Chapter 127


    CAMILLA’S PO.V


    They seemed to realize that this wasn’t going to be as easy as they thought but that didn’t stop them


    from blindly charging. This time however, they charged towards Ryker. We had already anticipated that


    because no sooner than they did, the other guards burst out of the woods in their wolf form. The


    distraction was all we needed to run in between them and dive into the river. Damien was hot on our


    heels as we swam towards the inside of the cave.


    We burst out on the other end and I was shocked at how empty it was. I had expected to see an entire


    army of vampires but there were only three of them. Two stood next to Christine and the girls while the


    other was stair. I ignored the king in favor of my children and I ran my eyes over them to check for


    any obvious signs of injury. They looked rtively unharmed but Christine had crusted blood on the


    side of her head and she was shivering.


    “Christine,” her head snapped up at the sound of Damien’s voice and I saw many emotions go through


    her at the speed of light. She stared at him with wide eyes and the relief in them was palpable.


    “What a beautiful reunion,” stair drawled drawing everyone’s attention back to him. “I thought you


    would be here sooner but it doesn’t matter. Now that you are here, please join us. Keep in mind that


    any funny business will result in the death of one of those three and I can tell that they mean so much


    to you.”


    “I’m not ying your game, stair,” I told him as I got out of the water. He raised his brows in an


    almost challenging manner. “You don’t get to touch my kids. They aren’t a part of this.”


    “Everyone in your line became fair game when you father stabbed me in the back,” he spat. “Do you


    know he did it right here? I was the one who found the ce. I picked it because the water countered


    his fire powers. I should have chosen somewhere else considering the water is your domain but


    sentimentality trumps it all, I guess.”


    He waved his hands dismissively and gestured to a gathering of rocks.


    “Sit or not, I don’t care but we are going to talk and if wee to a fair agreement, your kids and


    cousin can go.”


    “What if we don’t?” Ryker threatened and he smiled widely revealing pointed fangs.


    “Let us hope it doesn’te to that. My men over there are new vampires, they cannot exactly control


    the blood lust. If one of them happens to take a bite, I don’t think they will be able to stop,” he made a


    sad face that was obviously faked and exaggerated. “Now, are you ready for us to talk?”


    I already knew he was going to do something like this and so did Ryker because his expression was


    carefully nk but Damien looked pissed. He was a loose cannon and I couldn’t predict him and that


    was scary in this kind of situation.


    “We will rather stand,” I said finally and stair shrugged as if to say ‘suit yourself’. I turned to


    Christine. “Are you okay?”


    She didn’t speak but she gave me a subtle nod. My eyes met Audrey who had her eyes closed. I


    wasn’t sure if she was sleeping but I genuinely hoped so because thest thing she needed was to


    witness this entire thing.


    Once I was satisfied that my family was okay, I turned back to stair. “What do you want? You have


    us here now. Do you want the deal that my father cheated you out of? If that was what you wanted then


    taking my family wasn’t the right way to


    “It was my aim at first but now, I have decided that I want something else,” he took a step closer and


    Ryker let out a warning grow! It only seemed to edge him on more because although he didn’t move,


    he smiled and turned to face him. “You’re the one who killed my advisor, aren’t you? I suppose I should


    hold a grudge for that but he was well overdue to die. Thank you for that actually”


    I realized in that moment that stair was not like any enemy we had faced. He was genuinely insane


    and he had nothing to lour, that was what made him so dangerous. He had lived for thousands of years


    and he had learned how not to form


    “Do you know her name? My beloved, I mean.” he asked and I shook my head. “I gathered as much. I


    don’t think you’ve heard my entire story, Cami, would you like me to tell you?”


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    “We don’t want to-“Damien began but I cut him off with a sharp re.


    “Let’s make a deal. We will sit through your story and not interrupt and you give me my daughters.”


    “I’ll give you the baby,” he countered and I realized it was the best I was going to get from him so I


    nodded.


    “You have a deal.”


    He pped his hands in glee before taking a seat atop a jagged rock.


    “I’m sure you have heard of how she died and I tried to bring her back in exchange for my soul. What


    you didn’t know was the true nature of the vampire curse. Because I had risked so much for a woman,


    the gods decided to curse me for it. Every few years, there would be another witch woman born, she


    was my lover reincarnated. It went on for a millennium and each time I would be cursed to watch her


    have the same brutal and tragic end where she died with her lover. Do you want to know how I stopped


    it?”


    I nodded.


    “I killed her myself,” I wasn’t expecting that answer from him. “When the moon goddess saw what I had


    done, she knew I had be the monster she truly feared. She warned me of a time where she would


    raise one powerful enough to stop me. I suppose she meant you. I thought it was you father. When he


    fed me the night lock berries, I thought he was going to kill me but he didn’t. I see now that she was


    talking about you.”


    “Are you asking me to kill you?” I asked and heughed.


    “No, you foolish girl, I am asking you to join me,” he stood to his feet. “Think about it, when have the


    gods ever helped us? If they cared about you they would have taken me out long ago. I took your


    family, I have terrorized you for months. I even sent some spies to your mate’s sister to feed her


    poisoned berries.”


    Damien growled. “You fucking bastard.”


    I shot a quick nce at Ryker who grabbed Damien by the shoulders and stopped him from attacking


    stair. I could tell that even Ryker was debating attacking him but we all knew that was exactly what


    he wanted. If he were to strike now, he would die.


    “You did all of that so that I would join you?” I asked again and he nodded.


    “We will be unstoppable together. With your powers and my long life, I could turn you and we will be the


    most powerful people on the. You cannot tell me that it doesn’t sound the least bit enticing.”


    “If I join you, will you


    let all of them go?” I asked and he nodded. “Okay then, I agree to your terms.”


    “No!” Damien, Ryker and Christine yelled all at once but I ignored them.


    Ryker tried to reach out for me but I brought up a wall of water to separate him from me. I took


    stair’s outstretched hand and I shivered at how cold it was.


    “If you nned for any funny business, this is a good time to remind you of how fast I move,” he


    whispered in my ear but I kept my face immobile.


    “Release my family first,” I ordered and he let out an exasperated sigh before waving his hands.


    The vampires dragged Christine and Audrey to their feet and pushed them into the water. stair


    my eyes but he didn’t seem the least bit fazed, in fact, he looked very proud of himself.


    “That wasn’t part of our deal. They could have died.”


    “That would have been on you,” he shrugged. “Now, say goodbye to your mate.”


    Before I could let out another word, he bit me.


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    I felt the blinding pain first and I wondered if my n had gone to shit but then stair froze and began


    to convulse. He fell backwards and his eyes held intense hatred as they stared at me. The berries had


    worked just as I had nned. The other two vampires seemed to realize what was happening and they


    started in my direction but I mmed the entire force of the river into them and held them there long


    enough for Ryker to leap over and sever their heads.


    Once they were dead, I turned back to stair. “I don’t want to kill you but I would be damned if my


    children have to deal with you too.”


    Ryker came up to me and handed me the sword.


    “For what it is worth, we could have been great allies,” those were myst words before I drove the


    sword into his throat and just like that, the infamous vampire king was gone. I looked down at the body


    and couldn’t even bring myself to feel an ounce of pity for him. “We should get out of here. The


    vampires will have to regroup without him.”


    Ryker and I walked out of the cave together to where Damien had taken our family out to safety. He


    was on his knees in front of Christine and the way he looked at her, that wasn’t an innocent look at all


    I noticed that the guards had ughtered all the vampires save for one. I made my way over to him and


    dropped stair’s severed head at his feet.


    “I don’t want to deal with you anymore and I am sure you feel the same way. If you do not bother the


    wolves then we do not bother you. We don’t need to be at peace, we just need a ceasefire. Do we have


    a deal?”


    He sneered at me but knew better than to refuse because he nodded. “Yes, we have a deal.”


    “Good, now get out.”