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Book 8⌇27. I Forgive You

Chapter 27 ∣  I Forgive You

-Eris

Hello?

It was quiet within my mind, the battle for control ceasing; if it were only for a moment, it was peaceful. There was no headache, nothing forcing my actions and when I finally breathed in, I almost felt renewed. I slowly became aware that my body was cold, trying to open my eyelids felt like when I was in a night of eternal sleep. This time though, with some effort, I slowly blinked them open, my heart speeding up when my surroundings finally fell into place.

It was dark and warm, the air thicker than I remembered. There was a numbness that flooded through my arms and when I tilted my chin up, I discovered the reason why. My wrists were bound in chains covered in that rubber material; my ankles secured to the stone floor. My breathing started to come a little faster now, remembering the events that had taken place.

She brought us here.

She tried to kill Harlan and failed.

Keegan...

I could hear something in the dark, my voice whispered out, "Hello?" I couldn't believe it...I was speaking for myself. That really was my voice that I heard, but what happened to the demon controlling me?

Footsteps echoed from the far wall across from me, the figure stepping out into the small amount of lighting that illuminated the room. Two gray orbs that reminded me so much of Keegan's broke through the darkness, his messy black hair somewhat tame as opposed to our first encounter...

...it's that boy, Scáth.

He glared at me with hatred and I didn't understand why, until I remembered that the demon's actions were speaking for my own. He thought that it was I who attacked and tried to go after him, that was until Harlan stepped in. I shook my head; I don't blame him for looking at me that way. I hardly recognize myself anymore. I'm a shell of who I once was...

"Just look at you...you're a monster. No one attacks anyone else anymore unless they have a death wish," Scáth's words cut me deep. There really was harmony here and all this demon did was shatter what had been built. She'd taken everything into her hands and putting vengeance before any other emotion. Nothing good comes from revenge...we reap what we sow, and I knew that I'd probably end up dead because of her actions.

I wonder if this is how Maverick felt being a rogue...people looking at you with hate, anger, and fear...unsure of exactly what you will do next. If this was just a small taste of everything he had gone through emotionally, maybe I truly do understand him.

I'm so sorry Maverick.

"I'm sorry," it came out small and weak, my eyes casting down and away from his.

There was a shift in the air and my eyes glanced up, only for a scream to be ripped from my lungs. Two crystal blue eyes stared into my own, her long light brown hair now framing her face as she appeared in front of me. She had her hands on her hips, her eyes narrowing on me and when she did finally speak, I felt afraid, "You're sorry? You try to attack our home and when you lose you just say sorry?"

It was clear now...this woman, Adrasteia, was a vampire assassin and her son Scáth was a hybrid between her and an incubus. That incubus was Keegan. It hardly explained why a vampire was in the Dominion Plane, but I didn't even want to get into that.

"I'm so sorry..." again, my apology was just scoffed at and when she grabbed my wrists in the chains, I cried out again. The pain was intense from her crushing grip and I tried to move at least a little away from her, but that was a useless effort.