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William looked over to us - particularly her sister - and he further pouted, which had Loki chuckling harder before he leaned over to whisper something in his ear. Whatever it was had William actually blush in three seconds flat before he turned around to insult the bulky man, who laughed even harder.
Loki really looked like Onyx now, and how intriguing it was to witness a man who’d been kidnapped and tortured for ten years display such a joyous expression regardless of his surroundings.
“Do you guys know the culprit?” I asked.
“Isn’t it rather obvious?” Ruby countered.
“Yes, but I feel like it could always be an underdog.” You never ignored the fact that anyone could use the prime suspect to their advantage to pull an unexpected move.
“Your assumption is as accurate as the Vatican hating your guts right now.”
“That was obvious even before I met Willow,” I casually reasoned. I’d accepted that shit long ago. “There’s no difference.”
“With this move, they’ll do something against you,” she warned.
“Let them,” I whispered, and my voice dipped further. “I dare them to fuck with what’s mine.”
“Even if it’ll have consequences you won’t be able to fix?” she offered.
“And what would those consequences be?” I began as I gave her my full attention so she could see the threat of the darkness that swarmed through my irises.
“She’ll be on Death’s target list.”
“As if Death hasn’t tried to steal our Forbidden Queen from us again and again.”
“Some things you don’t have control over,” she reasoned, and I had to slip my hands into my pockets to hide fingernails that were growing long and sharp while my hands would surely taint to black if I kept this up.
This wasn’t the place for my demon to threaten to come out, but I despised being pushed into a corner.Would the Coven be stupid enough to try to corner me?
“You’re right,” I began, and I grinned in delight as I turned to face her side before leaning in to whisper in her ear,“But when you gamble with a monster’s precious bride, control is the least of their troubles.”
Ruby still didn’t move away, even when I caught the goosebumps running along her arms.
“I don’t question your ability to protect my sister,” she muttered in a cold tone while her eyes narrowed and sparked in a blazing fury.“But when your holy palace of sin makes a move that can destroy her, it leaves me to question otherwise.”
I quietly chuckled and took a single step further to spike the tension between us - the blazing heat oozing off of her combating the drop in temperature on my end.
“You believe I’m a part of this sinister group of endangered wolves for shits and giggles?”I offered, and I couldn’t look more cynical.“Whatever you’re Seer has witnessed for my Sweet Flower, let it commence. But trust me, Miss Phoenix. Now that I’ve claimed my share of our Forbidden Queen, I won’t let the vision of thy devil prosper.”I paused on purpose to draw out my point before I delicately hummed,“For I am Lord Alexander, and if anyone dares forget the wrath I can deliver, I’ll give them a reminder of the calamity that follows anyone who defies me.”
"Saint.”
I blinked once - my eyes going from pitch black to their blue jewels - before my head turned to the left to see William eyeing me carefully with Loki. He was still sitting in his throne, one leg resting on the other with the Blood Rose was in position at chest level. Loki continued to stand on his right side in his black attire.
One look into William’s eyes told me he knew I wasn’t in the right mindset, and that only further enticed me to be a bold motherfucker. I pulled away from his sister and walked forward until I stood on the other side of his throne.
He wasn’t intimidated in the slightest, even with the wave of chilled energy that followed me like a plague. I was sure all eyes were on us, but I didn’t fucking care. All that mattered was the man sitting in his black metallic throne with red velvet cushions.
A Forbidden King who won’t slip from my grasp no matter what my enemies do.
Without delay, I leaned over until my lips were firmly on his, and my eyes twinkled with glee while he just stared back into mine like this wasn’t even surprising to him.
The shutters from the cameras went off, and I knew that picture would have to be slipped into the collection because it would give me exactly what I wanted.
Gossip. Chatter. Headlines. Fame.
That energy -good or bad -would all come my way, and how empowering it would be. The events tomorrow would make me the strongest I’d been in a long fucking time, and those holy bastards wouldn’t be able to do anything to tame me.
Let them do their worst. They won’t succeed in whatever they’re planning.
