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I stood before my brother, feeling the weight of my guilt crushing me. Every fibre of my beingscreamed at me to come clean, to spill the truth that had been gnawing at my soul since thedemonic freak had appeared today. But fear had been holding me
back.
Fear of losing Kane, fear of Lottie’s rejection, fear of what they might do if they learned the truth.
Memories flooded my mind, memories of that catastrophic encounter with the Demon. Iremembered the way he toyed with my mind, the way he whispered promises of relief from themisery that consumed me. Misery, I now know he had put me through. I
remember the deal he offered, the sinister bargain that hung in the air, like a dark cloud.
“You don’t have to suffer, Knox,” Astaroth had whispered, his
voice like silk and smoke. “I can make it all go away. But you have to give me something in return.”And in that moment, I would have given him anything he wanted to end my suffering and the innertorment that was consuming me from having killed my father. Or at least thinking I had.
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I hesitated, even while my heart pounded in my chest. I searched his eyes for any hint of deceit, butall I saw was hunger, a hunger that seemed to devour everything in its path. I should have listenedto my instincts and ripped him limb from limb there and then, instead of letting him get the better ofme.
“What do you want?” I asked in a moment of weakness, my voice barely a whisper.
“Something small! You will barely notice it’s gone.” Astaroth smiled, a smile that sent shivers downmy spine. But something small; that I would hardly miss, seemed like a risk worth taking if it easedmy pain.
Shaking my head to rid myself of the memories that plagued me, I swallowed the lump forming inmy throat and met Kane’s hard gaze, seeing the anger swirling just behind his eyes my heart sank.
“Knox, what’s wrong?” His voice cut through the silence, his concern evident in the furrow of hisbrow and the worry lines etched upon his face, but, the sharpness of his tone was not lost on me. Iswallowed hard, trying to find the words to convey the turmoil that churned within me.
“I… I made a deal,” I confessed, the admission tasting bitter on my tongue. His eyes widened indisbelief.
“What kind of deal?” My brother’s expression darkened with
concern.
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“Not the good kind.” I sighed, as the memories flooded back to me, vivid and haunting. I watchedmyself in my mind’s eye as I nodded slowly at Astaroth in the great hall, just as Kane and Lottieentered. Agreeing with his deal. Pursing my lips tightly, I braced myself before telling my brother thetruth.
“He told me…he would ease my pain.” I whispered nervously.
“Why? What was in it for him!” Kane snapped furiously, and I understood where his brain wasgoing. Demons never did anything without an ulterior motive.
“I don’t know, he just said it was small.” I started to say, Kane interrupted me.
but
“What was small?” He fumed, although I knew he was trying to hide his rage from me. Dropping myeyes from Kanes stern features, I sighed heavily.
“I thought I had killed Pops. I believed I had destroyed everything. The demon was inside my head,playing tricks with my mind. I thought this was all my fault. The pain was all–consuming.” Iwhispered, but given how my father approached me, his hand resting on my shoulder, he had heardthe pain that had attached itself to every syllable.
“It’s ok son.” his voice rang through the room, and I knew if I looked up I would see understanding inhis eyes, and maybe in Liam and Adams. But not Kanes.
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“Something Small? Small like Charlotte? Our mate! Or..” the sound of crashing wood grabbed myattention. My eyes lifted to see Kane smashing the only remaining chair in the room against a wall.“Like our fucking pups Knox!” He seethed his footsteps hard on the floor as he rushed at me, hishands landing on my chest and shoving me backwards.
“Pups?” I heard Sebastian ask from behind me.
“Yes, pups. Lottie is pregnant. Get with the program, your lordship!” I roared, turning to glare atSebestian, my arms in the air in frustration. Sebestrains jaw locked, but he said nothing, his eyessimply shifting to Adam’s curiosity clear on his face.
“Knox?” Kane barked, stepping into me to get my attention and force me to look at him and give himthe answers he needed, something I wasn’t ready to do yet because I wasn’t sure what to say-Nothing seemed to cover the guilt that was eating at me. novelbin
“I don’t know, Kane. He was vague.”
“You would know all about that!” Kane snapped in reply. my lips tightening to fight back the sarcasticremark brewing on my lips,
“I know I have fucked up! I know that it is all my fault that Kitty has been taken from us!” Havocwhined inwardly, my lips pulling into a frown because that was more words than I had heard Havoc
say in months. I knew he was gutted, and I got it! Because he was right, this was on us, but wewere beating ourselves up enough,
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“Kane, look.” I started to say, but his face was inches from mine, looking at me, his featuresunreadable.
“Just spit it out, for fuck sake!” Kane growled. As I tried to confess to Kane, his detached maskslipped, his anger now palpable, a raging inferno that threatened to consume us both. I could see itin the way his fists clenched at his sides and in the way his jaw tightened with barely contained fury.And I know that I deserve every ounce of his wrath.
“I can’t believe you, Knox,” he spat, his voice dripping with venom. “How could you even think aboutmaking a deal with that monster? Do you have any idea what you’ve done?” I hung my head,
unable to meet his gaze.
“I was desperate, Kane,” I whispered, my voice barely audible over the pounding of my heart. “Ithought I had no other choice.” But Kane wasn’t satisfied with my answer, and I could feel theweight of his disappointment bearing down on me like a leaden
cloak.
“There’s always a choice, Knox,” he growled, stalking away from me, his voice hard, andunforgiving. “And you chose wrong.” I flinched at his words, feeling the sting of his condemnationlike a knife in my chest.
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