Rejection HURTS, Revenge Can Help

Chapter 44

"What do you mean Louis is missing?"

We haven't seen Louis all morning. And Harry was beginning to worry. "He isn't in his room. His fucking bed is untouched!"

"Calm down, Harry. I'm sure Louis is fine. He probably just went out somewhere." Liam said in effort to sedate him.

"Went out somewhere? Come on, Liam. You and I know he wouldn't just waltz off without telling anyone. Especially at a time like this." Harry gestured to me. "Do you really think Louis would just walk out on us? On Persephone?"

Liam shut his mouth at Harry's words. All the boys are pretty dedicated to me and my cause. So much so, it's almost scary. I think back to Zayn right after finding his mom's dead body, but was still worrying over me.

Zayn shook his head. "I don't know about you,but something is up."

"And you are exactly right, my friends."

Everyone turned their heads to see Louis standing at the threshold of the living room. There was a moment of silence before hell broke loose. The only one not flipping their shit is Emanuel and me. Even Zayn was berating Louis. I only facepalmed. Jesus Christ, Louis. I looked at the chaos around me before putting my hand to my lips and whistling really loud.

Silence fell upon the group and Louis cast a thankful glance to me,but shrunk away when he met my furious gaze. He cleared his throat. "Okay. I know all of you are not liking me right now. Before you reprimand me for my recklessness, I think I learned something." I only narrowed my gaze. As did everyone else. When no one interrupted, he took that as a sign to continue. "Is it just me or does anyone else think that this doesn't seem right?"

"What do you mean?" Niall asked.

"I mean, why would she lead Persephone to her Guardianship and to Emanuel. If anything, she has just made Sephy a thousand times harder to kill."

"She likes the chase. This is nothing,but a game to her." I offered.

"While that may be true, that still doesn't explain other things. Like Zayn's mother."

Zayn tensed in his posture. Liam sent a warning glance to Louis. "What about it?"

"When we took on the assignment as Sephy's Praesul, we knew this would be dangerous. Therefore, we took the necessary steps to keep our family safe. Liam. You had your family to be put in a safe house constantly guarded by your pack. Niall, your brethren are watching your family. My Pride is watching over my family already because of Beta-Alpha bloodline. So explain to me how this witch got to the Mensis of the Royal Pride."

Liam furrowed his brow. "That is a good question."He turned to Zayn. "Didn't you have your mom put under heavy surveillance?"

Zayn nodded. "She didn't like, but didn't question me. She just went along with it. My father already knows about everything going on. I'm sure he already had his plans of keeping my mom and my three sisters."

"So then how did she get to your mom?" Zayn's eyes widened as he realized where this was going. He shook his head stubbornly.

I bit my lip. "Someone had to leak the info, Zayn. I'm sure you have lots of enemies just begging to be the reason of your Pride's demise."

Zayn chuckled darkly as he ran a hand through his hair. "The only people who knew the schedule would be me, my dad and God."

Emanuel tensed and I turned my gaze to him. "Emanuel?"

Emanuel stood before grabbing the nearest vase and smashing against the floor. I jumped at the sound of the shattered glass. Emanuel growled. "Son of a bitch."

All the boys were now watching him closely. Liam and Zayn slowly moved toward me protectively. Niall reached over and slowly pulled me away from Emanuel. Harry crossed his arms. "What is it?"

Emanuel shook his head. "It's not God."

I gasped before groaning. "You have got to be fucking kidding me."

Harry arched a brow."My father. You think he is up to his old dirty tricks again."

Emanuel scoffed. "Again? He never stopped."

"What is it that you know, Mentoris?" Harry questioned.

My mentor sighed. "The Council have been aware of Michael's involvement in this from the beginning. It is one of the reasons why they allowed me to-."

"Allowed you to what? Let me help? This is all beginning to make sense now. Why you suddenly show up on my door with an assignment? Why you allowed me to chose the lads. Who am I kidding myself? The Council already knew I was going to chose them, right. And they picked me for the job because I'm his son. "

Emanuel didn't answer and I shook my head. "This is unbelievable."

Harry shook his head. "Oh yes it is. It is definitely believable. Them letting me pick my team, and not insisting on having one of their own on the job. They set us up as bait! And now Zayn's mother is dead because they decided it was a good idea to withhold information."

Emanuel squared his shoulders. "Don't go around acting like you know everything, kid."

"So you are defending them. You know I am right, Emanuel. They picked me thinking it would help them in their little war against Michael. Their plan was to unleash my daemons against his and to see who would win. You know that. I know that. There isn't a need to pretend. But you could have let me know upfront."

"If I did, you wouldn't have taken the assignment."

"You are right. But because you didn't, Zayn's mother is dead. You know that almost everything I see, Michael sees. I am his blood. And he knows my every move. Sephy is safer alone than she is with me. I'm a fucking beacon for him."

"At the same time she is the safest with you. You are the only one who could even stand a chance against him. And you can help her with her growing powers. You by her side is the best thing for her."

"What about the best thing for Zayn?" I ask.

Everyone turned to me. Tears ran down my cheeks as I ground my teeth together in distress. The anger left Harry and worry quickly replaced it. "Sephy?"

I cleared my throat. "What about Zayn? What about what is best for him? Or his family? Harry, Liam, Niall, and Louis and their families. I may not know anything about God like you do, but if I know anything, I know he wouldn't hold someone's life above another. He wouldn't hold Zayn's mom above me. We are all equal. We all live for a purpose. And we all will die one day. So don't stand there and lie to my face! Accept what you and your damn Council have done. Accept the damage you have caused and accept the life you take. Because when Judgement comes, I know that you will have no choice but to accept it then."

I moved in front Harry and faced Emanuel. I raised my fist and punched him. His head whipped to the side from the for of my hand. "That is the most I can do for now. But since I have a feeling your precious Council can hear me, let me say one last thing. I will finish off my demons. And after that, I will finish you. You can take your Guardianship and shove it up your ass. Never would I ever want to be apart of something so sinister, unholy, and ignorant. You better pray for your God to save you. Because only the hand of God will keep you safe from me."

Emanuel's eyes glowed as he acknowledge my threat. Suddenly, white lights all around blinded me. I turned around to see what was going on only to be feel someone pinch my neck hard. My head rolled back and the last thing I heard was Harry screaming in pain.