Deception

You Won't Say No

"I-I don't understand" Stiles said shakily.

The Lord, looked at him waiting for him to speak more.

"You're going to make me one of you? I don't-"

"Mieczyslaw, do you know how our ancestors came to be?"

Stiles shook his head.

"They drank from the Silver Soul, once they did, they became sorcerers with incredibly power and they found this power was past on through generation. However only certain humans with the right genes, the right biological make up could drink from the Silver Soul and become sorcerous. Through the years we have found apart from the Silver Soul, there are two ways to bring out the energy in you for you to become a Sorcerer. Both are still quite difficult"

"Those two ways are?" Stiles asked, suddenly feeling wary.

"Bringing to your limits, physically, mentally and emotionally. The Grand Master can also do this to, it is much quicker but far more painful"

Stiles gulped.

"That sounds an awful lot like torchere"

The Lord shrugged, his blue eyes piercing Stiles with intensity.

"Some say it is"

"So the Silver Soul isn't an option then..." Stiles hedged.

The Lord looked at him sharply then said rather bluntly "With the Silver Soul, if you do not have what it takes to become a Sorcerer it will kill you, slowly and painfully. Today only Sorcerous who are to become Elites can to drink from it once, Lords like myself can drink twice. The Grand Master only once but that is all someone like them will need"

"Okay" Stiles shuddered thinking about him dying painfully.

"So The Grand Master then?"

The Lord smiled but it was more of a smirk "Mieczyslaw, you are under the wrong impression you have a choice how you become a sorcerer. I'm sure you will, because no human without the potential to become one of us should be able to get through our portal, let alone find it and see it but the Silver Soul is to big a risk, the other two won't kill you, however I do not want to waist the Grand Masters time with this"

So slow torchere it is then, oh great.

Stiles tried to hide his fear, knowing better than to anger him, he asked carefully "Everyone keeps on mentioning the Grand Master, who is he?"

"Our ruler but who is he really? No one is that sure but we know he was meant to rule, he was chosen for it"

"How do you not know who is he?" Stiles asked, eyes wide.

"He has lived for thousands and thousands of years, and his face is always cast in shadow under his cloak. Their may be someone out there who has seen his face but not I"

There was a silence then Stiles finally said, heart beating rapidly "And-and if I say no, I want to go home?"

The Lord looked at him and said like it was the simplest thing in the world "You will not say no Mieczyslaw, do you know why this is?"

Stiles swallowed, shaking his head, expecting some kind of threat but that isn't what he got.

The powerful sorcerer stepped closer to him as he spoke, his voice swimming  with authority and power, that could be heard all around the room and seemed to echo.

"You won't say no because you're pack for so long have put you down, making you feel weak and worthless, you would give anything to show them other wise, especially with how they left you just now. They abandoned you Mieczyslaw, you are hurt but what you have not acknowledged yet is your anger. You have the chance to finally grow and become someone they would not push around, someone they could even fear, someone they would look up to. They let you go so easily just now, so...shouldn't it be your turn to return the favour?"

As Stiles listened to him, he felt his eyes start to blur, but his hands curled into fists.

And for the first time he truly hated this Lord.

But not because he was keeping him as a servant or separated him from the pack, his dad.

He hated him because everything the Lord had just said...?

Was true.

Replying to comments on other chapters on this and last chapter later on. Have a great night/day! Hope you enjoy and let me know what you think x

I may have finished this because a certain someone wanted it before they went to bed, hope I was in time ;)