Page 38 of Bride of Death
And I know just where I want to go, too.
Later, though.
After the village is asleep…
Chapter 10
Morpheus
I standon the village path, watching as Serapina opens her door and looks left, then right.
My eyebrow inches upward.You should be in bed, sweetheart.
Yet she appears to be sneaking out.
Mmm, naughty little dreamer.
My power instantly scans the perimeter, touching on several sleeping minds. But none of them belong to Maliki.
Because he’s wide awake.
And likely very aware of Serapina’s action.
Well, I can fix that,I decide, my gift swirling around the lethal assassin and dragging him into my realm.
I work slowly at first, careful not to alert him of my presence.
Only, he’s infuriatingly powerful and senses me within seconds. Because of course he does.
Hades chose well with you,I think before hitting him with a heavy sleeping charm.
He fights it, his growl of annoyance one I hear and feel within my soul.
Shadows seep into my vision as he engages me in a rare mental battle, one that has me both intrigued and irritated.
Fae usually can’t fight my influence.
But Maliki is no ordinary adversary.
If I didn’t know better, I would say Hades has charmed him in some way.
However, my cousin only has one mate connection in this existence, and it’s to Persephone.
Which suggests Serapina is fair game since she’s not the Omega he once mated. She just possesses the soul of his past.
Perhaps that’s a stretch in the truth, but I adore a good technicality.
And this situation is riddled with them.
A surge of power wraps around my throat, distracting me from my Serapina as I’m forcefully yanked into the dream world.
I stumble, caught off guard, then narrowly miss being punched in the face.
“What the fuck are you doing?” Maliki demands, shocking the nightmares out of me. Because that question is one I should be asking of him.
Or rather,How the fuck are you doing this?
Because this is my world. My power.My existence.
