Page 94 of The Magic of Betrayal
"Oh, poor Sloane Sullivan, aren't you tired of never beinggood enough? You just keep trying, bless your pathetic little heart. Daddy didn't love you, did he?" she teased, getting closer to him before she leaned over in front of his face. "Don't hit me, Dad! Please, I'll be a good boy."
Holy fucking shit. This bitch is insane. Maybe crazier than I am.
Sloane's body was trembling with rage. It called to me like a beacon in the darkness. Unfortunately, it also called tohim. I feltFischershatter the cage I'd locked him in and my awareness faded as he pushed forward, but I refused to give up total control. Never. Again.
"Sloane," I rasped. Shaking my head free of that fucking psychopath who had possessed me for the past several days.
His gaze snapped to mine from across the grass, I could make out the icy coldness in his eyes, the pain that flickered there.
"Don't listen to her. Nobody listen to her," I told them, "we have to keep our heads."
"Shut. The fuck. UP!" Laurie screeched and I shifted in my chair.How the fuck are we going to get out of this?Our powers were depleted, as I reached for mine I felt a tendril of magic, but I needed to save it until the perfect moment. Until she revealed herself, what her end goal was.
"Was this your plan all along?" Cam asked, his voice not wavering a fucking octave.
"Of course it was. I made it twenty-eight years without Khol finding me or learning anything about this shitty fucking town. Then one day he magically finds me on an ATM camera in Emerald Lakes? Please. He played directly into my plan, just like you all have. This has been a long, long time coming."
"Why is douchemage here?" Kai spat venomously and Laurie snorted.
"What an interesting nickname, Bryce. Maybe I should start calling you that? It’s fitting for you." She raised a brow in amusement as Bryce glowered at Kai.
"How long has he been working with you?" Sloane asked, getting back to the important shit. Keeping her talking to get as much information as possible, like we learned in training.
"Working with me? No, he works for me. And we both work for Montague Industries. It’s amazing, state of the art training, you know? Fun fact, Asrael runs that company. He used to be best friends with Khol. He's the king's brother, and when he takes his throne, I'll be the one beside him," she grinned maniacally, spilling all her secrets like an unhinged psychopath.
Bryce stood dutifully beside her, his emotions rotated between anticipation and desire, but my powers were so weak that the colors of his feelings were dimmed. But the desire wasn't directed at Laurie, nor anyone in this circle. My jaw ticked when I thought it was probably for Saige.I'm going to kill that motherfucker. Slowly.
‘Yes, yes we fucking are,’ Hegrowled darkly from the depths of my psyche.
"I've had enough chit chat, boys. Let me tell you how this is going to go. You've no doubt figured out that your powers are depleted. You're not getting out of those chairs until I let you. I was seventeen when I first learned about the prophecy. It's about me, did you know? I found four of my five, but without being able to get to Besmet, I wasn't able to bond with King Thane before my twenty-eighth, such a shame," she singsonged, shaking her head.
"If the prophecy is real, Saige has already completed it. She has her five, you dumbass," Kai snarled.
"Hmm, does she though?" she cocked her head to the side as she glared at Kai.
"One of you isn't completely tapped out. Any guesses on who?"
My blood turned to ice.She knows. She planned all of this. Everything. Right down to the order in which we were instructed to use our magic, having me go last so that I’d use my power the least amount of time. I’d be amazed if I wasn’t so disgusted.
Sloane's face paled and Cam lunged against the vines that were keeping him captive.
"I wonder, how would the prophecy come to fruition if four of my lovely daughter's five don't remember who she is? Do you think it would still be her? It's never fucking been her. I created her, hid her for this purpose. I sent Bryce here to keep her occupied, to keep her uninterested in other men. It was going great until he fucked up." Bryce scowled at her, but didn't comment. "Luckily for Bryce, I'm a quick thinker."
"How could you do this to your daughter?" Cam growled, his face red, sweat glistening on his brow from his useless efforts to free himself.
Horror slid down my spine as a thought hit me. No. She wouldn't.
"Laurie," I spoke, my voice sounded like someone else's, "where is Bette?"
The guy's heads all snapped to me with matching looks of shock and fear.
"My darling mother is none of your concern, Fischer Bahri. But I'll tell you what is!" She clapped her hands. "You're going to use that little remaining bit of magic that's coursing through your veins and you're going to dip inside your friend's heads and erase every last memory of Saige."
Shouting and cursing echoed throughout the woods from my brothers.
"Get fucked," Sloane snarled.
"He would never, ever do that," Kai yelled.
