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“She is Gemini, son. Her eyes give her away.” Lorelei watches me curiously, and I feel Shadow growl in my head.

“I know she has two wolves, it's in her DNA. It never skips a generation.”

Satish glares at me through the cage when the woman clicks her tongue. “Are you sure you've tried everything?” she asks him.

“Yep! Tortured her, even tried to breed it out of her, but the kid had something wrong with it, and stopped breathing not long after it was born. We've even tried to fuck her wolf out of her to bring it forward,” Satish says.

Baby?I question. What baby is he talking about? My twin?

“If she has a second wolf, there must be something wrong with it because it never shows.”

His mother tilts her head to the side, watching me carefully. “Or maybe she's been showing the entire time,” the woman says, and my heart races quicker all of a sudden.

“We’ll make her Gemini side awaken, don't you worry,” the woman tells her son as she rises to her feet.

A small laugh from Lucas breaks the tension. Despite his age, there's defiance in his voice. “You want to awaken the Gemini?!” he chuckles, drawing Satish’s attention.

“You have no idea what you're dealing with. You're all going to die!” he laughs, holding Satish's gaze without fear.

Kneeling before Lucas's cage, the woman taunts, “Death isn’t a deterrent, child. I've faced it countless times. And as for your grandmother, Sage? She'll be the first one to meet it for what she did to my son!” her voice drops to a chilling whisper, “her fate is just the beginning!”

Lucas holds her gaze then smiles, and my skin crawls with the way he stares unflinchingly at her, like she is a mere annoyance, not someone holding him, a child, captive.

“Death is but a moment. It's the eternity of suffering that follows which should truly terrify you. One thing about us Octavians is we can create worlds where pain has no end.”

The woman laughs mockingly. “You child, you don't know pain, but you will,” she tells him, rising to her feet. She starts walking off.

Lucas, despite his age, exudes a chilling calmness. “Pain?!” he begins slowly, voice dripping with dark amusement, which is so uncharacteristic of him. “Such a funny word. In order to know it, you must feel it. And you're right, I don't know pain. Do you still hear him? Do you wake up to Dior’s ghostly screams? When my father comes for me, he won't just save me, he’ll ensure those screams are the only thing you'll ever hear.”

The effect is instantaneous. Lorelei’s face contorts in a mix of anger and anguish, her eyes narrowing to slits. With a sudden fierce movement, she spins around, her claws shimmering in the dim light, ready to unleash her fury.

“You say you don’t fear death, but you still flinch at his memory!” Lucas laughs. The woman reaches for his cage and I move to my knees. Yet, Lucas just stares at her, unfazed when Satish thankfully grabs her.

“Mother, he is a boy! He knows nothing!” Satish tells her, which seems to calm her; she shakes off her son's hand and stomps off.

“He may be just a boy, but he clearly knows something because he knows how to get under her skin,” Nova says as she peers out my eyes observing Lucas; our vision shifts and for a split second, I see a mist-like substance around him, but then it is gone.

“Lucas?” I call to him.

“My father will come!” he says.

“Try to rest,” Lucas tells me, laying down on the concrete floor and turning his back to me.

ChapterNinety-One

Eziah

I slowly come to, my mind foggy and my body feeling as though it's been hit by a truck. The sound of voices washes over me, angry and frustrated tones swirling together.

“…don’t even know where to begin! We have to find them!” I hear my mother arguing with someone.

“The entire city is on lockdown. We’ve covered every inch, and still nothing!” Kyan growls angrily. “They aren't in the city! If they were, my men would have found them! I even have the human authorities out looking for them.”

Struggling to sit up, my vision blurs momentarily. The familiar luxury of Kyan's penthouse apartment in the casino he owns surrounds me. Through bleary eyes, I catch Kyan pacing, Dominic with a stern look, Jonah leaning against the wall, and Rose looking distraught. All three of my parents stand in a tense cluster. Something is very wrong.

“What happened?!” I croak out, my throat dry.

Rose rushes to my side, handing me a glass of water. “Easy there Eziah. A lot has transpired.”

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