My happiness…was but a burden for having a male and female mate who would give me everything I needed.
Affection gave me an ongoing boost while sexual gratification would only further empower me.
Having two mates publicly would give me even more attention, and despite how little I knew about Arthur, I had a strong feeling in my gut that men didn’t fear attention from the public eye.
I bet he craved it.
All the suffering I’d gone through as a child, the sexual manipulation and hardships, it was never destined for me as the Vatican had cunningly drilled into my head.
It was all a setup, and I’d been forced to tumble right into their trap for all these years.
Until today, where I allowed myself to slip up to prove a point.
Little did I know it would open my closet that was filled with skeletons I knew nothing about. Secrets that had been tucked away in hopes of never being revealed.
I could feel the build-up of a headache coming on, and I feared things would go astray because I couldn’t control the brewing energy that was begging for an outlet.
Standing on the tip of uncertainty, I didn’t have enough resilience to stop myself from driving off the rails. The tremor beneath us was the start of what surely would be the end as screams and cries for aid from the Lord echoed crossed the space.
To think I’d allowed myself to be so naive. To be merciful to these humans who’d ruined my entire life. What could have happened if my fathers were alive?
If they had been given the privilege to raise me with the driven determination that carried within their hearts to risk it all by conceiving me with the mix of holy and black magic.
Was I named Saint in hopes I’d deliver a sense of hope to the world? Or was I destined to be an Alexander who’d carry the torch of burning it all to the ground?
Voices within my head were calling me, the panic of my shift in mood surely striking a worrying chord, but I couldn’t pull out of this spiraling mess.
I was too fucking gone.
The people who should have been bowing down and giving me respect after benefiting from my existence for so many years were the very source of my suffering. All out of their enviousness and greed for power.
They wouldn’t have risen up in the hierarchy if it wasn’t for my cunning execution in business, and no one surely would have stuck by Christopher’s side without my interference because of his rotten attitude.
To have the truth revealed by another enemy was simply insulting, and it only confirmed that the Vatican never had the intention of revealing the truth.
If Willow had died and somehow Arthur perished once the Vile Queen was done with him, I’d be mateless for the rest of my existence.
Alone in a world that had always used me, I would never have had a chance to receive any benefits. No matter if I was destined to be loved by more than one, I never got to delve into that affection because all these factors had done everything they could to destroy my destiny.
More screams pierced the air, and I could only dream of the suffering I wished to ignite. I wouldn’t just leave a mark here with my flames. I’d steal the souls of everyone here and that would only be the beginning of the Rapture.
I’m on the verge of a mental fucking breakdown.
Everything was overwhelming.
All of this truth unveils a mountain of lies.
I was now left in a world of darkness, and I had no hope that I’d witness a light at the end of this crumbling tunnel.
Until soft lips pressed against mine…
One single touch seemed to bring my collapsing world to a standstill—those lips of warmth suddenly taming me profoundly enough to reel back into reality.
I hadn’t realized how far I’d gone. My eyes rolled forward while the intensity of my accursed magic pulled back to give me the ray of sight I needed to confirm who was kissing me.
Those turquoise eyes came into view as the pink strands that hugged her heart-shaped face confirmed who’d managed to cut through the chaos.
As if her touch was a bucket of chilled water, I felt the waves of calm begin to seize my body and mind, leaving me feeling the drop of my intense high, which almost knocked me right out.