The Reaper Saga [Book 1-3]

NOT ALONE

"I told you to leave her alone!" Someone spat out, the threat in his voice unmistakable. It was a voice I didn't hear before. Which meant there was someone new in the manor and they were arguing about something.

Should I go out and see?

With a throbbing pain, I wobbled from the bed. I knew that it was only time before I would be remembering some things from my previous life or the life I had forgotten about. Allegra's potions were helping me to clear my mind but to actually hear it from someone else's mouth...

Fuck it, you are my beloved.

My eyes closed against my will. No, I couldn't think about that now. I didn't have a beloved, I was already promised to someone else. That man, Lex was just messing with me. 

It had to be it. 

Besides, if he did kill me then why save me in the first place? Why bring me here with him? Why didn't he got punished for his doings? For a second, I imagined asking for Demos but again, betrayal was what held me back. 

Just like Alexei, Demos lied to me. 

And a lying demon was not my definition of a safe life.

"Or what, Seeker?" Someone laughed bitterly.

"I'm only going to say it one more time. Walk away now before you get hurt." That same voice demanded.

Shit. I forgot why I woke up so abruptly in the first place. Someone was fighting outside. 

I had no idea what I planned to do once I made it there but I kept hoping someone would come and stop whatever was going on. I was just walking toward it when I found fingers wrapped around my wrist. Surprised, I turned around to see an anxious Allegra standing before me. 

"I don't think you should go there just yet." I had never seen her this nervous which made me more curious to know about the newcomers. 

"Why not?" 

She pressed her lips together in displeasure. There was no doubt that she didn't exactly look too happy to tell me why but the fight seemed to be dimmed down when a voice spoke with malice.

"If any of you want to live, I suggest you walk away."

A chill ran down the length of my body. I wasn't the only one affected. People began to scatter as I realized who they were, warlocks, and I didn't blame them. Shadows swirled around them in a circle. Someone actually cried out. "He's a dark creature! A shadow!"

He looked angry, no, he was more than angry. Murderous perhaps? Near him, there was another one who held the same emotion but unlike Lex, he was actually grabbing a warlock's wrist in a warning. 

"You do not speak-"

"I had it handled." Someone spoke up from behind him. A girl?

I could see his anger even from here when he gritted out. "Your definition of handling would lead us in a cell, sweetheart." 

"Fine. At least let him go. He learned his lesson."

"Emie, get back inside for God's sake-" Allegra's voice was long forgotten as I kept walking. Now that the crowd dispersed, Lex's hands went back to normal, just as his face went back to a usual smirk playing on it. Which was so contraindicating with his previous emotion that I had to wonder...

Did this man ever smile?

"Be glad I was here before little miss Reaper could take half the warlocks down with her. Allegra should be more careful with her Coven, I mean, having petty gossips behind Lana? What are we? Five? And if Lana is being taunted for who she is, I don't even want to think about..." Lex trailed off to the duo, who had their back on me.