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“Nah.” I allowed myself to smile genuinely, something I’d only seemed to have started doing since encountering Sweets. “Your double life?”
“Never.” She said it with so much confidence it made me truly happy for her because I knew she’d found her path. Something always told me we wouldn’t be good together, and I knew deep within my heart that I wouldn’t be able to love her.
She was too kind, innocent, and curious, while my view of the world was tainted, judgemental. I wasn’t the kindest person to meet for the first time.
So far from kind.
She needed to find her own set of fuckers who brought out the best in her. Awakened the flame I knew was deep inside her all this while but wouldn’t flourish in my presence. I knew that I’d hold her back, and maybe that was what I did by giving up in the hands of the Vile Queen, but my absence pushed her to move forward.
She was able to move on and find those who would go above and beyond to get out of the enemy’s clutches and return to her side.
Using my reaper power to secure Willow’s soul long enough for Viktor to bring her back proved that Willow had made her mark on my heart without even trying, and truthfully, that excited me.
It made me want to see where this bond would lead me, and thus far, I not only was forced to return to my roots of loyalty but also got to reunite with my little bro.
That’s going to be another challenge to face.
“You’re going to get a cold,” I decided to voice. “Don’t want your sinful fuckers to come over and beat me up for letting you stay outside without a jacket.”
“First of all, you wouldn’t let anyone beat you up unless it made you happy,” she voiced the obvious. “Second of all, the temperature is just fine. I’m not even…ACHOO!”
Her sneeze made me chuckle, and I had to be swift to avoid another flaming punch.
“You need to relearn how to use your words,” I voiced with a playful grin. “I swore I taught you that.”
“Fuck off,” she snapped back and swiftly rose up. Crossing her arms over her chest once more, she looked down at me while I rose back up and looked at the end of my cigarette that was no longer lit.
“What a shame,” I whined.
It had to be the puppy face I was giving because she groaned and snapped her fingers. Just like that, the end was lit once more, and the sole flame left as fast as it came. She had to have done it on purpose, knowing how the mere sight of the burning element had laid invisible scars on my body, mind, and soul.
Glancing back at her, I realized she was already turning around to leave, but I knew she had something left to say because she paused when she felt my lingering gaze.
“The Vile Queen is already making her next move,” she announced, and the anger in her voice was palpable. “Mom is going to do the best she can do, but if she doesn’t work fast with the other royal leaders, we’re going to have bigger problems.”
“You want me to keep an eye on Willow,” I concluded. “Though she has six other men to do that.”
“You’re right in a sense,” she admitted. “But do those six other men think the way you think? Can they predict when the Vile Queen is going to strike when they all least expect it?”
“No.” That was the truth. Ten years of forced observation and I knew exactly what she’d pull to catch the others off guard.
I had to be ready for the day to arrive.
"I know you dislike working with others, but the Forbidden are unique. They’re different in their own way, and I’m sure with a glimpse of the teamwork that you witnessed earlier, you can understand why the dynamic is making many quiver in the underground.”
“Is it enough to make the Coven bow down to us being superior yet?” I offered. “Or is that still pending?”
She actually looked over her shoulder to give me a mischievous smirk.
“Their time is coming to an end, but there’s a lot at risk now, isn’t there?”
“Isn’t that girl a part of the Coven?” I inquired. “The one who does your sister’s meds. She’s powerful. Why can’t she overtake them in her position?”
“Because she’s lost and needs to be found,” she reasoned as her eyes bored into mine. “Kinda like how you’ve been lost all this while and suddenly found yourself the moment you laid eyes on my naked sister.”
“Aww c’mon,” I whined. “Don’t use that against me, and don’t say it in front of my little brother. He already hates my guts.”
“I don’t even blame him,” she tossed back and stuck out her tongue like a child. “Though, if he took a second to think, he’d understand that you’re the reason he didn’t live a shittier life than intended. Isn’t that the truth?”
