Page 68 of Outcast
It spoke into our minds,"I'll only speak with her alone."
Its request was immediately met with refusal from my mates. "Fuck that!" and "Over my dead body!" came from them both simultaneously.
Holding tight to my flame, I continued to let my powers seep through me, bringing me confidence in what we needed to do.
"Wait outside, guys. I need answers, and clearly it hasn't been able to break out of the chains despite any torture done to it," I stated calmly, expecting them to fight me on this matter. My mates pleasantly surprised me with their faith in me when Seth pushed off the wall and Milo stepped up behind me.
"Okay, Kitten, but don't hesitate to call for us if you need us. You're not in this alone," Seth assured me as he walked out.
Milo lingered at my back, and I felt his anxiety at the situation as he did his best to respect my wishes. "I don't like this, but I know you need to do it. We can be back here in a heartbeat, Baby."
With that, they were gone, leaving me to face this monster alone.
"He told me you would come."
"Who told you that?" I continued to speak to it out loud, hopeful that it couldn't hear my inner thoughts.
"Our master's pawn."
Taking a few steps closer to its hulking form, I cringed at the smell of sulfur that assaulted me.
The Daimona’s black, melted skin made it look like it had been dropped into a lava bath upon its creation with the way it sagged and hardened in random places on its body. The main metal restraint wrapped around its neck, clipped to the stone wall with multiple other chains attached to it. The chains were slack as it sat there patiently.
"Do you know the name of that pawn?" I attempted once more to get a name, hoping with everything in me that maybe I was wrong about my suspicions.
"I believe you refer to him as...Alpha."
Goosebumps broke out across my skin at the confirmation of my fears. How was I supposed to save the pack from their own alpha? They wouldn't believe me.
"Why would you tell me that? Wouldn't that ruin your grand plans?" I asked, genuinely confused by how easily it had given up their man on the inside.
"He told me I could. It won't matter now."
As if the world heard his words, screams sounded from above as I looked around in confusion while the Daimona continued to speak freely now.
"Ahh, and so it begins. Like music to my ears."
My fear surged, and my flames rose in intensity around me, causing the Daimona to flinch back as I approached it. "Tell me what is going on!" I demanded, knowing I needed to go up to help the pack immediately.
"What is going on is that you are all fools and we will wipe you from existence for our master to rule over this realm of weak humans."With that statement, it lunged at me with gaping jaws, its movement easily ripping the restraints out of the wall as if they were barely even in there to begin with.
My flames surged into a protective barrier, similar to when the alpha had leapt at me yesterday. The Daimona passed right through the flames as I stumbled towards the exit, just barely getting the door to the cage shut before it slammed into it.
Its jaws snapped around the bars, and I smelled the distinct sulfur scent again as I watched the metal melt away in its mouth.
Lux! What do I do?
We need a weapon, and we need it now. Picture one in your mind's eye and envision it in your hand.
What? How do you know that will work?
I don’t know, I just do and I need you to trust me, Kira!
My heart raced frantically in my chest as I closed my eyes and imagined a short sword in my mind. Directing my powers through my hand, I opened my eyes as energy swirled from my palm, and a sword of pure blue energy and flames lay there.
Before I had a moment to look at it in awe, the Daimona ripped at the remainder of the door as the hinge melted away. It bolted for me, and I instinctively plunged the sword forward as I screamed for my mates. "Milo! Seth!"
I fell onto my back from the weight of the Daimona crashing into my shoulders with my soul sword plunged into its chest. The energy in my hand pulsed, and a bright light streamed from the wounds in the Daimona as my powers expanded inside of it, effectively burning the darkness from it, much like I had with Jameson's soul.
