Chapter 124 – Oh For Mates Sake Novel Free Read

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Sion

The air sizzled around me as I faced the demon, my skin already blistering from the intense heat. Any mortal would be reduced to ash in seconds, but as Anubis, I can withstand this inferno. Still, even for me, the fire feels like a thousand suns burning through my veins.

I approached with caution, ready for any tricks or traps lurking within the flames. The demon looked like it only had fire attacks, but I couldn’t let my guard down. Every step closer sent waves of heat crashing against me like ocean waves in a storm. The demon seemed confident, cocky even, as it lashed out at me with waves of searing heat. But I was too quick for it, slipping and dodging around its attacks with ease.

As I struck back, however, I realized my mistake. My hand connected with the creature’s skin and the pain was unbelievable – like plunging into molten lava. My flesh charred and blackened before my eyes, leaving only bones behind. Thank goodness I had fast regeneration.

I stumbled back, gasping for breath, as I realized that physical combat was useless against this beast. It’s not just fire; its pure destruction in corporeal form. I needed another plan if I wanted to survive this encounter.

The demon let out an ear-splitting roar, its breath bursting forth with a river of scalding flames that seemed to consume the world in its heat. I swiftly raised my hands, sending out streams of inky darkness towards the inferno. The spirals whirled and twisted around each other, cutting through the fire like a hot knife through butter, shielding me from the hungry tongues of flame. One of the black spirals made it to the demon. As it hit the demon, it carved itself into its body. A putrid dark liquid oozed from the wound as the creature howled in agony.

Suddenly, the demon charged towards me again with full force. As it got closer and closer, its body began to morph and twist until its fiery form became a cluster of razor-sharp needles aimed straight at me.

I knew I had to react quickly. I extended my hands forward and sent two black clouds of pure energy straight at the demon. The waves hit it head on and the demon’s body exploded with a force that almost knocked me off my feet. I glanced over to see the demon’s mangled remains lying on the ground. It was clearly dead, or so I thought.

A black cloud of destruction began to rise around the remains of the demon’s body, coalescing into a monstrous form behind a veil of flames. The cloud grew larger and larger until it was about twenty feet tall. With a piercing shriek, the cloud of destruction released a powerful blast of fire straight at me. I was instantly blown backwards at high speed. It was like a giant lava cannonball had collided with me.

I could smell the burnt hair from my boiling skin. A heat wave radiated around me, making everything momentarily blur. The creature before me was like nothing I had ever seen before. It seemed infinitely more powerful than I had anticipated, radiating an aura of pure darkness that engulfed my senses. It had the power to summon its essence from its physical corpse and imbue it with its power.

Of course, the demon had died… this was an instantaneously powerful, vengeful spirit. I guess there was no asking it if it was ready to move on. It was well aware of who it was staring at. Did they already know I was Anubis? Was this why they felt confident about me facing the demon? It was a ke mission. The fools.

I stared defiantly into the eyes of the fire demon, its piercing gaze searing through my soul and igniting a flame of determination within me. I saw its wicked clouds of smoke advance towards me, ready to pierce through my flesh and suck out my life in a single blow. But no matter how daunting the spirit’s strength may have been, I refused to accept defeat. As Anubis, a Death God, I held power over all spirits. No force could take me away from my mate and unborn child. With determination burning within me, I faced the demon head-on.

The winds howled around me as the pillars of black smoke approached. It was ready to strike. Yet, I held my stance and narrowed my eyes to the demon spirit. I saw a split second of hesitation within its crimson orbs, a momentary faltering of its confidence. Its arrogance had blinded it. It had underestimated me.

As the smoke neared me, wisps of black energy swirled around my body. I raised my hand, and a powerful gravitational force pulled the demon’s smoke back. With a loud hiss, the spirit’s cloud twisted in mid-air, destroying itself in the process. The demon spirit cried out in agony, but the sound was cut off abruptly as I unleashed my fury upon him.

My hand shot towards the demon like a whip, and with it came a thunderous rumble of dark lightning that engulfed the creature in a seething rage of pure energy. Its eerie wails tore through the air as relentless chains of black lightning crashed into its body, ripping it apart with each successive wave. The force of my attack threatened to tear the demon to shreds. My assault continued without mercy until its tortured howls finally came to a stop. The air began to clear, and the spirit of the demon was eradicated from this world and the next.

I shifted back to my human form and took a steadying breath. This fight was over. I had avenged my parents and fallen pack members. It felt surreal that something I had wanted for so long had finally happened. However, there wasn’t time to dwell on this moment.

I turned my head in the direction where my friends and mate were fighting. I could feel Clover, but her presence was altered. I knew Clover was there, but I couldn’t pinpoint her location. I tried to reach out to her mentally, but it felt like my communication was jammed. I didn’t like this… something was wrong.

Conner, I mind linking with my cousin. It went through to him, and I knew it wasn’t the location that was the issue.

Sion, we are in trouble here. Logan is… and Odell… I’m sorry… Clover was taken.

His voice was jumbled and panicked. I felt the darkness swirling inside of me as my anger swelled to the surface. I’m on my way. I’ll be there in seconds. I said and shifted into my lupine form. With a ferocious roar, I dug my feet into the ground, charging in the direction of the fight.

Clover

My blood dripped down the invisible barrier as I continued to press my fingers against it. I don’t know if she brought us to this plane or created it, but something told me if she was dead, I would return. I just had to reach her.

I listened as she began to giggle. She stepped closer and stared at my face. “What do you think you are doing? You can’t break through this. However, I am enjoying watching you try.” Her head tilted lower, so that she was looking up at my face. She was giving me no choice but to look at her.

“You just had to come and ruin everything…” Her face turned taut, and her eyes narrowed at me. I watched as she curled her fingers together tightly and set her jaw. “It was almost perfect. I had been watching Sion for years! I had been by his side, patiently waiting. Everyone wanted us to be together. We had a good relationship. He was supposed to be mine.”

I scoffed and glared at her. “You really think Sion would just sit by while you controlled HIS pack?! Yours? He was yours?” I snorted and shook my head, which looked like it pissed her off. “He was never going to be yours. Not by his own volition. He didn’t want you.”

“YES, HE DID!” She screamed as her brows knitted together. “He wanted me until he found you. Da.mn sheya controlling the mate bond.”

“I didn’t—“

“Yes, you did! You are too naïve and don’t understand your powers. You created the mate bond with Sion. It wasn’t there before. You fastened yourself to him. You sank your hooks into him. Subconsciously, you wanted him and claimed him. You are the one who forced him. You are the one who didn’t let him decide. He became drunk with the mate bond… only it wasn’t…” Her lips curled up in a sickeningly sweet smile. She traced her fingers over the invisible barrier and pressed her face closer.

“You see…” she whispered. “You and I had the same goal in mind. Claim the Alpha… only you are better at manipulating than I am. I have to use engineered stuff… but you are manipulation itself. You choreographed your mate bond.”

I shook my head. “That is not true. When Sion showed up, I couldn’t even feel the mate bond. He was the one who sought me out. He was the one who—“

“It wasn’t your first time meeting him.” She stood up and looked at me like I was a disgusting insect. “Your mate was Denny, right?”

“How did you—” Of course… Alpha Scott must have told her. She continued talking like I didn’t say anything.

“It would have been ideal for you to have accepted your mate. We could have kept you nicely under control. You would have stayed by your mate’s side, who would have ended up under our control. We still weren’t sure if you had any powers at that time. After the rejection, you planned to leave the Sulfur pack. You didn’t have your wolf to fight and you would be easy to take. Darcia was waiting for you to leave so she could bring you to me.” She stopped and glared at me. “But you decided to sink your hooks into what was mine.”

It didn’t happen that way. That was the first time I had seen Sion since we slept together. He said he knew I was his mate then… I chewed on my inner lip as I mulled over our first time together. Before we slept together, he didn’t act like we were mates. Could I have done something? Did I want a relationship so much I… I forced a connection with him? No… no… even Sheena recognized him as our mate. Right, Sheena?

I felt the mate bond… I didn’t like how she stopped.

But… I said as I swallowed the lump in my throat.

It doesn’t matter, Clover. We are mated and are mates.

It does matter! I screamed at her through our mental link. Could I manipulate the bond even for you?

Yes, you could have willed me to feel the bond. I’m sorry, Clover. I don’t know if you did. But we are mates now. We are having his pup. Sion loves us.

Maybe… he only thinks he loves us.

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