Tasting

426–Getting Rid Of Her

Nora:

However, she got first confronted by Nash, who was making it certain that she knows he will never leave me for her. But he can surely kill her for me. I guess the more she saw him care for me, the angrier she got.

“What are you doing? You attack Nora and think we’ll let you leave alive?” Nash hissed at her. But my attention shifted to Cain’s gentle grip on my hand. Silas stood on my other side, holding my left hand, while Nash stood in front of me.

Every time Nash said something to her, I noticed the pain etched across her face. She was in love with someone who openly despised her. It wasn‘ t just about his feelings for me, which I was beginning to believe were genuine, but also the fact that Nash never cared for Daphne. To think she was ruining her life for someone so indifferent shocked me.

“Your words have already killed me,” she smiled at him, the pain clearly visible on her face.

“Anyway, it’s not like I can force you to love me. So why not kill her too? Make her the ugly version of herself. It would be fun to watch you brothers wait for my creatures to take shape, knowing she’ll become one of them,” there was so much venom in her voice as she expressed her desire to turn me into her obedient, filthy creation.

“Attack!”

She yelled, and the weeping guardians charged forward, the force of the wind knocking the brothers away.

I had no idea how to fight them; they were made of fog. But as they drew closer, I felt my body go numb from the cold. Cain and Silas struggled on the ground, forcing themselves up.

“What the heck!” That was Ryker’s voice, but it was muffled by the roaring wind.

My mouth hung open as if inviting the fog on its own, but before they could reach me, Nash leapt into the middle and was attacked.

“NOOOO!” I screamed, getting thrown back as the fog began to enter his mouth.

We all scrambled to our feet and rushed to Nash. I grabbed his arm, shaking him, but he wouldn’t move.

“Daphne!” I shouted at her, turning to face her. She was surrounded by her fog creatures, waiting for one of us to make the wrong move and become Nash’s next victim.

“Oh well, he needs to learn a lesson. Why didn’t I think of this sooner? Now he’ll be with me forever,” the joy on her face told me everything I needed to know–she was never meant to be protected.

The darkness inside her should have been dealt with long ago.

While the brothers tried to help Nash, I glared at Daphne.

“You wanted to know why he didn’t choose you. Now I understand why,” I said, and her smirk faltered.

“It’s because you’re evil. He sensed it in you. You’re a vile, repulsive, and wicked person who should never have been allowed to live among the pack. You’re a danger to everyone,” I kept my voice steady, determined not to let her see my fear. I had a plan.

There was no way I’d let her hurt Nash.

“There’s nothing you can do now. I’ll have Nash, and then I’ll vanish,” she smirked, tilting her head to look over my shoulder at Nash.

It was getting late.

“If you survive this-“I lunged at her mid–sentence.

She didn’t even realize what was happening until I was right in her face. I shoved her, knocking her off her feet. The moment she hit the ground, I was on top of her. I saw the fear in her eyes, the terror etched on her face -a clear sign she knew her end had come.

With that, I let Akira take over, though not in full form due to my injured ankle. My claws extended, and just as she opened her mouth to scream for her pathetic smoke creatures, I slashed at her throat–again and again. Her blood splattered, and no sound escaped her mouth as I dug deeper and deeper, leaving nothing but bones behind.

She was long gone, but I couldn’t stop. My face was smeared with her blood, my clothes drenched in it–until the rain began. I felt the blood being washed off of me.

“That’s enough,” a gentle tap on my shoulder snapped me out of my trance. I got to my feet and turned around to check on Nash.

Cain still had his hand on my shoulder.

Nash was safe. He sat on the ground, with his brothers beside him, helping him recover.

“You did it,” Ryker said, lifting his head.

I did it.

But that wasn’t all that happened tonight. I learned so many secrets. The brothers had only dated those women to keep me safe.

But why couldn’t they keep me in the mansion? Was it because the girls had threatened to leak evidence?

And then Nash and Ryker had risked their lives for me tonight. With that thought, I felt my heart stir with emotions for the first time in what seemed like forever.