Page 120 of Seeking Hades' Ember

"Pray tell, what do you even mean?" I growled lowly. "That I would want you to spear me in my damn chest!" I yelled in his face. Small bits of lightning came from the smoke surrounding us. My fury had been held back, and I was losing every bit of myself.

"She told me you didn't want her anyway. That you refused her when she was born! She said you would appreciate it if I concealed it, and you would reward me handsomely by making me one of your own guards." My jaw ticked.

"What?" I whispered. My hand reached for his neck as I clutched it tightly. "Who spoke this to you? Whose lips and tongue will I cut out with a dull blade and put on the hot plate of desolation?" Lyle shivered as my hot breath bathed over his face.

"She came to me…in the woods." Wesley gripped onto the table. My guards wanted to restrain him, but this was his Wolf. A Wolf that betrayed his own pack, over what? To try and be one of my guards? Pathetic.

"Name," I growled again as my grip loosened. Lyle shook his head quickly, and my hand gripped his wrist, breaking it instantly. His scream filled the cell while Wesley grabbed the other, and the same snap echoed through the hallway. Hmm, I might like this game.

"Demeter!" he cried. "Demeter!"

Ahh, and the name comes up again. "Were you trying to hit Ember or me?" My hand gripped his upper arm and squeezed; another crack ripped through the cell as Wesley did the same to the other arm.

"EMBER!" he yelled out again; his chest was heaving. Four broken bones, rather significant, and he couldn't even heal himself with the silver.

Pity.

"I took you in as a pup, and this is how you repay your Alpha?!" Wesley's Wolf let out a roar as his claws gripped Lyle's neck. The grip tightened, nails puncturing the back of Lyle's neck as blood dripped down the back of the table.

"Enough, Remus," I hissed. "We still need more information, then you can have some fun with your traitor." As much as I wanted to torture this pup, Wesley needed his time. I would get Lyle in the Underworld, and I had much more range of torture down there than up here. Wesley looked like he needed a good release.

"You tell me everything. Start to finish. Leave one thing out, and well, you know what will happen." Ember could tell a lie when she heard one; she would let me know if he was or not. Lyle nodded his head frantically as Remus raised a brow. I waved my hand for him to calm down. Remus would have his revenge.

The tears left Lyle's face, and his black eyeliner pooled on his collarbone. The chains that he hung with pride around his pants now pooled at the bottom of his ankles. My guards took no chances; they ripped him of anything that he could use as a weapon or a means of escape.

"Alpha was talking about making me lead tracker," he breathed. "The night Ember was taken, Demeter came to me. I didn't know who she was at first, but she wore a lot of green, blonde hair, brown eyes, but I knew she was a god, she glowed. She had this dominating aura that had me on my knees." Wesley paced around Lyle like a predator to prey.

"She told me her name, that Ember was Hades' mate. Demeter said Hades didn't want Ember. You found out early who your mate was because Selene was being gracious. You flat out refused your mate, so Demeter wanted to eliminate any signs of Ember finding out and searching for you. Demeter wanted to be a 'good friend' to you, which meant she would take her away. If I made sure that our pack didn't find her that I would be rewarded. I would become one of Hades' guards. I just had to lead everyone the opposite way." Lyle panted again.

Remus ground his teeth and glared at me. "Did you try to reject my pup?"

Well, this turned around into something shitty.

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