Flower of Darkness - Part II

Seraphina feels the air whoosh around her and turns around to see Malcolm's murky face vanish, his gaze fixed on Liam. Seraphina turns around, and Malcolm immediately walks into a blazing roundhouse kick that rattles Liam's skull. Liam begins to fall, and his other foot slams into his rib cage. Seraphina's eyes widened; Malcolm was fast, really fast, and his telepathy gave him the upper hand in almost every situation. But he, too, was caught off guard. Back and forth. Left leg, right leg With each kick, he was lifted and forced to stand. Liam wraps his arms around his head and holds him up while launching vicious knee shots into his ribs.

Pain explodes in Malcolm's chest as his ribs snap. His breathing comes labored. His legs are Jell-O. He wobbles as Liam punishes him with an uppercut that sends him crashing to the ground.

"You have no idea how long I've been looking forward to this." Seraphina frowned as Liam growled. All she could do was stand there clutching her abdomen, trying to focus on anything but the shooting pain. Liam moved steadily towards Malcolm, his sword hissing as he drew it from its sheath.

"After you took her away from me, you had given me no reason to live. But it was the pure desire to slaughter you that kept me going!" Liam's eyes were so dead that she felt she was staring at a different person.

He had pure hatred in his eyes, nothing more or less than the desire to see his blood splatter soaking the ground. Malcolm laughed and slowly stood up, wiping the blood from his chin.

"If it ain't the Gamma! Don't worry, your precious mate is safe and sound in my bedroom, serving endless males and fulfilling their desires every night. If she ain't the finest piece of flesh, I don't know what is. Her taste is almost addictive!" His words fueled the fire in Liam's eyes, and he swung his sword at Malcolm. Malcolm smirked and began teleporting once more, but something drew him forward. He looked down to see a rope wrapped around his leg and lifted his gaze, a subtle smirk on Liam's face.

"Even if she's alive, I'm not going to let you live!" Snarled Liam.

"Liam!" Seraphina beckoned, but he was focused solely on Malcolm. He swung his sword and beheaded Malcolm in one swift motion. Seraphina stared at Liam with wide eyes as he laughed sadistically, falling to his knees. He was gone! The man who had tormented her for years was gone, truly gone! When she heard a grunt, she lifted her gaze. A dagger was stabbed ruthlessly behind his back as blood oozed from his wounds, dousing the grass. Her mouth dropped open as Liam looked at her with cold eyes and coughed blood.

"Luna, find her for me!" He muttered as he fell face-first to the ground.

"Though it is the blood of vermin, it's still beautiful when it splatters!"

"Wouldn't you agree, my dear?"

"Matilda!" Seraphina growled.

'Alpha!'

'Liam! What is it?' Aiden responded via their link as he heard his Gamma trying to push through the barrier.

'Please come, it's the Luna!' He barely uttered,

'Liam, what happened? Where are you!' As he slashed through the creatures, Aiden became agitated. They were never-ending, pouring into the field like rain.

'At the packhouse's east corner!' It was the last he heard of Liam.

"Nicholas!" Aiden called out to his Beta.

"Yes, Alpha!" As he swung his sword, Nicholas responded.

"You are now in command! Show no mercy!" Aiden growled as he leaped across the battlefield towards the packhouse's east corner.

"I have waited for you, Mia. I have since the moment I received that letter!"

"Why would you pierce me this way? You were my Godmother!" Seraphina's voice was cold, her eyes wide with the agony of betrayal. Even though she already had discovered the truth, seeing the female who she called her Godmother standing in front of her, slapping the reality in her face, hurts.

"I only wanted to keep you safe, my dear!" You are a flower of darkness, and the world is bewitched by light." She stepped closer to Seraphina and she stepped back.

"You said you were taking me away to keep me safe, but you gave me away so they could use me to their hearts' content!" She snarled

"You said I belonged here! In this world! I am deserving of what the Goddess has bestowed upon me! But you made sure I lost that gift, that only gift I had ever received from the cruel Moon" Seraphina hollered,

"I did, but I wasn't aware that their beguiling words would lead you astray and confuse their world for one full of light. How flummoxed you must have been as you sought to leave me! Please forgive me, my dear, for leading you to this!" Mia's eyes welled up with tears as she took a step closer to Seraphina.

"You were being driven away from your path with the fake hope of abortion, for something so peculiar as the mate bond. This world is full of delusion; they make you believe that if you are good, show kindness, and love, you can bring peace and prosperity to the world. But this world only seeks to conquer; they seek blood, war, and the rise of themselves at the expense of others. They aspire to be at the pinnacle. You could never bring peace to this world. But you could decimate them and force them to submit to you before they come for your head. You could keep your subjects in comfort. By slaughtering others!" Seraphina's eyes were cold and uncertain as Mia drew her into her embrace.

"He wishes for your head, but I told him how potent and erudite you are, and that with the right guidance, you will conquer everything and forget about your ridiculous fantasies!"

"Get the hell away from her!" When Aiden's voice hissed, she turned around.

"She has never required your guidance and will never require it in the future!"

A smile sprouted on Mia's face as she saw Aiden.

"I can't express how delighted I am to see you! But please excuse me! I have to reclaim her. But I assure you that I will return to see you!" Mia turned to face Seraphina.

"Come on, my dear!"

"She isn't going anywhere!" Aiden snarled.

"Fina, come with me! Or do you intend to harm him?" Seraphina lifted her eyes as Mia said coldly.

"My dear, you are a flower of darkness. Flowers that bloom in the dark can only be at ease in the dark. You must come with me!"

"Seraphina!" Aiden called out to her.

"You are wrong!" Seraphina said calmly, her gaze dropping.

"I'm not a flower of darkness! I have seen the brighter world and I don't wish to go back to a world where light doesn't exist!" She raised her gaze and Mia shrieked.