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I raise my hand. “A 'lùbadh solas,” I scream as I palm him in his face. Light bursts from my hand and blinds him temporarily, and he snarls, clutching his eyes. I kick him when a portal opens up, and Tobias rushes into the room. He tackles Darius and slams him against the wall.
Tobias punches him, only for Darius to lose it and headbutt him, knocking Tobias out, and he tosses him off before repeatedly punching him. I scream and scramble to get to my feet. Rushing toward them, I grab Darius’ arm as he goes to hit him again.
Darius turns on me instantly. His face is twisted and demonic-looking, his eyes are entirely black, and his teeth are sharp points. His skin had turned a grayish color, and I blink in shock as he turns on me. My heart beats faster seeing the monster he just became, something of nightmares. I don’t know this version of my monster mate. I didn’t think there was a worser side of him than what I met.
My heart races in my chest as I stare at him. Tobias groans on the ground, and blood pools around him as Darius gets to his feet. Fear paralyzes me momentarily. That moment cost me as he grabs me, furiously snarling. He starts draining my magic, and I thrash and in panic, I set myself on fire, but he doesn’t let me go. He only growls, pressing me against the door, and I am forced to put the flames out or set the place ablaze. My clothes are singed, and my body tingles as my bond spurs to life, refusing him, protecting my magic.
“Give it to me. Stop fighting me,” Darius snarls.
“Fuck you!” I snap back at him, and his grip turns bone-crushing, making me cry out. I scream as he turns my magic against me, making me freeze as he turns my blood ice cold in my veins.
“Ryze!” I scream out, my breath making smoke clouds in the air. I shout for Ryze again, hoping he can hear me. Darius snarls before fighting dirty. His lips crash down on mine and he yanks on my bond, forcing it forward.
“Is this what you want?” he snarls, biting my lips and forcing his tongue into my mouth. Darius rips at my clothes, and I thrash, punching and clawing at him before he sinks his teeth into my mark. The bond awakens like a live wire, and I moan involuntarily as his hands rip at my leggings, trying to yank them down. Pinning me against the wall with one arm, he fiddles with his belt buckle.
My mind is screaming for him to stop, yet the bond goes haywire as he pulls at it, wanting him closer when he is suddenly ripped off me. The fuzzy cloudiness of the bond being ripped away, makes me stagger toward him, wanting to go to him. Shaking myself out of the trance-like state he put me in; my mind clears of the haze. My vision blurs, correcting itself, and I see Kalen.
“Get out!” Kalen yells at me, flicking his wrist and opening a portal. I have never really seen Kalen use magic, only a few times, knowing it made him unstable each time he did use it.
Darius gets up, and his growl is like a clap of thunder when his gaze turns to Kalen. I scream, running toward Kalen. He looks at me over his shoulder before twisting his wrist, and I run straight at him when he disappears, and I burst into our room. I fall on my hands and knees, and my heart races when I realize Kalen moved the portal in front of me before I could reach him.
My breathing is harsh as fear courses through me. I get to my feet and race for the door, only for an arm to wrap around my waist when I reach for the handle. I thrash and scream. “It's me, stop. You're fine,” Lycus breathes next to my ear.
“You're okay,” Lycus whispers, but I shake my head.
“Kalen!” I whimper.
“Shh, you’re fine. Kalen will be fine; Darius won't hurt him,” Lycus tells me.
“He hurt Tobias,” I tell him, and Lycus nods, kissing the side of my neck.
“Tobias will be fine, but Kalen can handle Darius when he is like that. He can manipulate his aura and bring him back,” Lycus whispers, tugging me back toward the bed. Lust suddenly burns through the bond, and Lycus groans behind me, pulling me onto his lap.
“I promise Kalen will be fine.”
“No, you didn't see his face,” I stammer, remembering the look of pure evil on his face. I know it will give me nightmares.
“I know, just calm down. I wouldn't be here if I thought Kalen couldn't handle him. Kalen is stronger than you think,” Lycus tells me. I shake my head worriedly.
“But Darius he….”
“He became the Demonic King,” Lycus says, and I turn my face to look at him.
“What?”
"Without magic, Darius is only a demon similar to the rest of the men here, but Darius isn't a normal Demonic-Fae. He is the last of his kind. Darius is similar to a normal demon, but he also isn't like the other demons here. He has enhanced strength, speed, stamina, and other abilities, like possession, mental influence, lower elemental use, and body manipulation. It is why he is so dangerous. Even without power, he is lethal. You don't tempt him when he is like that. You give him what he wants."
“But Kalen is in there with him,” I exclaim.
“Kalen knows how to play Darius like a damn fiddle. Darius can't manipulate him as he can us.” Lycus explains.
“I don't understand.”
“Kalen can manipulate his aura, make him feel, remember who he is, who we are to him. He can control emotions and twist them, like persuasive coercion,” Lycus tells me, and I moan. Covering my mouth with my hands when arousal courses through me from the bond with Kalen. Lycus chuckles.
“Told you,” Lycus purrs, running his nose across my neck and shoulder.
ChapterTwenty-Four
