From Shadow to Light - Book Ten

Ch. 3- God's Cursed

"I love you like a rotten dog. I love you like my canines are falling out of my gums. Like a monster, like a beast. Like something not worth loving back."

—Erebus—

Lianna's voice sent a thrill of excitement through my bones. She was no longer soft, but brutal, and somehow that made me want her even more. A part of me wants to kill her for her betrayal but another part of me—the one that yearns for her touch—tells me to keep her alive. I will stop at nothing until I have her back. And once she realizes no one but me will understand her completely, she will be mine again. No one, not even Vampires, will get in our way since I control Amias now. Lianna will no doubt come running to save him once she finds out, which is why I have waited to kill him.

She will be mine to control. To possess. I will take back the shadows she stole from me and transform her into a Goddess that I believe she is supposed to be in the first place. One thing that I know for sure is that Lianna knows how to hide in her darkness, which is why I have not been able to find her yet. I should have seen it coming, her betrayal. Should have seen that she was merely seducing me to make me weak. To strike me when I least expected it. But I was so blinded by her light I did not want to see the signs. Was it real? I asked that question over and over in my head while I slowly recovered from her sunlight. I do not believe it was all a lie because her beautiful golden eyes did not back down from my darkness. She was not terrified of me like others were, it was like she finally found a worthy opponent to fight. I was her challenge. Her opposite in every possible way. Yet, she cared for me as no one else did and we both know that was the truth.

Shadows whispered in my mind about vengeance, some speaking about Amias Guinevere as he trailed into the throne room like a goddamn cocky Vampire. In the shadow realm, my home, I made myself a palace made for a God like me. Though, the only ones that visited were the spirits of the dead. And now Amias. He wore an all-black suit as he stood in front of me with a cocky grin, so different from when he was around Lianna. I wondered how she would react when she finds out I have her boyfriend in my clutches. Or when she realizes he thinks of her as the monster that sent him to prison. "I have sent a hundred shadows out for her blood. Soari will be outnumbered to the point where she won't have a choice but to summon her sunlight."

"Send three hundred," I demanded. One leg crossed over the other while I sat on my throne, analyzing Amias like a leech. Why did Lianna choose him over me? From the looks of it, he was nothing special. Yet, she would sacrifice everything for him. Amias nodded slightly, turning around to send a message toward the creatures until I stopped him. "Vampire?" He flashed his honey-brown eyes at me like I was the one that inconvenienced him. "Do you want a reason why I want her so badly?"

He raised an eyebrow, smirking at me. "Is it because you're obsessed to the point of delusion? She had many suitors from all creatures since the day she became a woman, so it does not surprise me that you would be the same. My own brother admired her when they met." My jaw locked as he spoke about other men vying for her attention. Her love. Amias's tongue clicked as he saw my jealousness. "Soari spent her entire life overshadowed by her siblings and the only reason she cares for you is that you paid attention to her. Because Soari chooses lovers that are terrible for her so her family would focus on her for a change."

"What about you?" I questioned, smirking as he tilted his head to the side in confusion. "How did you feel about her?"

"She was the one to kiss me first and look where that got me, Erebus? In a fucking prison cell for all eternity and a death sentence on my head." Amias spat. "Soari is so much like her father it drives me insane. Both of them are selfish and only care about their needs. Their wants. I regret ever meeting that woman."