punish her for this. When I was done she wouldn't be able to walk for a week. Her limbs would shake, she'd have all the fluids drained out of her, and she wouldn't even be able to form words.
She'd left us. After everything we'd been through. She'd just abandoned all of us.
Why?
Yes, she'd been kidnapped. It didn't look like she'd wanted to go with that wizard demon creature. But she had escaped from us, she had tried to leave the Kingdom of Vermilion and for what?
"What do you think happened?" Javier questioned again.
"It doesn't matter. Shut up, Javier," I hissed.
There.
It was faint since we were still on our side of the border, but I could already practically taste it. A demon was close by. Its burn scent was a taste on my tongue.
Javier thankfully shut up. His growl echoed through the area. I saw it too.
What was going on?
A demon stood on the other side of the barrier, onyx eyes locked on his. His long red hair danced in the wind, like a crimson banner. Was he declaring war?
My claws slid from my nail beds. If there was a fight that thing wanted, it was a fight it would get.
"Prime," called the demon.
It made a come-hither motion to me. I bared my teeth in response. "Prime, I'm not here to fight, yet. Do not mistake me. We are still and will always be immortal enemies."
Slowly, my lips covered my teeth again and I approached cautiously. "Your kind are treacherous. Do you really expect me to believe this isn't some trick? You won't step a foot into my kingdom while I stand here."
The demon sighed and lowered his head to rest against the fingers of his hand. "Then by all means Prime the defiler, come forward. We will speak."
I grabbed Javier's forearm and squeezed. "Stay here, I'll go trip this trap. You keep my pack safe."
"No," Javier replied, voice as cold as mine usually was.
I raised a brow. "Excuse me? You're telling me no?"
"Yeah, Alpha," Javier replied. He grabbed my arm in return and drug us through the barrier. It crackled around us but no harm came. "I'm telling you no. You're not in this alone, Zale, and I'm not letting whatever happened to Bo, happen to you too."
I sighed. It was too late now. I shook off his grip and approached the waiting demon. It was odd that this thing hadn't tried to attack us or that it was being so open in the first place. This wasn't a turned pack member, this was one of the pure-blooded ones. They never came out of hiding.
"Prime," the demon called again. His voice was a bit like a harp. Soft and melodious. No wonder he had been able to sway some of my pack.
"What do you want, demon?" I snapped. "I'm over on this side, just like you wanted. Why did you crawl out of your shit hole?"
He rolled his eyes at me. "You are completely uncultured. This is why we never want to have any dealings with your kind."
"Then leave my land and never return," Javier growled. "Then we won't have to deal with each other."
"Don't you want to know why I'm even here? You are exhausting."
"Just out with it," I growled. My fingers twitched. All I wanted to do was rip this creature into shreds, maybe even use him to hone my powers like the plan had been to start with.
But I never would have imagined we would just stumble onto one before we even left our borders. What was the trick here? Shouldn't we be surrounded by a ring of demons by this point?
"Out with it?" The creature put his face in his palms again. "Why did anyone think this would be a good idea? You are our enemy, you'll forever be our enemy, and none of this will change that. The moment our cooperation is done, I'll rip your guts out myself."
"Cooperation?" Javier scoffed. "I don't know what you're planning. But you're not getting any cooperation from us. You're the ones that took our Luna. What's wrong with you Zale? Get him!"
I held up a hand to keep Javier from attacking. The redhead had stilled at my mate's words. "Your Luna was taken as well?" he questioned with a long drawn-out sigh.
"What do you mean as well?" I demanded.
My guts crawled like worms were feeding on my insides. What kind of fresh hell had happened now?
"Our Luna was kidnapped by a wizard that stunk of the Primes. We are well aware of your campaign against us. However, we also are well aware of your hatred of those types. You would never willingly let that kind of creature into your pack, let alone your land. We knew you were not at fault."
I didn't even know that demons had Lunas. The man, if I could call him that, seemed earnest enough. But so many had been fooled before.
"What are you even suggesting?" Javier questioned. He was snarling again looking from me to the demon.
The demon sighed heavy and pained. "I am afraid I have to propose that we work together."
"No fucking way," Javier snapped.
I would do anything for Amanda. "Agreed," I whispered instead, ignoring the flash of hatred that oozed from the bond like a cancer. "Only until we find our Lunas."
And once we did, I'd unleash Javier to his full potential and let him murder every single filthy demon out there.
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