Chapter 103

Seff's POV

I felt my connection to Soma getting stronger, she was getting weaker because of the torture her body was going through. I knew I had to protect her as much as I could. I knew she wouldn't allow me to fully take over because she hadn’t mated with Oliver. If they would have marked each other I would have been able to stop most of this. Seeing my mate struggling to regain himself, I knew they used a crazy dose of Night’s Bane. It was banned in the Lycan community so how they got it was surprising, but they would pay for what they did.

I needed to be free of these chains, but I wasn't sure Soma had the strength to will herself into me, if she did that we would be able to get through all of this together. I would save our mate, and she would get to be free of this.

When I felt the vampire bite into us, I knew he was making a mistake. He didn’t realize my becoming like him would end his race. We would kill everyone and not care about what happens. We would be a rabid dog and there was nothing I could do to control it. This scared me the most, I would try and fight my way to the surface and try and control the situation, but things were looking grim.

Her parents protected her the best way they knew how. They didn’t realize that things like this would have happened, and I would lose control and it would end us both.

Closing my eyes I ripped the chains that kept me silent away from my arms, I knew I was gaining control. Soma was becoming weak from the bite or the loss of blood. I knew I had to protect her.

“I’m coming, Soma!” I snapped out of the hole I had been trapped in.

I knew I could hold this prison against her parents, but I didn’t want her to regret me. I wanted her to love me as I loved her. I wanted to be accepted by her mate and wanted by his wolf Drew. I felt him the entire time the two of them were together, I wonder if he felt me. I wanted to ask him so many questions about how it felt to be free. I wanted to be free.

Adjusting myself to the new world, everything seemed different. Yes, I saw things through Soma, but it felt real this time. I wanted to stop the fighting but everything was going fast and I wasn't sure if I could keep up. I wanted to call out to Soma but she was still unconscious. I felt something dark happening something that I wasn't able to control. I wanted to stop the feelings that I had coming, I wanted to see blood and didn’t care whose blood it was. I knew this wasn't my thinking but it was hard to control the desire to rip everyone apart.

Closing my eyes and reopening them I noticed our mate was still fighting with the Vampire King part of me wanted to kill him but I was afraid I would hurt Oliver in the process. I knew it was risky, but I needed to kill the vampire that thought bringing me out and wanting me to do his will was not what I was made for.

I wanted to feel the mate bond and love Oliver, but something about him the way he was wasn't what I was expecting. I wanted to pull him away from the vampire King and get through the rest of this and bring Soma back. I was afraid I would lose Soma, I didn’t know if this venom was going to kill her and then kill me.

Smelling a unique smell, I was quickly drawn to it, it was the vampire that bit me, the King. I wanted to drink him dry and show him that he made the mistake of biting me. He should have known waking me up the way he did was bad and I wouldn't have any control.

Grabbing the vampire, I pulled him off Oliver and tossed him into a wall. He shattered the wall, but was quickly up and stalking me.

“Good to see you, Seff,” he growled. “Time to play until you learn to control yourself.” he threw himself at me, but I was quick and caught him in midair. I tossed him around like a ragdoll but he kept coming at me. It was like he was testing me or wanting me to tap into the hidden power that I still wasn't sure was mine. I didn’t want to give him the satisfaction he was dying to see.

“You don’t have any idea of what you’ve woken up.” I snapped at him. “But then again you vampires are careless and pathetic,” I said before I lunged at him. I knew I wanted to feel him bleed before I snap his pathetic neck.

“Oh I know what I was doing.” he laughed. “You see I want you to bring out your powers, you are to use them to help us. We have to be stronger than the humans, we have to show them that they cannot control us anymore!” he growled trying to remove my hand from his neck. “Go ahead I know when you kill me the power will be unleashed and you will be forced to do whatever it is that darkness wants of you.” he grinned at me.

I knew I couldn’t let him get the best of me, but I had this uncontrollable desire right now. Maybe it was because of the curse ending or worse because of this vampire. I didn’t want to give in to him but I knew if I didn’t stop this craziness things would be bad for Soma.

She was already in danger because of me, and if I ended one of the threats maybe there wouldn't be anymore and she could live her life the way she wanted to with Oliver, and with Drew. I wanted more than anything to feel Drew's love. I knew Oliver loved Soma, but did he love me too?

“Come on Seff show me your power. I want to feel it before I die.” he taunted.

“Seff stop!” Oliver snapped me out of my thoughts, out of the darkness. I turned to face him still holding onto the vampire. “Please baby girl I know you want to protect Soma, but you have us. If you kill him you are giving him what he wants and I know you don’t want that. I know you want to be free from this.”

“I do.” I managed to say before I felt the vampires claws into my flesh. I knew what he was doing and it wasn't something he should be. I turned my attention to him again. “I have to kill him otherwise he is going to keep coming for your mate,” I said looking back at Oliver. “I know if you have to kill me it would be for the best. Soma will forgive you.”

“I am not going to hurt you,” he said with hurt in his voice. I knew he was true to what he wanted and he was afraid to lose us, but I couldn’t bear to let this vampire live after what he did. He took us into darkness and darkness where I thought we would lose ourselves. I was afraid for us, I didn’t want to live in the darkness again but it seemed like it was a choice for us.

I felt sharp claws slash my face, I looked back at the vampire King. He smirked when he knew what was coming, I couldn’t control myself anymore.

“Bring out her mother.” he snapped at me but I didn’t flinch.

When they brought out Soma’s mother I knew what was coming. I wasn't going to let him kill her to provoke me, he’s already past that. “Kill her now!” he growled.

I let myself go and ripped his throat from his body and let his body fall to the ground. I turned my attention to the other vampires that had Soma’s mother by the throat threatening to kill her. When that happened I lost myself and tore everyone apart around her, I didn’t care if they were Lycan, werewolf, or vampire.

“Seff stop!” I heard Oliver, but I was consumed in the darkness. I knew what I did was wrong and we were too far gone to care. Soma was still out and I needed her to wake up before I died. I knew Oliver was going to have to kill us and it was okay. It was the only way it could stop any more destruction. I knew the Moon Goddess paired us together for a reason, but why would he want me after I did what I did. I felt ashamed for things I’d already done and I’d only been out a short time and now Soma was lost because of me.

“I am sorry,” I growled without thinking about it, I lunged at Oliver. I wanted him to put us out of our misery, I wanted to feel the darkness again, the silence, the death.