Eternal

“This doesn’t need to kill you. You really are a stupid boy, it just needs to incapacitate you, for you see, you are far from fireproof. And this very roof is so close to coming down.”

With that said, they released their arrow, I quickly side stepped, but somehow the arrow seemed to follow me. Realising the futility, I stood stock still and before the very second where it could pierce my skin, I took it in hand and snapped it in half. I then lifted my left hand above my head and sent the dagger flying straight for their chest.

They managed to dodge the chest attack, but luckily for me, it still pierced them and sat lodged in their chest, only missing their heart by mere inches.

I heard a scream from behind me but paid it no attention as my anger took control. I knew by their shiver that they were well informed of what I could do, as I narrowed my eyes at them and cut after cut began to mar their skin.

Their clothes were ripped to shreds after a hundred deep cuts were strewn across them, they screamed in agonising pain as their organs began to stream out, resembling nothing more than confetti.

I was so close to putting the finishing touch to my latest masterpiece when the other figure ran to their side and actually begged me to stop.

“It would be more merciful to finish the job, they’ll die eventually anyway, if I leave it now, they’ll just be in even more agony.”

The figure threw her hood back and fixed her beautiful blue eyes on mine, knocking the air straight from my chest.

“Don’t do this Lawson, if he has to die, at least let him die with his own kind, this was never about you,” The creature stated.

I slowly nodded my head in acquiescence, when she propped him up against herself and practically dragged him from the burning wreckage.

I was still standing in that same spot when the ceiling came tumbling down on top of me. But there was nothing I could do; I was literally frozen in place as Lilianna’s face continued to stare back at me in my mind’s eye.

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Unya

One Month Later

Three Months until Unya’s Birthday

It had been a month since I revealed what I truly was to Addy and the month had not been kind, between training more and more with Marcus and doing no training with Lawson, I was an absolute wreck.

I couldn’t understand why he was suddenly avoiding me, even Kat would not take my calls, except once, where she told me that neither of them could be around me right then.

Marcus couldn’t make head nor tails of the whole situation and decided to take it upon himself to act as my distraction.

He decided that teaching me about all the creatures that existed was the best course of action, and their many weaknesses, not that Hades had any to mention. Although Marcus refused to admit he was invincible, he viciously held to the illusion there was in fact a way to not just incapacitate Hades, like what had happened to those on Olympus, but to actually kill him.

It was exhausting, and the constant tests did not help matters at all. I admit I didn’t have any free time to wonder about Lawson, but my mind was heavy under all the new information and I honestly felt like I was going to explode.

After I told Marcus that, he graciously gave me a day off, though he made it very clear I was only allowed one and we had to focus on getting me ready for when my Eighteenth finally arrived.

Z

It was while I was lounging on Addy’s bed as she hunted through her wardrobe, that I had a call from the other elusive person in my life, Malachi.

“Howdy stranger, what can I possibly do for you?” I asked with way too much sarcasm, Addy actually popped her head out and gave me a strange look.

“I thought now would be a great time to carry on our arrangement, when can I expect you?” He asked.

“You have got to be screwing with me right, I haven’t heard a thing from you since that one kiss in the cemetery. And now you’re calling me up a month later to tell me that it’s going to happen again today? I don’t think so, screw you Malachi, I already have plans, so go and find your kicks elsewhere.”

I didn’t give him a chance to reply, as I disconnected the call and threw the phone down on the bed. Addy stared at me with a raised eyebrow, quietly pleading for information.

“He’s part of my other world, he can turn my emotions back on, only temporarily but for a few hours I feel normal. In return I have to kiss the idiot, it helps to heal him from an injury that was apparently done in my name. I haven’t heard from him since that first kiss and now he’s making demands, well to hell with that.”

Addy seemed to pause for a moment, I gathered to weigh up her own opinion on the situation.

“Unya, he can make you feel, can you really afford to turn him away, don’t get me wrong I love you flaws and all. But I must admit it would be interesting to see how you would react with everything working correctly.”