Page 128 of Secrets & Curses of Fate

“King Luren and his wife Gwyn of Cerithia.” She smiled.?“Thea’s father and stepmother.”

That’s why they were so obsessed with Thea being star-blessed. Della had created a goddess, not knowing that my siblings thought she would help us. My visions of Thea showed her as a monster, causing destruction as she stood in a colosseum ripping men apart with hardly lifting a finger. Maybe I shouldn’t have told my siblings that a goddess was born due to sin—her father strayed from his marriage for greed, for power. A man that evil could not produce a goodhearted woman. And Della had star-blessed her without knowing.

“Thea is the first goddess born of sin, and your little girlfriend made it happen. She will be important to our plan. You will find a way to befriend Thea and manipulate her into being on our side.”?

"How am I supposed to do that when the other side of me won't remember?" I asked.

"You'll figure it out," Elra said, with her bitchy attitude.

“You do realize Thea may not end up like we did? What happens to your plan when you find out she isgood-hearted and nice?We don't need them to raise hell in Elloryon. Della is already falling from grace, and when that happens, we will be released from hell for good.”

“Then she will fall with the rest of the gods. And it will benefit us to have the fae start hating the gods so we can use them. We still don't know what magic we will have besides our starlight.” Elra stared too intently at me. “But with a father as evil as Luren, I do not know how she will ever resist the dark side of her. Unless her mother is a fucking saint or something.” Elra rolled her eyes.

"We will give the gods a choice: join us or die. Besides, we still need to find all of the old gods that were there when we were cast into hell for the sins of our fucking parents. Because they are theones that did this to us. Abram gave us this fate, and we will kill him for it. And the heavenly gods will pay for not standing up for us. Then we will take over everything. We will bring hell to Elloryon so everyone can know the life we were damned with."

I looked at her and didn’t say anything. She frowned at me, but I knew it was to mock me.?

“Do we need to worry that you will interfere with your whore when you come back?”?

Well, that was the last thing I needed for my patience to snap. I pulled my fist back and punched my sister in her smug face. She fell to the ground, laughing at my outburst.

“Watch yourself, Elra,” I sneered.?

She stood up and laughed as she wiped the blood from her cut lip. I could see that she was pleased to see me lose my shit. Violent bitch. Elra glanced around at our other siblings before looking at me.

“You will not come forward until after Thea breaks her curse. In fact, I think you will not be allowed to come out until you see Della for the first time after the curse breaks.”?

What an odd request. My gaze flickered over her face to see if I could pick up anything from her.?

“Why? You know something and aren’t telling me.”?

“Well, then call it even, Haden, for deviating from the plan the first time around.”?

“I paid for that already. You fucking killed me; do you not remember?” I glanced around at our siblings. “Each of you stabbed me for my sins, and I had to go through the painful fucking process of being reborn.”?

Elra smiled, as did our siblings. Sick fucks.

“Well, we don’t want to wait so long again, so let's all stick to the plan this time.”

“Are we done with this pointless fucking conversation?” I clenched my fists at my sides to stop my wrath from taking over completely.?

“Yes, we’ll see you when we see you,Wrath.”?

Her greed-filled eyes stared into mine before they disappeared. Fucking heathens. I glanced back to where I buried Remiah and frowned.?

He would never forgive Storm for this. I paced back and forth as I tried to figure out what to do. I knew, deep in my tainted soul, that I would destroy her while I was gone. I ran my hands down my face and stared up at the heavens.

I raised my hand and flipped the stars off.?

“Fuck you for doing this to her!” For doing this to me. I closed my eyes and hung my head. I couldn’t help but recognize that the stars were very fucking clever. They thought that by making me her mate, I would save her. But they were also willing to sacrifice her for the greater good of the gods if I refused.?

I sighed heavily as I waited for anything, anyone, to pop out and tell me what the fuck I was supposed to do. After a moment, I gave up. This was supposed to happen. Della was supposed to become the villain, and I would lose her no matter what. I should be happy that when I retreat deep inside of myself, the nice side of me would destroy her.?

Maybe she will get the fucking hint to not love me. She needed to hate me because at some point she was going to find out what I did. Storm was going to know that before she changed our fate, I had already done the same thing. But maybe that was my punishment.?

I was never supposed toactuallylove her.?

The Goddess of Life and the God of Wrath should have never crossed paths—we should have never fallen in love. Now Della had half my soul, and I wondered what would happen to her. What would happen to the realm now that my mate took half mysoul and damned herself with it? Would she kill me when she realized I was a God of Hell?

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