Vicious Minds: Part 3 (Children of Vice 6)

Stepping out of the ring, I walked over to my son. “Beat the shit out of her.”

He unbuttoned his shirt and tossed it to the side. Watching Calliope’s gaze go over his chest muscles made me want to both pluck out my eyes and puke. At least she wasn’t all war machine.

“If I win, you will also give me all the details. No holding back,” Ethan said, slowly wrapping his fist.

“Cross my heart,” she said with a smile.

I didn’t understand what made her so cocky right now, especially as we had just witnessed her nearly keel over in pain from my hit. Something was off. I looked at Ethan, and his eyes narrowed on her.

“No poison, Calliope.”

“Me? I would never.” She giggled.

He rolled his eyes, stepping into the ring. “Liar. But I’m ready for that as well. That drug you kept dropping on my head, do you have more?”

She did what?

“Are your headaches coming back?” she asked, casually moving to the center of the middle of the room.

He had headaches? “What headaches?”

They both looked to me as if I were intruding on their conversation, and maybe I was, but I didn’t care.

“What headaches?” I asked again.

“Stress headaches. It’s nothing serious,” she said.

However, I didn’t believe h

er.

“Are we starting?” he asked her, lifting his fist.

“Yes, boss.”

These two…they lived in their own world.

Then again, wasn’t that the case for all lovers?

Liam and I did, too…like eclipses intersecting but still separate entities, and because of that, we’d part again.

When this was all over, Liam and I would return to the shadows, and they’d be the sun and the moon.

Taking orders from Mommy and Daddy because Mommy and Daddy regret retiring…that’s what you betrayed me for.

He’d said that Wyatt and I didn’t bother thinking about it then.

Now, as I was forced to wait and follow their damn instructions, I couldn’t help but wonder, was that really it? Was that what brought us all here?

My regret?

“Ah!” She hissed as he punched her so hard that she flew to the other side of the ring.

“You aren’t strong enough to fight me right now,” he said to her, relaxed.

“Duh.” She smiled, pushing herself off the ground. Rising, she wiped the blood from her mouth. “But the fist isn’t the only way to fight, Ethan. I can just make you give up.”

“Why would you give up?”