Page 180 of Their Lethal Pet
Swallowing, I open my eyes again.
There are silhouettes now. It’s still dark, but not pitch black like before.
The trees… are now wooden pillars. Or maybe the better term for them issupport beams. Regardless, we appear to be in a massive great room.
There are windows along one wall, allowing in a glimmer of moonlight from outside. But it’s not much, which is why the majority of the room is cast in shadows.
“Oh, Alina,” a voice tsks. It’s not feminine, but masculine. “I knew something was different this time around, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Now… now I’vetouchedit. A bond. A. Fucking. Alpha. Bond.”
Goose bumps pebble along my skin at the anger underlining that voice.
It’s familiar now.
A voice that haunted my nightmares until I met my fae.
The Viscount.
I have no idea what he’s doing here or how he plays into all of this, but I don’t want to stand around and find out.
We need to hide. Just like Orcus told me to do.
“I have no idea how he found you or who he is, but I’ll deal with him when he arrives,” the Viscount continues. “Then I’ll fix you, too.”
My stomach twists at the notion of beingfixed.
But I’m also confused as to how the Viscount thinks he’lldealwith Orcus.
The Viscount is human.
Unless…I frown.I was human… with an Omega soul.
And now I’m no longer human, but a Mythos Fae.
AmatedMythos Fae with a life growing inside me.
None of that should have been possible, yet here I am.
Is the Viscount an Omega, too?I wonder.
The Viscount is Demeter in disguise,Orcus tells me, obviously having listened to my thoughts and perhaps even having heard what the Viscount said to me.
Demeter was a woman, though,I say, frowning.
Either she’s disguised as the Viscount, or she’s controlling him. Regardless, I need you to hide, Alina. Do not let Demeter find you.The urgency is back in his tone, making me want to move.
But I don’t.
Because I don’t want to make a sound either.
“Over two thousand years without an incident. But now…” The Viscount sounds disappointed. “Do you have any idea what this means, Alina?”
Sera squeezes my hand beside me, reminding me of her presence.
She hasn’t spoken, but I can feel her tension. I have no idea what she’s been through. Maybe Demeter kept her in that garden this whole time. However, she called herMother.
What does that even mean?I wonder again.
But there isn’t time to consider it now.
