Page 55 of Dark Souls Academy: The Sacrifice

A wave of menace rolled off them. No one looked my way. They were all occupied with tormenting the lowers in front of them.

The female had a collared slave munching on her pussy. The men on either side of her were cutting and hitting their own slaves.

"These slaves are getting soft," said the one with yellow skin and an upside-down face. When his eyes finally drifted to me, his form turned human. His yellow eyes were too big for his handsome features.

I focused on the three men on the other side. One had a male bouncing on his cock with a spiked collar on him. He licked atthe blood and chuckled at the pain on the poor slave's face. The guy next to him looked like a massive troll. He used a woman like a doll. Her scream of pain just made him thrust faster. "Oh, shut up, I did you a favor by taking your ass. I would have killed you if I took your pussy," he taunted.

The last guy at the end sat there in misery. He didn’t seem to want to partake in the Council's fun. His eyes glowed, but I couldn’t tell if it was from anger or arousal.

The worst of them all was smack dab in the middle. The angel-faced Lucifer held a slave girl's head while he controlled her sucking his cock. Normally, I'd think it was hot but not like this. The girl cried as she held on to her neck. Her arms hit his legs. Slowly, her skin cracked as if she was made of glass until Lucifer cried out and ripped her head off.

His pretty face with sharp features, plump lips, and gold eyes smiled at the head. "Good job." He threw it behind him and snapped his fingers for guards to dispose of the body.

"Blasted Lucifer, I wanted to try her," the troll guy said. He roared as Lucifer did and threw the broken bleeding girl toward the door. At least, she was still alive.

The female punched the male slave for not getting her off. They took turns cutting him and dismissed everyone.

I came backto reality as the cries of pain intensified. They all sat in the same positions and had a slave doing the same evil shit. As Lucifer gripped the head of the guy, he forced to suck his dick, I let go of my mates and let my magic burst out of me.

I needed to go big or, well, die. The time for staying in the shadows and appeasing the Devil was over. I pulled on my Fae side because Lucifer had amulets to deflect a Succubus attack, so my demon wasn’t going to help here.

The air cracked around me as my body changed. My pink hair turned a rich black, my skin turned porcelain, and the damn flame crown appeared on top of my head. Now that I wanted the attention, I welcomed the heat.

With blistering energy, my air magic snapped out. Water wrapped around the victims in the room. Both on the stage and in the stands, making several people scream in surprise. Air lifted the water-covered people and zoomed them out of the room, away from their tormentors, while shoving the pieces of shit backwards. Several council members flew backward, but, unfortunately, Lucifer wasn’t one of them.

I linked with Ark. He sat right outside on the other side of the door ready for a command. Smart guy.Take them to the Haven. My magic will be wrapped around them until you’re there, so hurry. I don’t need to waste my energy.

The woman was the first to stand. “How dare you! You think you can challenge us?” She was the wrong person to talk to me. That woman was the brothers’ rapist and torturer.

Trigger’s rage and fear sliced my insides into small chunks. Even the other brothers had to hide their disgust for this woman with their demons to not show Lucifer any emotions. I growled. My control vanished.

My energy lashed out like a whip. The moment it struck, she collapsed to her knees screaming. My fire and wine elements dove inside of her, burning her from the inside out.

My mates were frantic in the bond, but my eyes were red, ready to kill everyone in here.

My poison, please don’t overdo it. You can get away with what you’ve done so far, but no more. Please backdown. We aren’t ready for the fight.Kain pleaded in my mind.

I didn’t want to, but the terror in his voice made me blink my red vision away. It took a lot of hate and anger to pull that off. Iwasn't sure I’d ever use that trick again. I could get lost in that much evil.

Fine.

Lucifer stood. The manic grin on his face was full of hunger. “You just killed a council member and challenged us all by interrupting a punishment. Why shouldn’t I take you prisoner right here?” That was exactly what he wanted.

The slaves were yours and she hurt your new mates.Kain’s frantic voice in my head had my heartrate increasing.Say it!

I lifted my chin and repeated what Kain said.

The fire in Lucifer’s eyes was such a fast flip from his greedy one, I almost took a step back. Thankfully, Bones had his chest pressed up against me, stopping me even if I couldn’t stop myself.

“Looks like there are no laws being broken here, Lucifer. Can we move on? Some of us have a deadline to uphold,” the Hellhound said. He had saved my ass more than once by doing this, throwing the rules in the Devil’s face.

Lucifer’s jaw clenched. It wasn’t enough. I could see it in his bloodthirsty eyes. He wanted to trap me somehow, I had to take charge before he did.

Time to put on a fucking show. I just hoped I could survive it, mentally and physically.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

Ilifted my chin and let my magic crackle along my body. My hair floated off my shoulders in response. Staring down the man that stole my family from me, hunted my kind, wanted to imprison me, and who hurt my mates all their lives was easier than I thought. Don’t get me wrong, it was still terrifying, but my new bonds and found magic made the situation less intense. The smug bastard could see that, and I took joy in watching the smugness turn to anger.

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