Page 63 of Secrets & Curses of Fate

“Get off my property before I kill you for trespassing.” He smiled like I would be scared of him. “This is my boy; I can punish him however I see fit.”?

Haden’s pretty eyes stared at me, begging me to leave before his father hurt me.

“This is the last warning I am giving you. Release Haden, or I will break every fucking bone in your hands so that you aren’t able to touch him again.”?

Galen laughed loudly.?

“How’d you trick this whore into thinking you were anything special?” he asked Haden. “You have a thing for weak, pathetic, and incapable men?”?

He smiled like he did something with his stupid insult. But men like him were easy to hurt. All they needed to hear was how undesirable and cowardly they were.

“I’m not interested in you, if that is what you are asking.” I huffed.

Galen dropped Haden and swung at me in a fit of rage.?

“Storm!” Haden tried to step in front of me, but my magic held him back. Meeting his fist with my open hand, I gripped his father’s hand in my own. I saw the terror fill his eyes when he realized his strength was nothing against mine. I looked at Haden and Remiah and smiled, trying to reassure them that I could handle this.?

“I gave you plenty of warnings, Galen, but I must admit that I was always going to do this.” I grabbed one of his fingers, and as if I were holding a twig, I snapped it. He yelled out, and I smiled in his face as I moved to the next finger and broke it as well.

He looked at his wife. “Don’t just stand there, bitch, do something!”?

She jumped and came for me, but I lifted my hand, and a gust of wind slammed her back into the house. I turned back to him and broke another finger. Then I gripped the last two and squeezed so hard that his bones shattered. I released him, and he fell to his knees, holding his broken fingers and crying. I circled around him, still not done with his punishment.?

I looked up at Remiah, who was gawking at me. Then my gaze flickered to Haden. His eyes traveled down the length of me and then back up to my eyes.

“Please,” Galen begged, bringing my attention back to him.

“You can beg me all you want, but I keep my word, Galen.” I used my magic to force his hands down to the ground. He cried out when the broken hand hit the hard surface. “This is for hurting Remiah.” I lifted my heel and slammed it into his broken fingers, crushing his hand into the ground and twisting.

He begged the gods for mercy, and I smiled.

“The gods don’t listen to shitty men, Galen.” I looked around and smiled when I spotted a boulder. I wrapped it up with my magic and brought it over to hover above his hand. “And this is for thinking you can lay a hand on Haden.”?

“No, no, n—” he yelled loudly when I slammed the boulder onto his other hand. The sound of his bones breaking echoed around us. No one moved as I squatted down. He was crying like a baby. “Please, take it off.”?

I looked at the boulder and lifted it with my magic only to slam it down on it again.

“You fucking cunt!”?

I could feel Remiah and Haden staring at me, but I was too far gone in my rage to let up. I did not lose Haden for almost 300 years just for his piece-of-shit father to take him from me again.?Has he always been this way? Did Haden and Remiah have to grow up with this their entire lives? The thought had lightning scattering above us, striking the ground. Thunder raged loudly in the sky as I thought of how scared they must have been their whole lives.

They had never known love or safety. No wonder Haden thought I wouldn’t want him. His parents had made him believe he was unworthy. For fuck’s sake, I was beyond reasoning with.

“Here is how things will be going from now on, Galen. If you lay a single finger on either of your children, I will break every single one of the bones in your body.” He glared up at me. “And just as your body begins to give out and you start dying, I will heal you, and I will do it all over again.”?

I could see the hatred in his eyes as he stared at me. Galen was a stupid man, but excitement coiled in my chest as he opened his mouth to argue with me, just as I was hoping he would.

“Fuck you. You could only overpower me because I was caught off guard and drunk. Those little shits are mine, and I will do whatever I please to them.”?

I clucked my tongue at him.?

“That is where you are wrong, asshole.” I stood up, moving the boulder and forcing him to rise as well. I healed his hands, and he swung at me immediately. I dodged his weak swing, though, and laughed.?

“Storm.” Haden moved forward to protect me, but it only distracted me. Galen took advantage of that and punched me in the face. I felt the blood in my mouth as I shot my magic out to block Haden from coming at me again. Galen smiled smugly.?

Instantly enraged, I pulled my fist back and punched him in the face so hard I knew I broke my own hand in the process. But I healed it just as quickly as I broke it and grabbed Galen by the hair, dragging his ass in front of his children.?

I kicked the back of his legs and forced him to kneel. My chest was heaving so quickly that I thought I would pass out. This fucking bastard.?This motherfucking piece of shit. I was out of control. As I held him in place with my magic and gripped his hair in my hand, yanking it back so painfully, I knew I was on the verge of snapping his neck. Fuck, I might anyway.

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